Amy Flatten
Amy K. Flatten is an American expert on international scientific collaboration, the Director of International Affairs for the American Physical Society.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Flatten is from Clearwater, Florida,[2] and has a master's degree and Ph.D. in engineering science and mechanics from Georgia Tech, with a 1993 doctoral dissertation research concerning fiber optics. She worked as a high-tech industry consultant from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 1999 she was in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. From 1999 to 2004 she worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she led the OSTP program on US–Russian scientific relations and the office's collaborations with the Global Science Forum of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.[3][4][5] Along with her full-time positions, she also was an instructor at Johns Hopkins University in its part-time program in engineering and the sciences from 1995-2005, where she earned the 2000 Excellence in Teaching award. .
She joined the American Physical Society as Director of International Affairs in 2004.[4][5]
Recognition
[edit]Flatten was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018, after a nomination from the APS Forum on International Physics, "in recognition of her program development serving physicists worldwide, especially in support of scientists in the Middle East through the SESAME Travel Award Program, and for fostering new opportunities for international collaboration among young physicists from diverse cultural backgrounds".[6]
Personal life
[edit]Beyond her scientific work, Flatten is an abstract oil painter, exhibiting her works in the Washington, D.C. area.[7][8][9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ International Affairs, American Physical Society, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ Scarberry, Pat (September 12, 1993), "Clearwater piano student wins award", Tampa Bay Times
- ^ International Program Development: The Impact of Partnerships, American Institute of Physics, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ a b "Amy Flatten is New APS Director of International Affairs", APS News, American Physical Society, February 2004, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ a b Feder, Toni (March 2004), "Flatten succeeds Lerch as APS International Affairs director", Physics Today, 57 (3), AIP Publishing: 32–33, Bibcode:2004PhT....57c..32F, doi:10.1063/1.1712495
- ^ "Fellows nominated in 2018 by the Forum on International Physics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ "Amy Flatten", Art in Embassies, US Department of State, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ Hallett, Vicky (October 9, 2012), "There's Power in Pictures: Local studios claim exercising near art can improve more than just your view", Washington Post
- ^ "An Abundance of Color: Amy Flatten at Art17", Borderstan, February 14, 2013, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ Brown, Sara Dudley (April 4, 2017), "Shirlington Artist's Work Selected for The Arts Club of Washington's April Show", The Zebra, retrieved 2023-06-26
- ^ "Visual art", Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 68–69, August 2013