STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Sridhar Ravi
Position:
Honorary Principal Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Phone:
+61399256102
Email:
sridhar.ravi@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Improvement of soil water retention and aeration capacity using porous silica. Funded by: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Competitive from (2019 to 2020)
- Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Robots – Wing Actuation and Flight-Control. Funded by: Defence Science Institute (DSI) Grant for Scholarships from (2019 to 2022)
- Global Connections Industry Priming Grant. Funded by: Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Priming Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- Nanjing University Research Visit. Funded by: Australia China Young Scientists Exchange Program from (2015 to 2015)
- YSEP Visit to Research Facilities in China to Establish Collaborations. Funded by: Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF) Young Scientists Exchange Programme 2014 from (2014 to 2014)
Biomechanics, Flight mechanics, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Micro air vehicles, Bio-inspired design
- Ravi, S.,Siesenop, T.,Bertrand, O.,Li, L.,Doussot, C.,Fisher, A.,Warren, W.,Egelhaaf, M. (2022). Bumblebees display characteristics of active vision during robust obstacle avoidance flight In: The Journal of experimental biology, 225, 1 - 10
- Li, Q.,Yuan, J.,Shen, H.,Deng, J.,Jakobi, T.,Ravi, S.,Wang, X.,Ji, A. (2021). Aerodynamics of a half-rotating wing in hovering flight: An integrated study In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 235, 2407 - 2425
- Thoma, A.,Moni, A.,Ravi, S. (2021). Significance of parallel computing on the performance of digital image correlation algorithms in matlab In: Designs, 5, 1 - 21
- Bertrand, O.,Doussot, C.,Siesenop, T.,Ravi, S.,Egelhaaf, M. (2021). Visual and movement memories steer foraging bumblebees along habitual routes In: Journal of Experimental Biology, 224, 1 - 11
- Mazharmanesh, S.,Stallard, J.,Medina, A.,Fisher, A.,Ando, N.,Tian, F.,Young, J.,Ravi, S. (2021). Effects of uniform vertical inflow perturbations on the performance of flapping wings In: Royal Society Open Science, 8, 1 - 15
- Wang, W.,Ji, A.,Chen, G.,Ravi, S.,Shen, H.,Gorb, S.,Dai, Z. (2020). Kinematics of gecko climbing: the lateral undulation pattern In: Zoology, 140, 1 - 11
- Ravi, S.,Bertrand, O.,Siesenop, T.,Manz, L.,Doussot, C.,Fisher, A.,Egelhaaf, M. (2019). Gap perception in bumblebees In: Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, 1 - 10
- Jakobi, T.,Kolomenskiy, D.,Ikeda, T.,Watkins, S.,Fisher, A.,Liu, H.,Ravi, S. (2018). Bees with attitude: the effects of directed gusts on flight trajectories In: Biology Open, 7, 1 - 32
- Ravi, S.,Garcia Mendoza, J.,Wang, C.,Dyer, A. (2016). The answer is blowing in the wind: Free-flying honeybees can integrate visual and mechano-sensory inputs for making complex foraging decisions In: Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, 3465 - 3472
- Ravi, S.,Kolomenskiy, D.,Engels, T.,Schneider, K.,Wang, C.,Sesterhenn, J.,Liu, H. (2016). Bumblebees minimize control challenges by combining active and passive modes in unsteady winds In: Scientific Reports, 6, 1 - 10