NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Taiwan

该行动资助乔治亚理工学院Patricia Yang于2013年夏季在台湾高雄国立中山大学海洋资源管理实验室开展工程研究项目。项目名称为“飞鱼的空气-流体动力学”。主持人是张水凯博士。飞鱼进行专门的运动学和鳍变形，以便迅速从水下游泳过渡到空中滑翔。该项目旨在阐明飞鱼在空气和水中高效、稳定地推进自己的新机制。正在对实验室饲养的飞鱼幼虫进行一系列实验性流体动力学研究。这项研究提供了运动学、形态学和表面润湿特性的原始数据，这些数据促进了空气-水界面两侧的推进。EAPSI奖学金的广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍该地区的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合美国国家科学基金会的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期培养国际合作，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。此外，该研究员的工作将通过在期刊、《大众机械》和其他广泛阅读的杂志上发表来传播。该研究员将组织一个飞鱼保护小组，以增加对运动中涉及的流体力学的理解，以及人类行为对野生飞鱼可持续性的影响。

This action funds Patricia Yang of Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct a research project in Engineering during the summer of 2013 at Lab of Marine Resources Management in National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The project title is "Aero-Hydrodynamics of Flying Fish." The host scientist is Dr. Shui-Kai Chang.Flying fish perform specialized kinematics and fin morphing in order to rapidly transition from swimming underwater to gliding in air. The project is to elucidate the novel mechanisms used by flying fish to propel themselves efficiently and stably in both air and water. A series of experimental fluid dynamic studies are being conducted on larval flying fish raised in the laboratory. This study provides original data on kinematics, morphology, and surface wetting properties of the body and appendages that facilitate propulsion on both sides of the air-water interface. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, the Fellow's work will be disseminated through publication in journals and Popular Mechanics and other widely read magazines. The Fellow will organize a conservation group for flying fish to increase understanding of both the fluid mechanics involved in locomotion, and the effect of human behavior on sustainability of flying fish in the wild.