Ryan D. Maladen

Undulatory Swimming in Sand: Subsurface Locomotion of the Sandfish Lizard

Ryan D. Maladen, Yang Ding, Chen Li et al. · Science · 2009 · 420 citations

Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Anatomy +19

Mechanical models of sandfish locomotion reveal principles of high performance subsurface sand-swimming

Ryan D. Maladen, Yang Ding, Paul B. Umbanhowar et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 2011 · 186 citations

Undulatory swimming in sand: experimental and simulation studies of a robotic sandfish

Ryan D. Maladen, Yang Ding, Paul B. Umbanhowar et al. · The International Journal of Robotics Research · 2011 · 88 citations

Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering +26

Granular lift forces predict vertical motion of a sand-swimming robot

Ryan D. Maladen, Paul B. Umbanhowar, Yang Ding et al. · 2011 · 39 citations

Robot Kinematics, Engineering, Biorobotics +25

Effects of activation pattern on nonisometric human skeletal muscle performance

Ryan D. Maladen, Ramu Perumal, Anthony S. Wexler et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2007 · 24 citations

Muscle Function, Motor Control, Stimulation Pulses +16