Faculty Sponsor(s)
Joelle Murray
Subject Area
Physics/Applied Physics
Description
Insect swarms exhibit collective behaviors that emerge from the interactions between individual insects. In midges, these interactions are thought to be governed by long-range acoustic signals from other insects in the swarm. A model developed by Gorbonos et al. adds the long-range acoustic behavior into an equation of motion to describe the midge swarm dynamics. This research expands on Gorbonos' model by considering various subsets of insect-insect interactions, and investigates how diffusion and polarization parameters vary with the number of interactions.
Recommended Citation
Perez, Brendan, "Investigating the Connectedness of a Gorbonos Insect Swarm" (2024). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 8.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2024/all/8
Investigating the Connectedness of a Gorbonos Insect Swarm
Insect swarms exhibit collective behaviors that emerge from the interactions between individual insects. In midges, these interactions are thought to be governed by long-range acoustic signals from other insects in the swarm. A model developed by Gorbonos et al. adds the long-range acoustic behavior into an equation of motion to describe the midge swarm dynamics. This research expands on Gorbonos' model by considering various subsets of insect-insect interactions, and investigates how diffusion and polarization parameters vary with the number of interactions.
Comments
My presentation is an extension of the summer research led by Joelle Murray with Brendan Perez, Lucas Pinard, Sydney Pfleiger, and Virág Carlile-Kovács used for my senior thesis project.