The name comes from an insect, the Ranatra fusca, which lives underwater and served as the inspiration for a particularly creative, but unsuccessful, solution to a problem in the early days of the program.
"Ranatra fusca" is the namesake of an award for exemplary creativity in the international student problem solving competition Odyssey of the Mind, because the insect served as the inspiration for a particularly creative solution to a problem in the early days of the program.
Ceropegia fusca | Ranatra fusca | Pyla fusca | Formica fusca | Erythrina fusca |