Dr. Luciano Castillo
Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy
Executive Director/President of the National Wind Resource Center (NWRC)
Contact Information
Dr. Luciano Castillo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1021
Tel: (806)742-3563 ext. 47
Fax: (806)742-3540
email: Luciano.castillo@ttu.edu
Curriculum Vita
Education
- Ph.D., State University of New York, 1997
- B.S.,State University of New York, 1990
Experience
- Professor, and Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy Texas Tech University, 2011-present.
- Executive Director/President, National Wind Resource Center (NWRC), 2011-present.
- Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011.
- Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004-2011.
- Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1999-2004.
Research Interests
- Modeling and experimental wind energy array, as well as single blade aerodynamics for turbine blades; multi-scale & asymptotic methods in turbulent boundary layers; experimental, theoretical and numerical fluid mechanics; forced convection heat transfer.
Honors and Awards
Awards and Scholarships
- NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, (2001, 2002).
- ASME: Robert T. Knapp Award, Best Paper Award, (2002).
- Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (2002).
- Rensselaer Trustee Faculty Award, (2005, 2008).
- Advisory Board Johns Hopkins University NSF-IGERT, (2009 - present).
Keynote Speech on Diversity
- The Beauty of Challenges. Symposium on Research and Graduate Education, Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September (2007).
- Maximizing Your Graduate Degree. Tech Symposium 2000, Miami, Florida, July,( 2000).
- Creating Your Own Opportunities in the 21st Century. Syracuse University, Syracuse University, April, (2000).
- Pushing the Envelope in Technology by Diversity. University at Buffalo, SHPE, Buffalo, N.Y., April, (2000).
- Keynote speaker for the EOP/Bridge Program Dinner (RPI). 2000. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. Summer, (2000).
- Closing Ceremony of Hispanic Week at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., October, (2000).
Relevant Publications (last 3 years)
- Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization (UWFLO): Investigating Key Factors Influencing the Maximum Power Generation. Chowdhury, S., Zhang, J., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Journal of Renewable Energy, vol. 38, pp. 16-30, (2012).
- A Response Surface-Based Cost Model for Wind Farm Design. Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Energy Policy, vol. 42, pp. 538 - 550, (2012).
- Experimental Study of the Kinetic Energy Budget in a Wind Turbine Streamtube. Lebron, J., Castillo, L. and Meneveau, C., Journal of Turbulence, accepted for publication, (2012).
- DNS of Thermal Boundary Layers up to Req= 2300. Araya, G. and Castillo, L., International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, in press (2012).
- A Multivariate and Multimodal Wind Distribution Model. Zhang, J. Chowdhury, S., Messac, A. and Castillo, L., Renewable Energy, accepted for publication, (2012).
- Steady and Time-periodic Blowing/Suction Perturbations in a Turbulent Channel Flow. Araya G., Leonardi S. and Castillo L., Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Vol. 240, Issue 1, pp. 59-77, DOI:10.1016/j.physd.2010.08.006, (2011).
- A Dynamic Multi-scale Approach for Turbulent Inflow Boundary Conditions in Spatially Evolving Flows. Araya, G., Castillo, L., Meneveau, C. and Jansen, K., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 670, pp. 581605, (2011).
- Experimental Study of the Horizontally Averaged Flow Structure in a Model Wind-turbine Array Boundary Layer. Cal, R.B., Lebron-Bosques, S.H. Kang, J., Castillo, L., and Meneveau, C., Journal of Sustainability and Sustainable Energy, 2, 013106, (2010).
- Introduction: Special Issue on Turbulent Boundary Layers at the AIAA 5th Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference. Castillo, L., Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 11, No. 40, DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2010.522786, (2010).
- Characterizing Developing Adverse Pressure Gradient Flows Subject to Surface Roughness. Brzek, B., Chao. D., Ozden, T. and Castillo, L., Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 48, Issue 4, pp. 663-677, DOI 10.1007/s00348-009-0759-6, (2010).
- DNS of Spatially Evolving Flows via Multi-Scale Similarity Method. Araya, G., Jansen, K. and Castillo, L., Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 10, No. 36, pp. 1-33 (2009).
- Effect of Freestream Turbulence on Rough ZPG Turbulent Boundary Layers. Brzek, B, Cal. R.B., Torres-Nieves, S., Lebron-Bosques, J., Meneveau, C. and Castillo, L., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 635, pp. 207-243, (2009).
- The Rough Favorable Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer. Cal., R.B., Brzek, B., Johansson, G. and Castillo, L., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 641, pp. 129-155, (2009).
- Theoretical Evaluation of the Reynolds Shear Stress and Flow Parameters in Transitionally Rough Turbulent Boundary Layers. Brzek, B., Bailon-Cuba, J., Castillo, L. and Leonardi, S., Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 1-28, DOI: 10.1080/14685240802524392, (2009).
- Turbulent Channel Flow with 2D Wedges of Random Height on One Wall. Bailon-Cuba, J., Leonardi, S. and Castillo, L., International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 30, Issue 5, pp. 1007-1015, (2009).