Tuesday Lecture: Peter Lissaman: Sailor of the Southern Skies

[Stephen Guerin]

** Tomorrow **

TITLE: Sailor of the Southern Skies

SPEAKER: Peter Lissaman

TIME: Tuesday, March 25 12:30p

LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room

Lunch will be available for $5

ABSTRACT
This is a theoretical scientific seminar of the methods by which the southern
albatross (Diomedea  Exulans) extracts energy from the oceanic boundary layer,
as first noted by Lord Rayleigh and, poetically, by Coleridge in "The Ancient
Mariner".  This great bird flies many thousands of kilometers on stationary,
silent wings.  The primeval flight energy extraction procedure makes its
existence possible. The analysis involves optimization of nonlinear, extreme
angle flight mechanics in a spatially varying wind field, and some simple
variational techniques.  The results are supported by a short VCR clip, showing
the process.

Many of the discussions of this topic on the web, and in ornithological
literature, including a recent authoritative volume by Oxford Univ. Press,  are
incorrect.

The lecture has been presented at American Instit. of Aero- and Astronautics,
NASA, Caltech, Stanford, USC, UNM and other places.

The Presenter
Peter Lissaman has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from Caltech, and advanced degrees in
Math from Cambridge Univ., in ME from Natal University and an Honorary Ph.D. in
engineering design from Natal University. He was awarded the Longstreth Gold
Medal by the US Franklin Society (previous recipients were Orville Wright and
Thomas Edison) and the Kremer medal from the Royal Aeronautical Society.  He has
taught many students, from Navy test pilots to Grad students at Caltech, USC,
and Stanford.  Some of his students went far - two to the moon!  He is a
designer of operating aircraft, sailboats, wind turbines and automobiles, and
has published more than 160 papers on subjects ranging from wing theory and bird
flight to turbulence.

[Justin Lyon-2]

Stephen,

Would it be possible for someone to video record these talks and post  
them as a online video like we do with the Grey Thumb talks?

http://www.greythumb.org/cms/node/4

Even just audio like on http://www.biota.org/podcast would be helpful.

For those of us who cannot make it to Santa Fe!!

Best,
Justin Lyon
[phone] - Mobile
http://web.mac.com/justinlyon/

On 24 Mar 2008, at 17:14, Stephen Guerin wrote:

> ** Tomorrow **
>
> TITLE: Sailor of the Southern Skies
>
> SPEAKER: Peter Lissaman
>
> TIME: Tuesday, March 25 12:30p
>
> LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
>
> Lunch will be available for $5
>
> ABSTRACT
> This is a theoretical scientific seminar of the methods by which the  
> southern
> albatross (Diomedea  Exulans) extracts energy from the oceanic  
> boundary layer,
> as first noted by Lord Rayleigh and, poetically, by Coleridge in  
> "The Ancient
> Mariner".  This great bird flies many thousands of kilometers on  
> stationary,
> silent wings.  The primeval flight energy extraction procedure makes  
> its
> existence possible. The analysis involves optimization of nonlinear,  
> extreme
> angle flight mechanics in a spatially varying wind field, and some  
> simple
> variational techniques.  The results are supported by a short VCR  
> clip, showing
> the process.
>
> Many of the discussions of this topic on the web, and in  
> ornithological
> literature, including a recent authoritative volume by Oxford Univ.  
> Press,  are
> incorrect.
>
> The lecture has been presented at American Instit. of Aero- and  
> Astronautics,
> NASA, Caltech, Stanford, USC, UNM and other places.
>
> The Presenter
> Peter Lissaman has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from Caltech, and advanced  
> degrees in
> Math from Cambridge Univ., in ME from Natal University and an  
> Honorary Ph.D. in
> engineering design from Natal University. He was awarded the  
> Longstreth Gold
> Medal by the US Franklin Society (previous recipients were Orville  
> Wright and
> Thomas Edison) and the Kremer medal from the Royal Aeronautical  
> Society.  He has
> taught many students, from Navy test pilots to Grad students at  
> Caltech, USC,
> and Stanford.  Some of his students went far - two to the moon!  He  
> is a
> designer of operating aircraft, sailboats, wind turbines and  
> automobiles, and
> has published more than 160 papers on subjects ranging from wing  
> theory and bird
> flight to turbulence.
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[Stephen Guerin]

Justin,

Yes, video archiving of talks is definitely high on our ToDo list.

Though it may be faster if folks just moved here. The fidelity and 3D
head-tracking is better in person :-)

-S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Lyon [mailto:justin at simudyne.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:16 AM
> To: stephen.guerin at redfish.com; The Friday Morning Applied
> Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Tuesday Lecture: Peter Lissaman: Sailor
> of the SouthernSkies
>
> Stephen,
>
> Would it be possible for someone to video record these talks
> and post them as a online video like we do with the Grey Thumb talks?
>
> http://www.greythumb.org/cms/node/4
>
> Even just audio like on http://www.biota.org/podcast would be helpful.
>
> For those of us who cannot make it to Santa Fe!!
>
> Best,
> Justin Lyon
> [phone] - Mobile
> http://web.mac.com/justinlyon/
>
> On 24 Mar 2008, at 17:14, Stephen Guerin wrote:
> > ** Tomorrow **
> >
> > TITLE: Sailor of the Southern Skies
> >
> > SPEAKER: Peter Lissaman
> >
> > TIME: Tuesday, March 25 12:30p
> >
> > LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
> >
> > Lunch will be available for $5
> >
> > ABSTRACT
> > This is a theoretical scientific seminar of the methods by
> which the
> > southern albatross (Diomedea  Exulans) extracts energy from the
> > oceanic boundary layer, as first noted by Lord Rayleigh and,
> > poetically, by Coleridge in "The Ancient Mariner".  This great bird
> > flies many thousands of kilometers on stationary, silent
> wings.  The
> > primeval flight energy extraction procedure makes its existence
> > possible. The analysis involves optimization of nonlinear, extreme
> > angle flight mechanics in a spatially varying wind field, and some
> > simple variational techniques.  The results are supported
> by a short
> > VCR clip, showing the process.
> >
> > Many of the discussions of this topic on the web, and in
> > ornithological literature, including a recent authoritative
> volume by
> > Oxford Univ.
> > Press,  are
> > incorrect.
> >
> > The lecture has been presented at American Instit. of Aero- and
> > Astronautics, NASA, Caltech, Stanford, USC, UNM and other places.
> >
> > The Presenter
> > Peter Lissaman has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from Caltech, and
> advanced
> > degrees in Math from Cambridge Univ., in ME from Natal
> University and
> > an Honorary Ph.D. in engineering design from Natal
> University. He was
> > awarded the Longstreth Gold Medal by the US Franklin
> Society (previous
> > recipients were Orville Wright and Thomas Edison) and the
> Kremer medal
> > from the Royal Aeronautical Society.  He has taught many students,
> > from Navy test pilots to Grad students at Caltech, USC, and
> Stanford.  
> > Some of his students went far - two to the moon!  He is a
> designer of
> > operating aircraft, sailboats, wind turbines and
> automobiles, and has
> > published more than 160 papers on subjects ranging from wing theory
> > and bird flight to turbulence.
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays
> 9a-11:30 at cafe
> > at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at
> > http://www.friam.org
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>

[Justin Lyon-2]

Glad you brought up moving ... What is the process for renting space  
in the new faculty?

Sent from my iPhone.

On 25 Mar 2008, at 17:36, "Stephen Guerin"  
<stephen.guerin at redfish.com> wrote:

> Justin,
>
> Yes, video archiving of talks is definitely high on our ToDo list.
>
> Though it may be faster if folks just moved here. The fidelity and 3D
> head-tracking is better in person :-)
>
> -S
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Justin Lyon [mailto:justin at simudyne.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:16 AM
>> To: stephen.guerin at redfish.com; The Friday Morning Applied
>> Complexity Coffee Group
>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Tuesday Lecture: Peter Lissaman: Sailor
>> of the SouthernSkies
>>
>> Stephen,
>>
>> Would it be possible for someone to video record these talks
>> and post them as a online video like we do with the Grey Thumb talks?
>>
>> http://www.greythumb.org/cms/node/4
>>
>> Even just audio like on http://www.biota.org/podcast would be  
>> helpful.
>>
>> For those of us who cannot make it to Santa Fe!!
>>
>> Best,
>> Justin Lyon
>> [phone] - Mobile
>> http://web.mac.com/justinlyon/
>>
>> On 24 Mar 2008, at 17:14, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>>> ** Tomorrow **
>>>
>>> TITLE: Sailor of the Southern Skies
>>>
>>> SPEAKER: Peter Lissaman
>>>
>>> TIME: Tuesday, March 25 12:30p
>>>
>>> LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
>>>
>>> Lunch will be available for $5
>>>
>>> ABSTRACT
>>> This is a theoretical scientific seminar of the methods by
>> which the
>>> southern albatross (Diomedea  Exulans) extracts energy from the
>>> oceanic boundary layer, as first noted by Lord Rayleigh and,
>>> poetically, by Coleridge in "The Ancient Mariner".  This great bird
>>> flies many thousands of kilometers on stationary, silent
>> wings.  The
>>> primeval flight energy extraction procedure makes its existence
>>> possible. The analysis involves optimization of nonlinear, extreme
>>> angle flight mechanics in a spatially varying wind field, and some
>>> simple variational techniques.  The results are supported
>> by a short
>>> VCR clip, showing the process.
>>>
>>> Many of the discussions of this topic on the web, and in
>>> ornithological literature, including a recent authoritative
>> volume by
>>> Oxford Univ.
>>> Press,  are
>>> incorrect.
>>>
>>> The lecture has been presented at American Instit. of Aero- and
>>> Astronautics, NASA, Caltech, Stanford, USC, UNM and other places.
>>>
>>> The Presenter
>>> Peter Lissaman has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from Caltech, and
>> advanced
>>> degrees in Math from Cambridge Univ., in ME from Natal
>> University and
>>> an Honorary Ph.D. in engineering design from Natal
>> University. He was
>>> awarded the Longstreth Gold Medal by the US Franklin
>> Society (previous
>>> recipients were Orville Wright and Thomas Edison) and the
>> Kremer medal
>>> from the Royal Aeronautical Society.  He has taught many students,
>>> from Navy test pilots to Grad students at Caltech, USC, and
>> Stanford.
>>> Some of his students went far - two to the moon!  He is a
>> designer of
>>> operating aircraft, sailboats, wind turbines and
>> automobiles, and has
>>> published more than 160 papers on subjects ranging from wing theory
>>> and bird flight to turbulence.
>>>
>>>
>>> ============================================================
>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays
>> 9a-11:30 at cafe
>>> at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at
>>> http://www.friam.org
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>>
>>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[Owen Densmore]

I'm also interested in video .. did we capture the talk?  I was off  
doing house stuff.

    -- Owen

On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:

> Justin,
>
> Yes, video archiving of talks is definitely high on our ToDo list.
>
> Though it may be faster if folks just moved here. The fidelity and 3D
> head-tracking is better in person :-)
>
> -S