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

这一行动资助佐治亚理工学院的Patricia Yang于2013年夏天在台湾高雄国立中山大学海洋资源管理实验室开展了一个工程研究项目。该项目的标题是“飞鱼的空气流体力学”。主持会议的科学家是张水凯博士。飞鱼执行专门的运动学和鳍变形，以快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身的新机制。目前正在对实验室饲养的飞鱼幼体进行一系列实验流体力学研究。这项研究提供了有助于空气-水界面两侧推进的身体和附件的运动学、形态和表面润湿特性的原始数据。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍各自所在地的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及了解社会、文化和语言。这些活动符合NSF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为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。此外，该研究员的工作将通过在期刊、大众力学和其他广泛阅读的杂志上发表来传播。这位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以及人类行为对野生飞鱼可持续性的影响的了解。

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.