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Peer-reviewed Articles

12. Rosario, Michael V., and Thomas J. Roberts. "Loading rate has little influence on tendon fascicle mechanics." Frontiers in physiology 11 (2020): 255.

11. Rosario, M. V., Olberding, J. P., & Deban, S. M. (2019). Playing with power: mechanisms of energy flow in organismal movement. Integrative and comparative biology, 59(6), 1511-1514.

10. Olberding, J. P., Deban, S. M., Rosario, M. V., & Azizi, E. (2019). Modeling the determinants of mechanical advantage during jumping: consequences for spring-and muscle-driven movement. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59(6), 1515-1524.

9. Werth A.J., Diego R., Rosario M.V., Moore M.J., Sformo T.L. 2018. How do baleen whales stow their filter? A comparative biomechanical analysis of baleen bending. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221:jeb189233.

8. Werth A.J., Harriss R.W., Rosario M.V., George J.C., Sformo T.L. 2016. Hydration affects the physical and mechanical properties of baleen tissue. Royal Society Open Science. 3:160591.

7. Rosario, M.V., Sutton, G.P., Patek, S.N., Sawicki, G.S. 2016. Muscle-spring dynamics in time-limited, elastic movements. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 383:20161561.

6. Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N. 2015. Multi-level analysis of elastic morphology: the mantis shrimp's spring. Journal of Morphology, 276:1123-1135.

5. Scott, S.N., Templeton, J.A., Hough, P.D., Ruthruff, J.R., Rosario, M.V., Peterson, J.P. 2015. Statistical validation for heat transfer problems: A Case Study. Computational Methods and Experimental Measures. 3:101-120.

4. Smith, A.J., Rosario, M.V., Eiting, T., Dumont, E.R. 2014. Joined at the hip: linked characters and the problem of missing data in studies of disparity. Evolution. 1558-5646.

3. Patek, S.N., Rosario, M.V., Taylor, J.R.A. 2013. Comparative spring mechanics in mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216:1317-1329.

2. McHenry, M. J., Claverie, T., Rosario, M. V., Patek, S. N. 2012. Gearing for speed slows the predatory strike of a mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215:1231-45.

1. Patek, S.N., Dudek, D.M., Rosario, M.V. 2011. From bouncy legs to poisoned arrows: elastic movements in invertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 1973-1980.


Book Chapters

Patek, S.N., Green, P.A., Rosario, M.V. 2013. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 4: Internal Morphology. Brill Press. Editor: Fred Schram.


Presentations and Published Abstracts

Olberding, J.P., Azizi, E., Deban, S.M., Rosario, M.V. 2019. Energy flow in elastic structures: not so unusual. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Tampa, Florida).

Rosario, M.V. and Roberts, T.J. 2018. The ability of tendons to buffer energy during eccentric contractions depends on lengthening dynamics. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (San Francisco, California).

Rosario, M.V., Sutton, G.P., Patek, S.N., Sawicki, G.S. 2017. The springs of time-limited bullfrogs jumps and slow-preparation grasshopper leaps are tuned to their muscle dynamics. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Rosario, M.V., Sawicki, G., Sutton, G. Patek, S.N. 2015. So much work, so little time: maximizing elastic energy within the duration of muscle contraction. Annual Meeting of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. (Arlington, Virginia)

Rosario, M.V., Smith, A.J., Eiting, T., Dumont, E.R. 2014. The case of the missing body parts: computational approaches to the fossil record. Annual Meeting of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.(Arlington, Virginia)

Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N. 2013. Studying the effect of shape in fast biological springs. Annual Meeting of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. (Arlington, Virginia)

Rosario, M.V., Dumont, E.R, Patek, S.N. 2013. Shrimp springs: how shape affects strength in energy storage. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (San Francisco, California)

Rosario, M.V., Dumont, E.R., Patek, S.N. 2012. Support, stability, and shrimp springs. Eastern Regional Meeting for Division of Vertebrate Morphology of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N., Dumont, E.R. 2012. Investigating how morphological change alters the competing demands of a biological spring. Annual Meeting of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. (Arlington, Virginia)

Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N. 2011. Comparing the effects of shape on elastic support structures. Eastern Regional Meeting for Division of Vertebrate Morphology of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Kingston, Rhode Island)

Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N., Dumont, E.R. 2011. Comparing elastic energy structures in mantis shrimp using finite element analysis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51: E117. (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Rosario, M.V., Patek, S.N., Dumont, E.R. 2010. Measuring elastic properties with finite element analysis. Eastern Regional Meeting for Division of Vertebrate Morphology of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Rosario, M.V., Taylor, J.R.A., Patek, S.N. 2010. Probing the evolutionary biomechanics of elastic energy storage in mantis shrimp. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50: E289. (Seattle, Washington)