Tyson L. Hedrick

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

42h-index7.2kcitations189works3.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms(109), Avian ecology and behavior(35), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(35), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows(25), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems(21)

Publications189 total

Benefits of low-speed flight in odor-tracking navigation for hawkmoths
Physics of Fluids·2025· 2 cited
Behavior and biomechanics: flapping frequency during tandem and solo flights of cliff swallows
Journal of Experimental Biology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Turkey vultures tune their airspeed to changing air density
Journal of Experimental Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Wind gradient exploitation during foraging flights by black skimmers (<i>Rynchops niger</i>)
Journal of Experimental Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Sparse Reduced-Order Modeling of a Hovering Hawkmoth’s Wake
2024
Insect Flight: State of the Field and Future Directions
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
Biomechanics of Insect Flight Stability and Perturbation Response
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024
It pays to follow the leader: Metabolic cost of flight is lower for trailing birds in small groups
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Swimming in a school shelters fish from turbulence
PLoS Biology·2024Open Access
Feeding rate in adult Manduca sexta is unaffected by proboscis submersion depth
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Feeding rate in adult Manduca sexta is unaffected by proboscis submersion depth
PLoS ONE·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Aerodynamic response of a red-tailed hawk to discrete transverse gusts
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Tail-Assisted Pitch Control in Flying Lizards
2024· 1 cited
Effects of physical activity and impact loading rate on knee osteoarthritis
Kerns Verlag eBooks·2024Open Access
Morphological evolution of bird wings follows a mechanical sensitivity gradient determined by the aerodynamics of flapping flight
Nature Communications·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
The flight mechanics of the drinking behaviour in common swifts
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2023
Numerical investigation of olfactory performance in upwind surging hawkmoth flight
2023· 1 cited
Flight behaviours and energy savings in adult and juvenile house martins (Delichon urbicum) foraging near their breeding colony
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Drink safely: common swifts (<i>Apus apus</i>) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
The science and technology of kinematic measurements in a century of Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Andrew A. Biewener(16), Bret W. Tobalske(11), Rajat Mittal(7), Donald R. Powers(5), Bo Cheng(4), Douglas R. Warrick(4), James R. Usherwood(4), Laura Miller(4), Xinyan Deng(3), Brandon E. Jackson(3), Dennis Evangelista(3), Lingxiao Zheng(3), Shannon Jones(3), Elizabeth Brainerd(2), T. L. Daniel(2), Zheng Wu(2), Margrit Betke(2), Dylan D. Ray(2), Jeremy S. M. Greeter(2), Susan M. Wethington(2)