{"id":4779,"date":"2021-03-30T18:06:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2022-10-07T18:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:07:34","slug":"lights-camera-axolotl-a-behavioral-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2021\/03\/30\/lights-camera-axolotl-a-behavioral-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, Axolotl: A Behavioral Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[Past Projects]<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Dr. Henry Astley and Kaelyn Gamel<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the Astley lab, our primary focus is in the field of biomechanics, where we integrate animal biomechanics and morphological features. Specifically, this project transpires to study salamander behavior and how the axolotl interacts with its environment during underwater walking.\u00a0 The neotenic salamander displays variable locomotive behaviors while interacting with the varying bottom substrate. Tests will be attained on different experimental substrates such as rocks, sticks, sand, other debris. Dependent on the length of availability of the mentee,\u00a0 potential robotic design can be incorporated within the study.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n \t<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"649\" class=\"wp-image-3619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel1-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel1-1-rotated.jpg 487w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel1-1-rotated.jpg?resize=225,300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3631\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel2-1-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3631\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel2-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?attachment_id=3631#main\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"620\" class=\"wp-image-3635\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel3-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3635\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel3-1-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?attachment_id=3635#main\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel3-1-rotated.jpg 465w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/Gamel3-1-rotated.jpg?resize=225,300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPrimary Goals:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n1) Quantify and understand locomotive behaviors of the<em> Ambystoma Mexicanum<\/em><em>(<\/em>Axolotl) on different substrate.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2) Design an interchangeable robot that test different morphological features on varying substrates\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou will gain skills and exposure in one or more of the following (No prior knowledge needed):\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>Animal handling: axolotls and other amphibians.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Experimental setup: 3D design, 3D printing, and simple robotic circuits.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Integrating videography and Computer Science(Matlab) to digitizing and solve for inverse dynamics.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u00a0A variety of qualitative and quantitative questions regarding comparative evolution and comparative biomechanics.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Data and Statistical analysis.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Weekly chances to meet with Astley lab to delineating published scientific papers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Involvement in the biological community outside of the university such as opportunities to travel to scientific conferences and present scientific data.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gozips.uakron.edu\/~hastley\/\">Click here for other information about Dr. Astley\u2019s lab.<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Past Projects] Dr. Henry Astley and Kaelyn Gamel In the Astley lab, our primary focus is in the field of biomechanics, where we integrate animal biomechanics and morphological features. Specifically, this project transpires to study salamander behavior and how the axolotl interacts with its environment during underwater walking.\u00a0 The neotenic salamander displays variable locomotive behaviors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2021\/03\/30\/lights-camera-axolotl-a-behavioral-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lights, Camera, Axolotl: A Behavioral Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125789],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}