Photograph from the FDCL announcement: MarsBee Research Featured by NASA 360
From FDCL’s March 17, 2020 announcement.

FDCL’s MarsBee research was featured by NASA 360 in “Robotic Bees Designed to Explore Mars.” The feature introduces the concept of small flapping-wing robotic flyers for planetary exploration.

The original announcement links to the NASA 360 video.

Related FDCL research on the dynamics of flapping-wing flight
Related FDCL research on the dynamics of flapping-wing flight. This numerical illustration complements the NASA 360 feature.

Original FDCL announcement — March 17, 2020

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Taeyoung Lee

Taeyoung Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He directs the Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory and joined GW in 2011 after serving on the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2008.