![]() ![]() He has earned $2.7M in external funding as PI, and he has published over 60 papers, including those in Nature, Science, and PNAS. His research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Physics, CBET, as well as the Army Research Office, and the Smithgall Watts Foundation at Georgia Tech. He serves on the editorial board of Nature Scientific Reports, PLOS One, and The Journal of Experimental Biology, specializing in fluid dynamics for both journals. He is now Associate Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor of Biology, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Georgia Tech. He continued on as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoc at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. He lives with his wife Jia and children Harry and Heidi in Atlanta, Georgia. He has defended basic research in a Scientific American article, Confessions of a Wasteful Scientist. His work has been featured in The Economist, The New York Times, Saturday Night Live, and Highlights for Children. He serves on the editorial board of Nature Scientific Reports and The Journal of Experimental Biology. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award for young scientists, the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics, and the Pineapple Science Prize (the Ig Nobel of China). Originally from Rockville, Maryland, he earned degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering from M.I.T., and is now Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Georgia Tech. His team has discovered how dogs shake dry, how insects walk on water, and how eyelashes protect the eyes from drying. ![]() David Hu is a mechanical engineer who studies the interactions of animals with water. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and BiologyÄr. ![]()
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