Patricia Yang

Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) ! GPA: 3.77/4 ! Supervisor: Dr. David Hu Aug. 2012 – Present

B.Sc. in Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering (ESOE), National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan Sep. 2006 – Jun. 2011 ! Division of Applied Mechanics ! GPA: 3.84/4

B.Sc. in Physics, NTU, Taiwan Sep. 2006 – Jun. 2011 ! GPA: 3.84/4

Honor and Award

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students, National Science Foundation Jun. 2013 – Aug. 2013 College Student Research Training Fellowship, Aug. 2010 – Feb. 2011 National Science Council, Taiwan 4th place in the 42th Central Taiwan Science Fair Jul. 2002

Work Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012 Bio-inspired Design, Georgia Tech ! Instructor: Dr. Jeannette Yen, Dr. Craig Tovey, and Dr. Marc Weissburg

Part-time Research Assistant, Jul. 2009 – Feb. 2011 Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, NTU, Taiwan ! Supervisor: Dr. Jing-Tang Yang

Publication

P. Yang, J. Pham, J. Choo, D. Hu, “Duration of unration does not change with body size” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Accepted.

Presentation

P. Yang, S. Phonekeo, K. Xu, S.K. Chang, D. Hu, “Flying fish accelerate at 5G to leap from the water surface.” Annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference, Austin, TX Jan. 2014 P. Yang, S. Phonekeo, K. Xu, S.K. Chang, D. Hu, “Flying fish accelerate at 5G to leap from the water surface.” American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 2013 J. Pham, P. Yang, J. Choo, D. Hu, “Hydrodynamic of Urination” American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 2013 P. Yang, J. Pham, J. Choo, D. Hu, “Hydrodynamic of Urination” Annual Southeast Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference, Atlanta, GA Sep. 2013 P. Yang, S. Phonekeo, K. Xu, S.K. Chang, D. Hu, “Flying fish accelerate at 5G to leap from the water surface.” Poster in East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students, Taiwan Aug. 2013

Service Fluid Dynamic Experiment Demonstration, Nov. 2012 STEM Career Day, Kincaid Elementary School, Georgia

NTU-certified Student Counselor Sep. 2010 – Jun. 2011 ! On Calculus, General Physics and Engineering Mathematics ! Three hours per week for local and foreign students

Press (selected) “The Other Golden Rule” –National Public Radio, Nov. 15, 2013 “New Law of Urination: Mammals Take 20 Seconds to Pee” – National Geographic Daily, Oct. 22, 2013 “Why answering the call of nature is all in the timing” –The Times in London, Oct. 21, 2013

“How Fast Does An Elephant Pee?” –Popular Science, Oct. 18, 2013