IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
International Research Experience for Graduate
and Undergraduate Students
Bio-Inspired Aerodynamics and BioInspired Engineering
Summer 2013
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
• One-on-one mentoring from a faculty mentor.
• Immersive research experience on analytical,
computational, and experimental aerodynamics.
• Additional Short courses and workshops on Chinese
language, culture and history.
• Field trips to Shanghai Automobile Wind Tunnel
Center and famous Chinese historical sites.
• Networking with Chinese students, staff and faculty
members at weekly “lunch and learn”.
15
Spanwise
vorticity
(1000*1/s)
Y/C*100
10
0.50
-0.50
-1.50
-2.50
-3.50
-4.50
-5.50
5
0
-5
0
10
STIPEND & EXPENSES COVERED
The program starts June 03, 2013
and ends July 19, 2013. The
program provides each student:
• $4,000 stipend
• Up to $2,000 travel expenses
• free housing and meal plan
• free field trips
30
X/C*100
40
50
15
Velocity
(m/s)
Y/C*100
10
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
5
0
-5
0
10
20
30
X/C*100
40
50
(Murphy & Hu, Experiments in Fluids, 49(2), 531-546, 2010)
4
U
<Z>*C/U 
-4.50 -3.50 -2.50 -1.50 -0.50 0.50 1.50 2.50 3.50 4.50
2
0
-2
0
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 01, 2013
20
Y/C
Iowa State University offers an intensive 8-week
international research experience program in BioInspired Aerodynamics for graduate and undergraduate
students. Four fellowships are sponsored each year by
the Office of International Science and Engineering
(OISE) of National Science Foundation (NSF). Students
will carry out international collaborative researches at
J.C. Wu Aerodynamics Research Center of Shanghai
Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in Shanghai, China to
receive training and get hands-on research experience
in related to Bio-Inspired Aerodynamics and Bioinspired Engineering for the Development of Next
Generation Micro-Air-Vehicles.
2
4
6
8
X/C
(Hu et al., Experiments in Fluids, 51(2), 372-259, 2011)
ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must:
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent
resident of the United States.
• Have completed 4-years Math,
Physics, and Fluid Mechanics or
Aerodynamics courses.
• GPA > 3.2.
MORE INFORMATION
Dr. Hui Hu
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Email: huhui@iastate.edu
CHINESE HOST PROFESSORS:
Prof. Hong Liu and Prof. J. C. Wu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University