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Katrina "Katie" Hay, PhD, is an American physicist and author. She currently is an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Dual Degree Engineering Program at Pacific Lutheran University.

Education
Hay studied physics and math at Linfield College in Oregon. While studying at Oregon State University, her doctorate studies focused on fluid dynamics phenomenology under Maria Dragila, PhD.

Career
At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hay was involved in designing the timeline for the Dawn Mission. She is the author and illustrator of the children's book "Little Bear's Big Night Sky."

Awards

 * 2018 "Inspirational Woman" - PLU Center for Gender Equity
 * Outstanding Student Paper "Physics of two-phase flow on rough surfaces" - American Geophysical Union Conference, 2006
 * Certificate of Appreciation for JPL internship and presentation - Oregon Space Consortium, 2005
 * Sigma Pi Sigma member since 2002