August 10, 2017

MONDAY, August 14, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club presents Biologist Brooke Flammang

Sharks, Robots, Lasers, Locomotion in the Ocean!

Secret Science Club presents biologist, comparative physiologist, and biomechanics expert Brooke Flammang of the Fluid Locomotion Lab.

MONDAY, August 14, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE!

How do fish sense the fluid dynamics of the ocean around them? Why do fish have different shapes? Explore mysteries of walking cave fish, propulsive shark tails, and why the hitchhiking remora fish sucks (or doesn’t).

Before & After
--Try our cocktail of the night, the Fin & Tonic
--C’mon and swim to undersea grooves
--Stick around for the salty Q&A!

Brooke Flammang is a professor of biological sciences and director of the Fluid Locomotion Lab at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She researches functional morphology, comparative biomechanics, fluid dynamics, bioinspired robots, and cool fish stuff. She has been a featured scientist on the BBC and Discovery Channel and in Wired, Scientific American, Gizmodo and the New York Times.

This fin-tastic edition of the Secret Science Club meets Monday, August 14, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave, R to 9th St. 

Doors open at 7:30PM. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self.