Faculty
Andrew Sensenig, Ph.D.
School of Natural Sciences
Education history
- Ph.D. Entomology. Scale effects on gill plate ventilation mechanics in mayfly nymphs. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. 2009.
- M.S. Entomology. Elastic sclerites and hydraulics in arachnid locomotion. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. 2002.
- B.A. Physics major with minors in mathematics and biology. Millersville University, PA, USA. 2000.
Selected works
- Sensenig, A. (2014). So, what good is a mayfly? Column: Science with Sensenig, September 2. Hillsboro Free Press newspaper. Hillsboro, KS, USA.
- Sensenig, A. (2014). Even spiders don’t scare me. Column: Science with Sensenig, August 5. Hillsboro Free Press newspaper. Hillsboro, KS, USA.
- Sensenig, A. (2014). Let’s grind up all the sharks. Column: Science with Sensenig, September 30. Hillsboro Free Press newspaper. Hillsboro, KS, USA.
- Brown, L., Stephens, A., Sensenig, A.T. (2014) Object permanence demonstrated by a Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot Amazona oratrix and an African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 117(3-4):232-236.
- Sensenig, A. T., Kelly, S.P., Lorentz, K.A., Lesher, B., Blackledge T.A. (2013). Mechanical performance of spider orb webs is tuned for high speed prey. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 3388-3394.
- Sensenig, A., Kelly S.P., Lorentz K.A., Blackledge T.A. (2012). Spider orb webs rely on radial threads to absorb prey kinetic energy. Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface. 9(73):1880-1891.
- Kelly, S.P., Sensenig A., Lorentz, K.A., Blackledge, T.A. (2011). Damping capacity is evolutionarily conserved in the radial silk of orb weaving spiders. Zoology. 114:233-238.
- Sensenig, A. T., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. (2011). Adult spiders use tougher silk: ontogenetic changes in web architecture and silk biomechanics in the orb-weaver spider. Journal of Zoology. 285:28-38.
- Sensenig, A. T., Shultz, J. W. & Kiger, K. (2010). Hydrodynamic pumping by serial gill arrays in the mayfly nymph Centroptilum triangulifer. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:3319-31.
- Sensenig, A., Agnarsson, I., & Blackledge, T.A. (2010). Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23:1807-2029. (cover article)
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