{"626798":{"#nid":"626798","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Cube-Shaped Poo and Georgia Tech\u0027s Second Ig Nobel Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EA School of Physics Public Lecture by David Hu, 2019 Ig Nobel Prize Winner\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow does a wombat produce cube-shaped feces?\u0026nbsp; How long does it take an elephant to urinate?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnswering these two questions have landed David Hu two Ig Nobel Prizes, awards given\u0026nbsp; at Harvard University for research that makes people laugh, and then think. Hu will\u0026nbsp;talk about his\u0026nbsp;lab\u0026#39;s latest adventures catching elephant pee in trash cans, inflating wombat intestines with clown balloons, and dressing up as a gigantic piece of cubed poo at this year\u0026#39;s Ig Nobel Ceremony.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid Hu is a mechanical engineer who studies the mysteries of animal movement.\u0026nbsp; His team has discovered how dogs shake dry, how insects walk on water, and how eyelashes protect the eyes from drying.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOriginally from Rockville, Maryland, Hu\u0026nbsp;earned degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently he is a professor in the Georgia Tech Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences and an adjunct professor in the School of Physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHu is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award for young scientists, two Ig Nobel Prizes in Physics, and the Pineapple Science Prize (the Ig Nobel of China).\u0026nbsp; He serves on the editorial board of Nature Scientific Reports, PLoS One, and The Journal of Experimental Biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis work has been featured in The Economist, The New York Times, Saturday Night Live, and Highlights for Children.\u0026nbsp;He is the author of the book \u0026quot;How to Walk on Water and Climb Up Walls: Animal Motion and the Robots of the Future,\u0026quot; published by Princeton University Press.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe lives with his wife and two children in Atlanta, Georgia.\u0026nbsp; His profile is in the New York Times: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/05\/science\/hu-robotics.html\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/05\/science\/hu-robotics.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow does a wombat produce cube-shaped feces?\u0026nbsp; How long does it take an elephant to urinate?\u0026nbsp;Answering these two questions have landed David Hu two Ig Nobel Prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A School of Physics Public Lecture by David Hu, 2019 Ig Nobel Prize Winner"}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-09-26 20:24:15","changed_gmt":"2019-09-27 16:30:01","author":"A. 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