Kakani Katija Young

 

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Publications and Patents

Lucas K, Colin SP, Costello JH, Katija K, Klos E (2013). "Fluid interactions that enable stealth predation by the upstream foraging hydromedusa Craspedacusta sowerbyi." In review. [preprint]

Katija K, Jiang H (2013). "Swimming by medusae Sarsia tubulosa in the viscous vortex ring limit." Accepted. [preprint]

Colin SP, Costello JH, Katija K, Seymour J, Kiefer K (2013). "Propulsion in Cubomedusae: Mechanisms and utility." PlOs One, vol. 8(2), e56393. [manuscript]

Katija K (2012). "Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 215, pp. 1040-1049. [manuscript]

Katija K, Colin SP, Dabiri JO, Costello JH (2011). "Quantifying in situ velocity fields using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." Journal of Visualized Experiments (56), e2615, DOI: 10.3791/2615. [manuscript] [video]

Katija K, Colin SP, Dabiri JO, Costello JH (2011). "Comparison of flows generated by Aequorea victoria: A coherent structure analysis." Marine Ecological Progress Series, vol. 435, pp. 111-123. [manuscript]

Dabiri JO, Katija K, Costello JH, Colin SP (2011) "Self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus." US Patent, No. 7864305.

Dabiri JO, Colin SP, Katija K, Costello JH (2010). "A wake-based correlate of swimming performance and foraging behavior in seven co-occurring jellyfish species." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213(8), pp. 1217-1225. [manuscript]

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2009). "A viscosity-enhanced mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Nature, vol. 460, pp. 624-626. [manuscript]

Rosenfeld M, Katija K, Dabiri JO (2009). "Circulation generation and vortex ring formation by conic nozzles." Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 131, iss. 9. [manuscript]

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2008). "Real-time field measurements of aquatic animal-fluid interactions using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, vol. 6, pp. 162-171. [manuscript]

Shadden SC, Katija K, Rosenfeld M, Marsden JE, Dabiri JO (2007). "Transport and stirring induced by vortex formation." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 593, pp. 315-331. [manuscript]

 

Publications in Preparation

Katija K, Jiang H, Colin SP, Costello JH (2013). "Ontogenetic propulsive transitions by jetting medusae Sarsia tubulosa." In preparation.

Katija K, Jiang H, Wiebe P, Lawson G (2013). "Experimental investigation of hydrodynamic signals eliciting copepod escape response." In preparation.

Katija K, Jiang H, Wiebe, P, Lawson G (2013). "Evaluation of wake structures generated by swimming pteropods." In preparation.

Katija K, Jiang H (2013). "On the formation of propulsive jets by squide paralarvae." In preparation.

 

Conference Proceedings

Katija K, Jiang H, Colin SP, Costello JH (2012). "Ontogenetic propulsive transitions from viscous to inertial flow regimes in the medusae Sarsia tubulosa." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 18-20, San Diego, CA.

Katija K, Jiang H, Colin SP, Costello JH (2012). "Ontogenetic propulsive transitions from viscous to inertial flow regimes." American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20-24, Salt Lake City, UT.

Katija K, Jiang H, Colin SP, Costello JH (2012). "Ontogenetic propulsive transitions from viscous to inertial flow regimes." Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, January 3-7, Charleston, SC.

Katija K (2011). "Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing." Journal of Experimental Biology Symposium - Integrating Biomechanics and Ecology, March 14-18, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Katija K, Colin SP, Costello JH, Dabiri JO (2011). "Effect of in situ background flow on fluid transport by swimming animals." Aspen Center for Physics Winter Conference on Ocean Biophysics, January 16-22, Aspen, CO.

Katija K (2010). "Vortex formation and swimming efficiency in seven co-occurring jellyfish species." WHOI Postdoctoral Symposium, November 16, Woods Hole, MA.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2010). "A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 22-26, Portland, OR.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2009). "A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 22-24, Minneapolis, MN.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2009). "A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics, April 18, La Jolla, CA.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2008). "Mixing efficiency of swimming animals in stratified fluids." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 23-25, San Antonio, TX.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2008). "Vortex formation and swimming efficiency in seven co-occurring jellyfish species." International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, August 25-29, Adelaide, Australia.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2008). "Energetics of jellyfish locomotion determined from field measurements using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, January 2-6, San Antonio, TX.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2007). "Energetics of jellyfish locomotion determined from field measurements using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 10-14, San Francisco, CA.

Dabiri JO, Katija K (2007). "Progress toward 3D wake structure measurements of aquatic animals using SCUVA." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 18-20, Salt Lake City, UT.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2007). "Energetics of jellyfish locomotion determined from field measurements using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 18-20, Salt Lake City, UT.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2007). "Real-time field measurements of Aurelia aurita using a self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus (SCUVA)." Second International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, June 24-27, Gold Coast, Australia.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2007). "Dynamics of tethered versus free-swimming jellyfish: A motivating argument for the Self-Contained Underwater Velocimetry Apparatus (SCUVA)." Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics, April 7, Pasadena, CA.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2007). "Tethering versus free-swimming: a wake analysis of Aurelia aurita." Society for Integrative and Comparative Biomechanics Annual Meeting, January 3-7, Phoenix, AZ.

Katija K, Dabiri JO (2006). "Dynamics of tethered versus free-swimming animals: a wake structure comparison." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 19-21, Tampa, FL.

Shadden SC, Katija K, Dabiri JO, Marsden JE (2006). "Transport induced by vortex formation." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 19-21, Tampa, FL.

Katija K, Gharib M, Dabiri JO (2006). "Flow-induced flutter of prosthetic heart valves." World Congress of Biomechanics, July 29-August 4, Munich, Germany.

Katija K, Gharib M, Dabiri JO (2005). "Characterization of fluid flow through a simplified heart valve model." Bulletin of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, November 20-22, Chicago, IL.

Boulware JC, Axup J, Young KK, Breidenthal R (2004). "The effects of varying acceleration functions on Rayleigh-Taylor flow in a microgravity environment: a Vomit Comet experiment." University of Washington's Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 14, Seattle, WA.

Young KK, Bruckner A (2004). "The Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project: system architecture and mission summary." University of Washington's Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 14, Seattle, WA.

 

Invited Presentations and Lectures

"Fluid mechanics studies of jellyfish swimming: informing bio-inspired design and mixing in the ocean." Scripps Institution of Oceanography Seminar, May 27th, 2013, La Jolla, CA.

"Wake-based studies of jellyfish swimming to inform bio-inspired underwater vehicle design." Research Coordination Network on Neuromechanics and Dynamics of Locomotion Winter Workshop on Locomotion, January 16, 2013, New Orleans, LA.

"Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing: evidence from observations of swimming medusa, copepods, and euphausiids." Hopkins Marine Station Seminar, Stanford University, January 10, 2013, Pacific Grove, CA.

"Jellyfish as models for propulsion." AmeriMech 2012: Mechanics in Biology, December 10, 2012, Blacksburg, VA.

"Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing: Evidence from observations of swimming medusae." University of Washington Biology Seminar, November 26, 2012, Seattle, WA.

"The search for elusive jellyfish: Exploration challenges, accidental encounters, and (painful) lessons learned." Sea Stories, Explorers Club, November 10, 2012, New York, NY.

"Alien Deep: How do we make viewers care?." Blue Ocean Film Festival Panel, September 28, 2012, Monterey, CA.

"Through the lens of SCUVA." Rhode Island Energy and Environmental Leaders Day, Ocean Explorers turned Ocean Interpreters, May 1, 2012, Kingston, RI.

"Observations of swimming by medusae Sarsia tubulosa: from viscous vortex rings to trailing jets." Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal and Ocean Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Seminar, March 16, 2012, Woods Hole, MA.

"Experimental studies of jellyfish propulsion for bio-inspired design of underwater vehicles." WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship Seminar, September 14, 2011, Quissett, MA.

"Through the lens of SCUVA." National Geographic Society Explorer Symposium, Frontiers of Science panel, June 23, 2011, Washington D.C.

"Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing." Princeton University Fluid Mechanics Seminar, April 29, 2011, Princeton, New Jersey.

"Jellyfish as biogenic ocean mixers and models for propulsion." Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ocean Engineering Seminar, April 25, 2011, Boston, MA.

"Biogenic inputs to ocean mixing." University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and Department of Oceanography Symposium, April 4, 2011, Seattle, WA.

"Experimental studies of jellyfish propulsion to understand form and function of swimming animals." Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal and Ocean Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Seminar, October 8, 2010, Woods Hole, MA.

"Jellyfish as biogenic ocean mixers and models for propulsion." Oregon State University Physical Oceanography Seminar Series, September, 28, 2010, Corvallis, OR.

"Jellyfish as biogenic ocean mixers and models for propulsion." University of Washington Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series, September, 24, 2010, Seattle, WA.

"A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Occidental Biology Seminar Series, January 29, 2010, Los Angeles, CA.

"A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Naval Undersea Warfare Center Seminar Series, November 9, 2009, Newport, RI.

"A Darwinian mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing." Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution AOPE Seminar, October 21, 2009, Woods Hole, MA.

"Mixing efficiency of swimming animals in stratified fluids." Marine Biology Lecture at Providence College, October 8, 2009, Providence, RI.

"Mixing efficiency of swimming animals in stratified flows." Virginia Tech Engineering Science and Mechanics Seminar Series, March 2, 2009, Blacksburg, VA.

 


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