Stamhuis, Dr Eize
Eize Stamhuis is Associate Professor of Experimental Marine Zoology and Professor of Biological Fluid Mechanics & Locomotion at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. He is also co-founder of the Bionica Innovatie en Expertise Centrum [Biomimetics Innovation and Expertise Centre] in Groningen. Biomimetics is all about finding inspiration in nature. The discipline also attempts to understand nature and use the lessons learned to develop innovative solutions to technical and medical challenges.
Nature has already thought up solutions to many technological problems, often in the distant past. ‘Imitating nature exactly isn’t very practical, but we can certainly be inspired by it’, says Stamhuis. In his research he specializes in the biophysics involved in fish swimming and birds flying. He shows how researchers and designers can learn from animals and the laws of physics in nature, from fluid dynamics to birds’ flight behaviour and the swimming behaviour of fish. Whether it’s a car design inspired by a boxfish, or the adjustment of boat screws based on a penguin’s flipper movement, Stamhuis knows all about it.
In his wind tunnel at Zernike Campus, Stamhuis discovered the smart power of sea birds. An alliance with two pioneering entrepreneurs led to the Albatrozz start-up for new wind turbine blades.
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Publications
2023
Montoya,
E. E. H., Mendoza, E., & Stamhuis, E. J.
(2023). Biomimetic Design of Turbine Blades for Ocean Current
Power Generation. Biomimetics,
8(1), [118]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010118
Hernández
Montoya, E. E., & Stamhuis, E. (2023).
Biomimetic Design of Turbine Blades for Ocean Current
Power Generation. Abstract from Biomechanics in Nature,
Wageningen, Netherlands. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomimetics/special_issues/Biomimetic_Sustainability
Fang,
X., & Stamhuis, E. (2023). Bio-Model
Selection, Processing and Results for Bio-Inspired Truck
Streamlining. Biomimetics,
8(2), [175]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8020175
Boute,
P. G., Ersü, E., & Stamhuis, E. J.
(2023). Experimental evaluation of a biomimetic manta-ray
filter for solid-liquid separation. 36-36. Abstract
from Filters in Biology+Biomimetics, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Boute,
P. G., Bij de Vaate, I., Van Gorp, M., Van Wassenbergh,
S., & Stamhuis, E. J. (2023). Form and
function in boxfishes (Ostraciidae and Aracanidae): a body-drag
perspective. 17-17. Abstract from Biomechanics in
Nature, Wageningen, Netherlands.
2021
Liu,
C., Li, P., Song, F., Stamhuis, E. J., &
Sun, J. (2022). Design optimization and wind tunnel
investigation of a flapping system based on the flapping wing
trajectories of a beetle's hindwings. Computers in
biology and medicine, 140, [105085]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105085
Ramesh,
A., Domingues, M. M., Stamhuis, E. J.,
Groothuis, T. G. G., Weissing, F. J.,
& Nicolaus, M. (2021). Does genetic
differentiation underlie behavioral divergence in response to
migration barriers in sticklebacks? A common garden
experiment. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology, 75(12), [161]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03097-y
Boute,
P. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., & Stamhuis, E.
J. (2021). Modulation of yaw by the caudal fin in
the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus). 115.
Abstract from SEB 2021 Annual Conference.
2020
Boute,
P. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., & Stamhuis, E.
J. (2020). Modulating yaw with an unstable rigid body
and a course-stabilizing or steering caudal fin in the yellow
boxfish (Ostracion cubicus). Royal Society
Open Science, 7(4), [200129]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200129
2019
Quicazan
Rubio, E., van Leeuwen, J. L., van Manen, K., Fleuren, M., Pollux,
B. J. A., & Stamhuis, E. (2019). Coasting in
live-bearing fish: The drag penalty of being pregnant.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface,
16(151). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0714
2018
Briek,
B., Stamhuis, E. J., & Worst, D.
(2018). Filter-foraging strategies of captive American
paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in relation to food type, density
and distribution in the water column. Journal of
zoo and aquarium research, 6(3), 68-73. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v6i3.316
Thielicke,
W., & Stamhuis, E. J. (2018). The effects of
wing twist in slow-speed flapping flight of birds: Trading brute
force against efficiency. Bioinspiration &
biomimetics, 13(5), 056015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/aad5a3
2017
Stamhuis,
E. J. (2017). Biomimetic Wind Turbine
Design with Lift Enhancing Periodic Stall. (Patent No.
WO2017105244). https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=WO&NR=2017105244A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20170622&DB=&locale=en_EP
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Gilbert Cook, A. (2017). Hydrolysis of
enamines. In G. Cook (Ed.), Enamines: Synthesis,
Structure, and Reactions: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
(2 ed., pp. 165-180). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203758014
2016
Stamhuis,
E., Sander, A., & Baars, A. (2016). Fish-like
undulation of a NACA 0012 profile – a numerical
study. Poster session presented at Bionik Kongress 2016
"Patente aus der Natur", Bremen, Germany.
Stamhuis,
E., & Noffke, N. (2016). How Albatrosses and
Fulmars prevent a Crash Landing. Poster session
presented at Society for Experimental Biology Conference, Brighton,
United Kingdom.
2015
Van
Wassenbergh, S., van Manen, K., Marcroft, T. A., Alfaro, M.
E., & Stamhuis, E. J. (2015). Boxfish
swimming paradox resolved: forces by the flow of water around the
body promote manoeuvrability. Journal of the Royal
Society Interface, 12(103), [20141146]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1146
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Lengkeek, W. (2015). Method of and system for controlling a height
distribution of a bottom of a water. (Patent No.
WO2015174826). https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=WO&NR=2015174826A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20151119&DB=&locale=en_EP
Stamhuis,
E. (Developer), & Thielicke, W. (Developer). (2015).
PIVlab - a time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV)
tool. Software http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/27659-pivlab-time-resolved-particle-image-velocimetry--piv--tool
Stamhuis,
E. (Developer), & Thielicke, W. (Developer). (2015).
PIVlab - Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
Tool for MATLAB. Web publication/site http://pivlab.blogspot.nl/
Thielicke,
W., & Stamhuis, E. J. (2015). The influence
of wing morphology on the three-dimensional flow patterns of a
flapping wing at bird scale. Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 768, 240-260. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.71
Stamhuis,
E. (Other). (2015). Website - SeaCurrent - Release
tidal energy. Web publication/site http://seacurrent.nl/
2014
Van
Wassenbergh, S., van Manen, K., Marcroft, T. A., Alfaro, M.
E., & Stamhuis, E. (2014). Boxfish carapace
hydrodynamics: a test of the self-stabilization and low body-drag
hypotheses. Integrative and Comparative
Biology, 54, E213-E213.
Stamhuis,
E., & Thielicke, W. (2014). PIVlab – Towards
User-friendly, Affordable and Accurate Digital Particle Image
Velocimetry in MATLAB. Journal of Open Research
Software, 2(1), [30]. https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bl
Ekkers,
D. M., Claessen, D., Galli, F., & Stamhuis,
E. (2014). Surface modification using interfacial
assembly of the Streptomyces chaplin proteins.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,
98(10), 4491-4501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5463-z
2013
Guttridge,
T. L., van Dijk, S., Stamhuis, E. J., Krause, J.,
Gruber, S. H., & Brown, C. (2013). Social learning in
juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris.
Animal Cognition, 16(1), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0550-6
2011
Thielicke,
W., Kesel, A. B., & Stamhuis, E. (2011).
Reliable Force Predictions for a Flapping-wing Micro Air
Vehicle: A "Vortex-lift" Approach. International
journal of micro air vehicles, 3(4), 201-215.
https://doi.org/10.1260/1756-8293.3.4.201
2010
Hemelrijk,
C. K., Hildenbrandt, H., Reinders, J.,
& Stamhuis, E. J. (2010). Emergence of oblong
school shape: Models and empirical data of fish.
Ethology, 116(11), 1099-1112. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01818.x
Stamhuis,
E., & Hoefnagel, N. (2010). What is the mechanism
behind the low body drag in penguins? In A. B. Kesel, &
D. Zehren (Eds.), Bionik: Patente der Natur - 2010
2009
Troost,
K., Stamhuis, E. J., van Duren, L. A., & Wolff, W.
J. (2009). Feeding current characteristics of three
morphologically different bivalve suspension feeders, Crassostrea
gigas, Mytilus edulis and Cerastoderma edule, in relation to food
competition. Marine Biology,
156(3), 355-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1088-7
Hoving,
H. J. T., Nauwelaerts, S., van Genne, B., Stamhuis, E.
J., & Zumholz, K. (2009). Spermatophore
implantation in Rossia moelleri Steenstrup, 1856 (Sepiolidae;
Cephalopoda). Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology, 372(1-2), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.008
2008
Troost,
K., Veldhuizen, R., Stamhuis, E. J., & Wolff, W.
J. (2008). Can bivalve veligers escape feeding currents of
adult bivalves? Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology, 358(2), 185-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.02.009
2007
Lentink,
D., Muller, U. K., Stamhuis, E. J., de Kat, R., van
Gestel, W., Veldhuis, L. L. M., Henningsson, P., Hedenstrom, A.,
& Videler, J. J. (2007). How swifts control their glide
performance with morphing wings.
Nature, 446(7139), 1082-1085. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05733
Stamhuis,
E. J. (2007). Shedding light on animal generated
flows: Quantitative analysis of animal generated flow patterns
using DPIV. In R. Liebe (Ed.), Fluid flow in nature
Vol.2: Inspiration, Learning and Application (pp. 735-746).
Wessex Institute for Technology Press.
Stamhuis,
E. J. (2007). Vortices rule the wake: Structure and
Reynold's scaling of animal generated wakes. In R. Liebe
(Ed.), Fluid flow in nature Vol.1: A challenge for engineering
design (pp. 357-372). Wessex Institute for Technology
Press.
2006
Stamhuis,
E. J. (2006). Basics and principles of particle image
velocimetry (PIV) for mapping biogenic and biologically relevant
flows. Aquatic Ecology,
40(4), 463-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-005-6567-z
Steinke,
M., Stefels, J., & Stamhuis, E. J.
(2006). Dimethyl sulfide triggers search behavior in
copepods. Limnology and Oceanography,
51(4), 1925-1930. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1925
2005
Nauwelaerts,
S., Stamhuis, EJ., & Aerts, P. (2005).
Propulsive force calculations in swimming frogs I: A
momentum-impulse approach. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 208(8), 1435-1443. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01509
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Nauwelaerts, S. (2005). Propulsive force
calculations in swimming frogs II. Application of a vortex ring
model to DPIV data. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 208(8), 1445-1451. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01530
Nauwelaerts,
S., Stamhuis, E., & Aerts, P. (2005).
Swimming and jumping in a semi-aquatic frog.
Animal Biology, 55(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1163/1570756053276934
2004
Troost,
K., Kamermans, P., Stamhuis, E., & Wolff, W. J.
(2004). Are introduced oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
hampering the recruitment of indigenous bivalve filter
feeders?. 10. Abstract from ICES conference 2004,
United Kingdom.
Videler,
J. J., Stamhuis, E. J., & Povel, G. D. E. (2004).
Leading-Edge Vortex lifts swifts.
Science, 306(5703), 1960-1962. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1104682
2002
Stamhuis,
E. J., Videler, J. J., van Duren, L. A., & Muller, U. K.
(2002). Applying digital particle image velocimetry to
animal-generated flows: Traps, hurdles and cures in mapping steady
and unsteady flows in Re regimes between 10(-2) and 10(5).
Experiments in Fluids, 33(6),
801-813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-002-0520-x
Muller,
UK., Stamhuis, EJ., & Videler, JJ. (2002).
Riding the Waves: the Role of the Body Wave in Undulatory
Fish Swimming1 . Integrative and Comparative
Biology, 42(5), 981-987. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/42.5.981
Videler,
J. J., Stamhuis, E. J., Muller, U. K., & van
Duren, L. A. (2002). The scaling and structure of aquatic
animal wakes. Integrative and Comparative
Biology, 42(5), 988-996. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/42.5.988
2001
Müller,
U. K., Smit, J., Stamhuis, E. J., & Videler, J. J.
(2001). How the body contributes to the wake in undulatory
fish swimming: Flow fields of a swimming eel (Anguilla
anguilla). Journal of Experimental
Biology, 204(16), 2751-2762. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/16/2751.full
2000
Muller,
UK., Stamhuis, E., & Ellington, CP. (2000).
Quantifying the leading-edge vortex of a hovering robotic
insect during the downstroke. American
zoologist, 40(6), 1142-1143.
1999
Videler,
JJ., Muller, UK., & Stamhuis, EJ. (1999).
Aquatic vertebrate locomotion: Wakes from body waves.
Journal of Experimental Biology,
202(23), 3423-3430.
1998
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Videler, J. J. (1998). Burrow ventilation
in the tube-dwelling shrimp Callianassa subterranea (Decapoda:
thalassinidea). III. Hydrodynamic modelling and the energetics of
pleopod pumping. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 201(14), 2171-2181.
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Videler, J. J. (1998). Burrow ventilation
in the tube-dwelling shrimp callianassa subterranea (Decapoda:
thalassinidea). II. The flow in the vicinity of the shrimp and the
energetic advantages of a laminar non-pulsating ventilation
current. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 201(14), 2159-2170.
Stamhuis,
E. J., & Videler, J. J. (1998). Burrow ventilation
in the tube-dwelling shrimp Callianassa subterranea (Decapoda
Thalassinidea) - I. Morphology and motion of the pleopods, uropods
and telson. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 201(14), 2151-2158.
Stamhuis,
EJ., Dauwe, B., & Videler, JJ. (1998). How to bite
the dust: morphology, motion pattern and function of the feeding
appendages of the deposit-feeding thalassinid shrimp Callianassa
subterranea. Marine Biology,
132(1), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050370
Stamhuis,
E. J., Videler, J. J., & de Wilde, P. A. W. J. (1998).
Optimal foraging in the thalassinidean shrimp Callianassa
subterranea - Improving food quality by grain size
selection. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology
and Ecology, 228(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00026-4
van
Duren, L. A., Stamhuis, E. J., & Videler, J. J.
(1998). Reading the copepod personal ads: Increasing
encounter probility with hydromechanical signals.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
B, 353(1369), 691-700. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1998.0235
1997
Stamhuis,
EJ., Schreurs, CE., & Videler, JJ. (1997). Burrow
architecture and turbative activity of the thalassinid shrimp
Callianassa subterranea from the central North Sea.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 151,
155-163. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps151155
Mueller,
U. K., van den Heuvel, B. L. E., Stamhuis, E., &
Videler, J. J. (1997). Fish foot prints: Morphology and
energetics of the wake behind a continuously swimming mullet
(Chelon labrosus risso). Journal of Experimental
Biology, 200(22), 2893-2906.
Stamhuis,
E. J. (1997). Mining, brushing and flushing:
Feeding mechanism, turbative activity and behavioural energetics of
the endobenthic thalassinid shrimp Callianassa
subterranea. [Thesis fully internal (DIV),
University of Groningen]. s.n.
1995
Stamhuis,
EJ., & Videler, JJ. (1995). Quantitative flow
analysis around aquatic animals using laser sheet particle image
velocimetry. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 198(2), 283-294.
1991
Stamhuis,
E. (1991). Pleopod Movements of a Tube Dwelling
Decopod. 722.
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