Tomes (Publications)

The published publications are also linked on my Google Scholar.

* designates corresponding author, + designates equal contribution

2025

Functionally graded keratin facilitates tactile sensing in elephant whiskers

Andrew K Schulz, Lena V Kaufmann, Lawrence T Smith, Deepti S Philip, Hilda David, Jelena Lazovic, Michael Brecht, Gunther Richter, Katherine J Kuchenbecker

[in revision] arXiv

Materials Matter: Investigating Functional Advantages of Bio-Inspired Materials via Simulated Robotic Hopping

Andrew K Schulz*, Ayah G Ahmad*, and Maegan Tucker

In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025

Nonlinear Optical Response in Layer‐Stacked Gallenene with Ferroelectric Polarization

Muhammad Yunusa, Andrew K Schulz, Tim Parker, Felix Schneider, Kenan Elibol, ..., Wenbin Kang, Peter A van Aken, Alfred J Meixner, Engin Durgun, Jani Kotakoski, Dai Zhang, Metin Sitti

Advanced Materials

Intradisciplinary growth of sustainability-minded engineers through conservation technology

Andrew Schulz, Cassie Shriver, Anika Patka, Caroline Greiner, Benjamin Seleb, Rebecca Watts Hull, Carol Subiño Sullivan, Julia M Sonnenberg-Klein, Roxanne Moore

[in press] Advances in Engineering Education (AEE)

Second harmonic generation imaging reveals entanglement of collagen fibers in the elephant trunk skin dermis

Andrew K Schulz, Magdalena Plotczyk, Sophia Sordilla, David CA Gaboriau, Madeline Boyle, Krishma Singal, Joy S Reidenberg, David L Hu, Claire A Higgins

Communications Biology

Biological Armors–Evolution, Materials, and Bioinspiration

Karly E Cohen, Cassandra M Donatelli, Andrew K Schulz, Julia B Teeple, Theodore Stankowich, EW Misty Paig-Tran

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Bridging the Green Skills Gap: Engaging Undergraduate Students as Changemakers in Engineering Education

Hadley Willman, Victoria Matthew, Emma Telepo, Reese Emily Simancek, Andrew K. Schulz

Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Innovative techniques to investigate comparative biomaterials across disciplines and length scales

Andrew K Schulz

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Scaly-tail organ enhances static stability during Pel’s scaly-tailed flying squirrels’ arboreal locomotion

Andrew K Schulz, Mrudul Chellapurath, Pranav C Khandelwal, SeyedReza Rezaei, Stefan Merker, Ardian Jusufi

Journal of The Royal Society Interface

The Bioinspiration Feedback Loop: An Interdisciplinary Exchange of Processes and Progress Between Biologists and Engineers

Cassandra M Donatelli, Megan Vandenberg, Lorenzo Martinez, Andrew K Schulz, EW Misty Paig-Tran, Karly E Cohen

Integrative and Comparative Biology

2024

Elephants develop wrinkles through both form and function

Andrew K Schulz, Lena V Kaufmann, Noemie Reveyaz, Cindy Ritter, Thomas Hildebrandt, Michael Brecht

Royal Society Open Science

Five Key Strategies for Organizing Interdisciplinary Scientific Events to Strengthen Careers, Collaborations, and Creativity

Andrew K. Schulz, M Janneke Schwaner, Armita R Manafzadeh

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Empowering Change: The Role of Student Changemakers in Advancing Sustainability within Engineering Education

Victoria Matthew, Andrew Schulz, Reese Emily Simancek, Emma Telepo, Jo Machesky, Hadley Willman, Abdulmalik Bamidele Ismail

Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Autistic and Abroad

Andrew K Schulz

eLife

Expanding Conservation Science through Emerging Interdisciplinary STEM Fields

Andrew K Schulz, Adam S Gouge, Christine L Madliger

arXiv preprint

2023

Elephant trunks use an adaptable prehensile grip

Andrew K Schulz, Joy S Reidenberg, Jianing Wu, Cheuk Ying Tang, Benjamin Seleb, Josh Mancebo, Nathan Elgart, David L Hu

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Conservation tools: the next generation of engineering–biology collaborations

Andrew K Schulz, Cassie Shriver, Suzanne Stathatos, Benjamin Seleb, Emily G Weigel, Young-Hui Chang, M Saad Bhamla, David L Hu, Joseph R Mendelson III

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A year at the forefront of hydrostat motion

Andrew K Schulz, Nikole Schneider, Margaret Zhang, Krishma Singal

Biology Open

ForageFeeder: A low-cost open source feeder for randomly distributing food

Nima Jadali, Margaret J Zhang, Andrew K. Schulz, Josh Meyerchick, David L Hu

HardwareX

Utilizing Online & Open-Source Machine Learning Toolkits to Leverage the Future of Sustainable Engineering

Andrew K Schulz, Suzanne Stathatos, Cassandra Shriver, R. Moore

Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Bioinspired Robots Can Foster Nature Conservation

Mrudul Chellapurath, Pranav C Khandelwal, Andrew K Schulz

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

A Toolkit for Expanding Sustainability Engineering Utilizing Foundations of the Engineering for One Planet Initiative

Andrew Schulz, Cynthia D. Anderson, Cindy Cooper, Dustyn Roberts, Jorge E. Loyo-Rosales, Kristin LM Lewis, Supraja Kumar, Julianne Rolf, Nelson A. Marulanda

Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Drying dynamics of pellet feces

Benjamin Magondu, Alexander B Lee, Andrew K Schulz, Gabriel Cervantes Buchelli, Michelle Meng, Candice Kaminski, Patricia J Yang, Scott Carver, David L Hu

Soft Matter

2022

Mechanics and materials of the elephant trunk with applications to conservation technology

Andrew K Schulz

Ph.D. Thesis at Georgia Institute of Technology

Toward The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Conservation Technology For Design Teaching & Learning

Andrew K Schulz, Caroline Greiner, Ben Seleb, Cassie Shriver, David Hu, Roxanne Moore

Proceedings of the ASEE Southeast 2022

A guide for successful research collaborations between zoos and universities

Andrew K Schulz, Cassie Shriver, Catie Aubuchon, Emily Weigel, Michelle Kolar, Joseph R. Mendelson III, David L. Hu

Integrative and Comparative Biology

The scaling of olfaction: moths have relatively more olfactory surface area than mammals

Nina Mohebbi, Andrew K Schulz, Thomas L Spencer, Kelsie Pos, Andrew Mandel, Jérôme Casas, David L Hu

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Skin wrinkles and folds enable asymmetric stretch in the elephant trunk

Andrew K Schulz, Madeline Boyle, Colin Boyle, Sophia Sordilla, Catalina Rincon, Scott Hooper, Catie Aubuchon, Joy S Reidenberg, Claire Higgins, David L Hu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

A Foundational Design Experience in Conservation Technology: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Meeting Sustainable Development Goals

Andrew K Schulz, Anika Patka, Cassandra Shriver, Benjamin Seleb, Margaret Zhang, Nima Jadali, Caroline Greiner, David Hu, Roxanne Moore

Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Biomechanical modeling of Border Collies (Canis familiaris) for insights of tail and limb use during the aerial phase of jumping

Tom Rottier, Andrew K Schulz, Katja Söhnel, Kathryn Mccarthy, Martin S Fischer, Ardian Jusufi

arXiv

2020-2021

Suction feeding by elephants

Andrew K Schulz, Jia Ning Wu, Sung Yeon Sara Ha, Greena Kim, Stephanie Braccini Slade, Sam Rivera, Joy S Reidenberg, David L Hu

Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Juvenile pandas use head motion to maintain balance during climbing

Wenxin Zhao, James Ayala, Andrew K. Schulz, Hong Rong, Craig McGowan, David L. Hu

Proceedings of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2021

Proboscidea Morphology

Scott Hooper, Andrew K Schulz

Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior