Snake Skin Texture Research (IMAGE)

Drexel University

Snake Skin Texture Research

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Hisham Abdel-Aal, PhD, an associate teaching professor at Drexel University has collected and studied more than 350 complete snake skins shed from 40 different species to generate the data that engineers can now use to design custom, textured surfaces.

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