Hodjat Pendar, Ph.D.

Research Areas

• Dynamics and control
• Biomechanics
• Fluid mechanics

Research Interests

• Biomechanics of insects
• Animal locomotion
• Dynamics and robotics
• Inverse problems
  

Education

• Virginia Tech: Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, 2015
• Sharif University of Technology: M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2004
• Sharif University of Technology: B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2002
  

Select Publications

Cho, Taewon, Hodjat Pendar, and Julianne Chung. "Computational tools for inversion and uncertainty estimation in respirometry." Plos one 16.5 (2021): e0251926.

Matta, Alexander, et al. "Impact of caudal fin shape on thrust production of a Thunniform swimmer." Journal of Bionic Engineering 17 (2020): 254-269.

Harrison, Jon F., et al. "Physiological responses to gravity in an insect." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117.4 (2020): 2180-2186.

Matta, Alexander, et al. "Effects of fish caudal fin sweep angle and kinematics on thrust production during low-speed thunniform swimming." Biology Open 8.7 (2019): bio040626.

Pendar, Hodjat, et al. "Functional compartmentalization in the hemocoel of insects." Scientific Reports 9.1 (2019): 1-12.