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Sun Mao, Professor of the Institute of Fluid Mechanics at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA). He graduated from BUAA in 1978, received his Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering in 1983 from Princeton University, and did post-doctorate research in University of Maryland from 1983 to 1985. Since 1985 he has taught and conducted research at BUAA. Sun Mao’s research aims to understand the intricacies of unsteady aerodynamics and animal flight dynamics through insect flight. He is studying the wing and body kinematics, unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms, energy expenditure, and flight dynamic stability and control of insect flight.
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Mao, S. Preface: Aerodynamics, dynamics and control of animal (insects, birds and bats) flight. Acta Mech Sin 30, 775 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-014-0121-y
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