It is what we still don’t know about bird flight that most intrigues mechanical engineer David Lentink. As an inspiration for engineering design, Lentink’s stunning slow motion video shows birds in flight in a way never captured before and still not completely understood.
Lentink's multidisciplinary lab studies biological flight, particularly bird flight, as an inspiration for engineering design. Lentink holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in aerospace engineering (aerodynamics, Delft University of Technology), and a doctorate in experimental zoology cum laude (Wageningen University). While working on his doctorate, he studied insect flight at the California Institute of Technology. His postdoctoral training at Harvard was focused on studying birds. Lentink's publications range from technical journals to Nature and Science. He is a member of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, recipient of the Dutch Academic Year Prize and was recognized in 2013 as one of the 40 scientists under 40 by the World Economic Forum.
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