Faculty
Jake Socha
Assistant Professor
Interests
Dr. Socha is an organismal biomechanist studying the relationship between form and function in animals, with a broad range of projects involving locomotion, breathing and feeding. Current work focuses on gliding flight in snakes, mechanics of convection in compressible tracheal structures in insects, and dynamics of pumping in liquid feeders such as butterflies and ants. Other interests include 3D morphology using microtomography and synchrotron imaging of small animals.
Office Hours
ESM 2104 (Statics) course office hours are 3-4 Tuesday and Wednesday
Courses Taught
| Course Num | Title |
|---|---|
| ESM 5984 | SS: Adv Biomotn/Life Mvng Fluid |
| ESM 5984 | SS: MECHANICS ANIMAL LOCOMOTION |
| ESM 5984 | SS: Adv Biomotion/Life Moving Fluid |
| ESM 5406 | Biomed Engr Intern |
| ESM 5405 | Biomed Engr Intern |
| ESM 4984 | SS: Biomotion/Life in Moving Fluid |
| ESM 4984 | SS: Biomotn/Life in Movng Fluid |
| ESM 4106 | Eng Analy Physiol Sys |
| ESM 4105 | Eng Analy Physiol Sys |
| ESM 2104 | Statics |
Professional Service
- Professional Membership: American Association for the Advancement of Science International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Entomological Society of America Sigma Xi
