articles

  • [Dispatch] Socha, J. J., & Khandelwal, P. C. (2024). Animal locomotion: Wing-like femoral lobes help orchid mantid nymphs glide. In Current Biology (Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp. R94–R98). Cell Press. [link] [pdf]
  • [Conference paper] Ross, S. D., Zakaria, M. A., Socha, J. J., Hedrick, T., & Khandelwal, P. (2024). Tail-Assisted Pitch Control in Flying Lizards. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [link] [pdf]
  • [Review] Khandelwal, P. C., Zakaria, M. A., Socha, J. J. (2023). A Year at the Forefront of Gliding Locomotion. Biology Open, 12.8. [link] [pdf]
  • [Book chapter] Khandelwal, P. C., Ross, S. D., Dong, H., Socha, J. J. (2023). Book Chapter. Convergence in Gliding Animals: Morphology, Behavior, and Mechanics. Convergent Evolution – Animal Form and Function. Eds V. Bels and A. P. Russel. Springer. [link] [pdf]
  • [BioRxiv] Price, E.*,Khandelwal, P. C.*, Rubenstein, D. I., & Ahmad, A. (2023). A Framework for Fast, Large-scale, Semi-Automatic Inference of Animal Behavior from Monocular Videos. BioRxiv, 2023.07.31.551177. *co-first. [link] [pdf]
  • [Perspective] Chellapurath, M., Khandelwal P. C., Schulz, A. K. (2023). Bioinspired robots can foster nature conservation. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10, 1145798. [link] [pdf]
  • [Research article] Khandelwal, P. C. & Hedrick, T. L. Combined effects of body posture and three-dimensional wing shape enable efficient gliding in flying lizards. Sci. Rep. 12, 1–11 (2022). [link] [pdf]
    Part of Scientific Reports Top 100 in Engineering Collection – 2022.
  • [Research article] Chellapurath, M., Khandelwal, P. C., Rottier, T., Schwab, F. & Jusufi, A.(2022). Morphologically Adaptive Crash Landing on a Wall: Soft-Bodied Models of Gliding Geckos with Varying Material Stiffnesses. Adv. Intell. Syst. [link] [pdf]
    Featured on Back Cover
  • [Research article] Khandelwal, P. C. & Hedrick, T. L. (2020). How biomechanics, path planning and sensing enable gliding flight in a natural environment. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 287, 20192888. [link] [pdf]
  • [Research article] Khandelwal, P. C., Agrawal, S. S., Namboothiry, M. A. G. & Gundiah, N. (2014). Fabrication of a novel biomaterial with enhanced mechanical and conducting properties. J. Mater. Chem. B 2. [link] [pdf]

Published abstracts

  • Khandelwal, P. C., Price, E., Rubenstein, D. I., & Ahmad, A. A Framework for Fast, Large-scale, Semi-Automatic Inference of Animal Behavior from Monocular Videos. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2024).
  • Khandelwal, P. C., Socha, J. J., Hedrick, T. L. & Jusufi, A. J. The role of tail during reorientation in flying lizards. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2022).
  • Khandelwal, P. C. & Hedrick, T. L. Gliding through clutter - obstacle avoidance and path-planning in the flying lizard Draco dussumieri. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2020).
  • Khandelwal, P. C., Shankar, C. M. & Hedrick, T. L. Take-off biomechanics in gliding lizards. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2018).
  • Khandelwal, P. C. & Hedrick, T. L. The short and long of gliding. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2017).
  • Yu, S., Khandelwal, P. C., Gardner, H., & Hedrick, T. L. Continuous Aerodynamic Pitch Perturbation of Hawkmoths. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2017).
  • Khandelwal, P. C., Evangelista, D., & Hedrick, T. L. The glide of the dragon - glide characterization and performance of Draco dussumieri. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2016).
  • Evangelista, D., Khandelwal, P. C., Rader, J., & Hedrick, T. L. Free-flight kinematics of massed Chimney Swift entering a chimney roost at dusk. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (2015).