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.

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Leren van de dieren [Learning from animals] (De Kennis van Nu, television programme in Dutch)
High speed (De Buitendienst, from 12:13, video in Dutch)

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Een kubusvis keert moeiteloos [Boxfish turns effortlessly] (in Dutch)
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Leren van de natuur [Learning from nature] (in Dutch)
Tornados in Groningen

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Publications

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. J., 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) - I. Morphology and motion of the pleopods, uropods and telson. Journal of Experimental Biology, 201(14), 2151-2158.

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). III. Hydrodynamic modelling and the energetics of pleopod pumping. Journal of Experimental Biology, 201(14), 2171-2181.

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, EJ., Videler, JJ., & de Wilde, PAWJ. (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

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. 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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