{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-26T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T18:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/htko\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-08-20T01:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T01:12:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hu2.me.gatech.edu\/Ko\/sample-page\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I confess that I don’t know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.<\/p>Vincent Van Gogh<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Life trajectory<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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At the beginning of everything, I was born in Taipei, Taiwan. I spent some years growing up in China and my undergraduate at Fudan University, Shanghai. My major was in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, which is really just a math major in disguise. I started to explore many dimensions of research there. You can learn in the past project section about my research on traffic flow modeling, high-performance fluid dynamics simulation. In 2015, I started my Master’s study in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the summer of 2017, I fulfilled my mandatory military service by teaching English in a middle school in a rural county in Taiwan. Being away from research and surrounded by nature and aboriginal culture makes the year a unique experience in my lifetime. Seeing how science can excite and reach children even in the mountains of Taiwan, I decided to dedicate the rest of my life to research that can not only create knowledge for technology advancement but also excite, educate and inspire the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since fall 2018, I have studied in Dr. David Hu’s lab at Georgia Tech for my Ph.D. degree. It is here where I found my love for fire ants and biophysics. I am so hungry to learn more about both biology and physics that I didn’t know about. I am excited about what I can do to bring knowledge in biology and physics through my project. I hope I can continue to make exciting discoveries to excite people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

My Google Scholar profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chen, W.*,\u00a0Ko, H<\/strong>.*, Chuang, H.S., Bau, H.H. and Raizen, D.M. (2021). Caenorhabditis elegans Exhibits Positive Gravitaxis. BMC biology.<\/a> (*Equal contribution)
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Ko, H.\u00a0<\/strong>and Hu, D.L, (2020). The Physics of tossing fried rice. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17: 2019622<\/a>
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Yuan, J.,\u00a0Ko, H<\/strong>., Raizen, D. M., & Bau, H. H. (2016). Terrain following and applications: Caenorhabditis elegans swims along the floor using a bump and undulate strategy. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 13(124), 20160612.<\/a>\u00a0
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Liu,\u00a0X.,\u00a0Ko, H<\/strong>., Guo, M., & Wu, Z. (2016). A new traffic model on compulsive lane-changing caused by off-ramp. Chinese Physics B 25(4), 048901<\/a>
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Ko, H<\/strong>., Liu, X., Guo, M., &Wu, Z. (2015) A new traffic model with a lane-changing viscosity term. Chinese Physics B 24(9), 98901-98907<\/a>
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Senior Thesis: A Study on High-Order Compact Parallel Algorithm and its Application in 3D Double-diffusive Convection<\/a><\/a>
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Conference Presentations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
  1. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hadgu, M., Hu, D.L., Fire ant rafts are unstable. The 15th international symposium on distributed autonomous robotic systems (DARS) & The 4th international symposium on swarm behavior and bio-inspired robotics (SWARM), Virtual, June 1-4, 2021<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    1. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Shishkov, O., Hu, D.L., Goldman, D.I., Simulating fluidization of black soldier larvae. American Physical Society\u2019s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting (DFD), Virtual, Nov 21-23, 2020<\/li>
    2. Komilian, K., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Waters, J., Hu, D.L., Metabolism of small groups of fire ant workers scale isometrically, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology National Meeting (SICB), Virtual, Jan 3 – Feb. 28, 2021<\/li>
    3. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Shishkov, O., Hu, D.L., Goldman, D.I., Simulating fluidization of black soldier larvae. American Physical Society\u2019s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting (DFD), Virtual, Nov 21-23, 2020<\/li>
    4. Yu, T., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L., Fire Ants Rafts Deform Under Uniform Flow, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Virtual, Nov 13, 2020<\/li>
    5. Puhalla, S., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L., Collective movement of fire ant under various temperature environments, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Virtual, Nov 13, 2020<\/li>
    6. Roe, K., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L., Dynamics of suspended ants, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Virtual, Nov 13, 2020<\/li>
    7. Komilian, K., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L., Metabolism of small groups of fire ant workers scale isometrically, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Virtual, Nov 13, 2020<\/li>
    8. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Yu, T., Hu, D.L., Streamlining in fire ant rafts (invited flash talk). IEEE International Conference on Intelligence Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop on Robotics-Inspired Biology, Virtual, Oct 25, 2020 <\/li>
    9. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Shishkov, O., Hu, D.L., Goldman, D.I., Fluidization of black soldier fly larvae collective. Southeast Soft Matter Symposium, Virtual, Aug 27-28, 2020<\/li>
    10. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L, Brownian motion of fire ants hinders raft formation. American Physical Society Annual March Meeting (APS), Virtual, March 3, 2020<\/li>
    11. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L, Spinning shrinking fire ant raft. American Physical Society\u2019s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting (DFD), Seattle, WA, November 23-26, 2019<\/li>
    12. Puhalla. S., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu D.L., Stimulating fire ant aggregation, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Winston-Salem, NC, October 26th, 2019<\/li>
    13. Morris, J., Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu D.L., Fire ant rafts deform under uniform flow, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Winston-Salem, NC, October 26th, 2019<\/li>
    14. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu D.L., Random walk of fire ants on the water surface, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting (rSICB), Winston-Salem, NC, October 26th, 2019<\/li>
    15. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu, D.L, Fire ant raft shrinks due to fluid shear. International meeting of Physics of Living System (IPoLS), Munich, Germany, July 8-11, 2019<\/li>
    16. Ko, H.<\/strong>, Hu D.L. The Physics of tossing fried rice. American Physical Society\u2019s Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting (DFD), Atlanta, GA, November 18-20, 2018<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Honors & Scholarship<\/h1>\n\n\n\n