Expertise

Areas of Research

  • Bio-Inspired Flow Control
  • Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Engineering Education
  • Experimental Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Science and Religion

Her research areas include experimental fluid dynamics with a focus on bio-inspired flow control, vortex dynamics, free shear flows and boundary layers, expertise using DPIV (digital particle image velocimetry).

Featured Research:

  • Shark Skin Bristling as a Passive Flow-Actuated Separation Control Mechanism
  • Butterfly Scale Micro-geometry for Favorable Surface Drag Modification and Vortex Control

Dr. Amy Lang works in the field of experimental fluid dynamics with a focus on bio-inspired flow control.

Communities
Aerospace Engineering
Degrees
PhD, California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics, 1997
MS, California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics, 1994
BS, Michigan State University, Mechanical Engineering, 1993
Keywords
aeromechanics turbulence fluid dynamics aerospace engineering boundary layers
Associations
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Physical Society