Items by Megill, William

Book Sections

Brown, J., Chambers, L., Collins, K. M., Akanyeti, O., Visentin, F., Ladd, R., Fiorini, P. and Megill, W., 2011. The interaction between vortices and a biomimetic flexible fin. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 12th Annual Conference, TAROS 2011, Proceedings. Vol. 6856. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 418-419. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Viba, J., Beresnevich, V., Tsyfansky, S., Kruusmaa, M., Fontaine, J.-G. and Megill, W., 2011. New designs of fin type propulsive devices of robotic fish. In: IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 625-630. (IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011)

Collins, K. M., Brown, J. C., Ladd, R. R., Chambers, L. D., Bowyer, A. and Megill, W. M., 2011. Variable stroke timing of rubber fins' duty cycle improves force. In: IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 613-618. (IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011)

Fiazza, C., Salumae, T., Listak, M., Kulikovskis, G., Templeton, R., Akanyeti, O., Megill, W., Fiorini, P. and Kruusmaa, M., 2010. Biomimetic mechanical design for soft-bodied underwater vehicles. In: OCEANS'10 IEEE Sydney, OCEANSSYD 2010. IEEE Computer Society. (OCEANS'10 IEEE Sydney, OCEANSSYD 2010)

Graf, S., Blondel, P. C., Megill, W. M. and Clift, S. E., 2009. Acoustic modelling of dolphin sound reception and implications for biosonar design. In: Oceans 2009 - Europe. New York: IEEE, pp. 1519-1524.

Collins, K., Foerster, F., Dolan, S., Bowyer, A. and Megill, W., 2008. Kinematics and Force Characterisation of a Knifefish-Inspired Mechanical Propulsor. In: Proceedings Biological Approaches for Engineering. Southampton: Institue of Sound and Vibration Research, pp. 30-33.

Articles

Akanyeti, O., Venturelli, R., Visentin, F., Chambers, L., Megill, W. M. and Fiorini, P., 2011. What information do Karman streets offer to flow sensing? Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 6 (3), 036001.

Senko, J., Koch, V., Megill, W. M., Carthy, R. R., Templeton, R. P. and Nichols, W. J., 2010. Fine scale daily movements and habitat use of East Pacific green turtles at a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391 (1-2), pp. 92-100.

Stelle, L. L., Megill, W. M. and Kinzel, M. R., 2008. Activity budget and diving behavior of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in feeding grounds off coastal British Columbia. Marine Mammal Science, 24 (3), pp. 462-478.

Armour, R., Paskins, K., Bowyer, A., Vincent, J., Megill, W. and Bomphrey, R., 2007. Jumping robots: A biomimetic solution to locomotion across rough terrain. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 2 (3), S65-S82.

Stelle, L. L., Megill, W. M. and Kinzel, M. R., 2007. Activity budgets and diving behaviour of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in feeding grounds off coastal British Columbia. Marine Mammal Science, 24 (3), pp. 462-478.

Paskins, K. E., Bowyer, A., Megill, W. M. and Scheibe, J. S., 2007. Take-off and landing forces and the evolution of controlled gliding in northern flying squirrels Glaucomys sabrinus. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 210 (8), pp. 1413-1423.

Ahlborn, B., Blake, R. W. and Megill, W. M., 2006. Frequency tuning in locomotion. Zoology, 109, pp. 43-53.

Wu, Y., Zhou, D., Spinks, G. M., Innis, P. C., Megill, W. and Wallace, G. G., 2005. TITAN: A conducting polymer based microfluidic pump. Smart Materials and Structures, 14, pp. 1511-1516.

Brady, S., Lau, K. T., Megill, W., Wallace, G. G. and Diamond, D., 2005. The development and characterisation of conducting polymeric-based sensing devices. Synthetic Metals, 154, pp. 25-28.

Megill, W. M., Gosline, J. M. and Blake, R. W., 2005. The modulus of elasticity of the fibrillin-containing microfibrils from the mesoglea of the hydromedusa, Polyorchis penicillatus. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, pp. 3819-3834.

Megill, W. M. and Garcia Carreras, B., 2005. Using multibeam sonar to track the underwater behaviour of grey whales. Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, San Diego

Megill, W. M., Campbell, T. E., Bowles, K., Steele, J. R. and Wallace, G. G., 2003. Finite element analysis of the female breast during locomotion. Institute for Physics and Engineering in Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting

Megill, W. M., 2003. Jellyfish biomechanics: The role of fibre-reinforcement in the mechanical behaviour of a biological soft tissue. The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 30 (2), pp. 90-98.

Lamb, E. G. and Megill, W. M., 2003. The shoreline fringe forest of the central British Columbia coast. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 117 (2), pp. 209-217.

Calambokidis, J., Darling, J., Deecke, V. B., Gearin, P., Gosho, M., Megill, W. M., Tombach, C., Goley, D., Toropova, C. and Gisborne, B., 2002. Abundance, range and movements of a feeding aggregation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from California to southeastern Alaska in 1998. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 4 (2), pp. 267-276.

Reports/Papers

Senko, J., Kock, V. and Megill, W., 2008. Habitat use of black turtles (Chelonia mydas) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. Other. LSI Ecosystem Science Program.

Kurth, S., Megill, W. M. and Yasue, M., 2007. Preliminary report on the epibenthic and benthic environment of San Ignacio Lagoon. Other. CERF. (Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Ecosystem Science Project)

Megill, W. M. and Lewis, A. J., 2007. Surveys for Grey Whales, Eschrichtius robustus, on the Central Coast of British Columbia and North Coast of Vancouver Island. Other. CERF.

Wladichuk, J. L., Megill, W. M. and Kurth, S., 2006. Grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Cape Caution, British Columbia, during the summer of 2005. Other. CERF.

Megill, W. M., Kurth, S. and Wladichuk, J. L., 2006. Report on cetacean research activities at Cape Caution, British Columbia, summer 2004. Other. CERF.

Megill, W. M., Scott-Ashe, J. E., Witherly, N. E. and Meissner, A., 2003. Surveys for grey whales along the Central and Northern Coasts of British Columbia, Summer 2002. Other. Seattle, WA: CERF.

Megill, W. M., Stelle, L. L., Woodward, B. and Winn, J., 2003. Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichitius robustus, near Cape Caution, BC, Summer 2003. Other. Seattle, WA: CERF.

Calambokidis, J., Gosho, M., Gearin, P., Darling, J. D., Megill, W., Heath, M., Goley, D. and Gisborne, B., 2002. Gray whale photographic identification in 2001: Collaborative research in the Pacific Northwest. Other. Seattle, WA: CERF.

Heath, M. and Megill, W. M., 2002. Surveys for grey whales, Eschrichtius robustus, along the Central Coast of British Columbia, Summer 2001. Other. Seattle, WA: CERF.

Megill, W. M., Stelle, L. L. and Muise, J., 2001. Grey whales of BC: 2000 Field Report. Other. Maynard, MA: Center for Field Studies, Earthwatch.

Conference or Workshop Items

Williamson, B., Balchin, M. and Megill, W., 2012. Towards mapping Nereocystis luetkeana kelp beds : using the holonomic iROV SeaBiscuit and sonar fusion. In: 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, 2012-07-02 - 2012-07-06, Edinburgh.

Collins, K., Bowyer, A. and Megill, W., 2009. Asymmetries of Flexible Foil Locomotion. In: The Fourth International Symposium on Aero-Aqua Bio-Mechanisms, 2009-08-29 - 2009-09-02, Shanghai.

Hollyman, L., Bishop, G., Pickering, M. N., Tommony, J., Perrin, R. F., McCoach, I. and Megill, W., 2009. Design and construction of the 2009 BURST human-powered submarine, Sulis. In: Design report for the 10th International Submarine Races, 2009-06-01, Washington DC.

Chifanskii, S., Viba, J., Jakushchevich, V., Kruusmaa, M. and Megill, W., 2009. Issledovanie raboti plavnikovogo dvijitelia gidrobionta. In: Symposium on the Dynamics of Vibroimpact (Strongly Non-linear) Systems (“DYVIS - 2009”), 2009-05-01, Zvenigorod, Russia.

Viba, J., Goncha, V., Shvab, Y., Fontaine, J. G., Megill, W. and Fiorini, P., 2009. Jestkost' tonkosloinix, rezinometallicheskix elementov pri sjatii. In: Symposium on the Dynamics of Vibroimpact (Strongly Non-linear) Systems (“DYVIS - 2009”), 2009-05-01, Zvenigorod, Russia.

Maud, J. L., Megill, W. and Stelle, L. L., 2009. Predator-prey cycling in grey whales off British Columbia. In: 2009 Annual Meeting of the European Cetacean Society, 2009-03-01, Istanbul.

Senko, J., Carthy, R., Megill, W., Templeton, R. P. and Nichols, W. J., 2009. Fine scale diel movement and activity ranges of east Pacific green turtles at a coastal foraging area in Baja California Sur, Mexico. In: 2009 International Sea Turtle Symposium, Australia, 2009-02-17 - 2009-02-19, Brisbane.

Collins, K. M., Brassington, H. J., Ferris, M. T., Middleton, J., Williamson, B. J., Yao, J., Megill, W. and Dolan, S. C., 2009. Hawthorne 2.0 - same boat, new guts. In: Presentation to the third annual SAUC-E competition hosted by the DGA, DSTL and the MoD, 2009-01-01, Brest.

Graf, S., Blondel, P., Megill, W. and Clift, S., 2009. Sound reception in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Results from 2-D and 3-D modelling.

Maud, J. L., Stelle, L. L. and Megill, W., 2008. A "switching" predator in a changing ocean: Is predator-prey cycling in grey whales feeding near Cape Caution, BC, sustainable? In: 2008 meeting of the American Cetacean Society, 2008-11-01, Monterrey, CA.

Stelle, L. L., Megill, W. and Kinzel, M. R., 2008. Activity budget, diving behavior and foraging ecology of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off coastal British Columbia. In: 2008 meeting of the American Cetacean Society, 2008-11-01, Monterrey, CA.

Wladichuk, J., Megill, W., Maud, J. L. and Stelle, L. L., 2008. Grey whales - population trends, prey and acoustics. In: Annual British Columbia Marine Mammal Symposium, UBC, 2008-11-01, Vancouver.

Calambokidis, J., Laake, J., Gosho, M., Gearin, P., Szaniszlo, W., Newell, C., Tombach, C., Megill, W. and Deecke, V. B., 2008. Seasonal resident gray whales in the Pacific Northwest: Results from collaborative research from 1999 to 2007. In: 2008 meeting of the American Cetacean Society, 2008-11-01, Monterrey, CA.

Kinzel, M. R. and Megill, W. M., 2008. Chlorophyll distribution and whale occupancy patterns: Using SeaWiFS ocean color data to monitor coastal ecosystems dynamics. In: Proceedings of the 2008 ASPRS conference, 2008-04-01, Portland, OR.

Senko, J., Koch, V., Megill, W. M., Templeton, R. P., Mayoral, R., Carthy, R., Nickerson, M. and Nichols, W. J., 2008. Fine scale movement patterns of immature black turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a coastal foraging area in BCS, Mexico: Preliminary results.

Maud, J. L. and Megill, W. M., 2008. Grey whales as switching predators in a tertiary feeding area. In: Annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, 2008-01-01, Amsterdam.

Graf, S., Megill, W. M., Blondel, P. and Clift, S. E., 2008. Investigation into the possible role of dolphins' teeth in sound reception.

Wladichuk, J. L., Megill, W. M. and Blondel, P., 2008. Passive echolocation techniques of eastern Pacific grey whales and biomimetic applications.

Megill, W. and Garcia Carreras, B., 2008. Using a SeaBat 8128 to study the underwater behaviour of grey whales in a Mexican breeding lagoon. In: Reson Users' Conference, Oceanology International, 2008-01-01, London.

Wladichuk, J. L., Megill, W. M. and Blondel, P., 2007. A bioinspired approach to sound localization in the underwater coastal environment. In: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference & exhibition on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results, 2007-01-01.

Megill, W. M., Kurth, S. and Kordich, K. G., 2006. Preliminary report on research activities in Laguna San Ignacio. In: BCS, Mexico, winter 2006, 2006-01-01.