Luciano Castillo Explained

Luciano Castillo
Birth Date:	1965 12, df=yes
Citizenship:	American
Thesis Title:	Similarity Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers
Thesis Year:	1997
Doctoral Advisor:	William K. George

Luciano Castillo (born December 6, 1965, in Puerto Rico) is an engineer known for his work in theoretical and experimental fluid dynamics, turbulence and wind energy and for applying scaling analysis and asymptotic methods. He is currently the Kenninger Chair Professor^[1] of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, where he is also the Dean’s Faculty Fellow for Hispanic/Latino Engagement,^[2] Purdue University, (2019–present).

Education

Luciano Castillo started his career at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and transferred to the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) where he earned his bachelor's degree (1990) and doctorate (1997) in mechanical engineering.

Career

In 1999, Castillo joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, as an assistant professor. In 2011, he joined Texas Tech University as Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy and was also appointed as president of the National Wind Resource Center in Lubbock, Texas. in 2017, Castillo moved to Purdue University as the Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems.

Honors and awards (selected)

• National Academy of Engineering of Mexico, Foreign Corresponding Member^[3] (2020)
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)^[4] (2020).
• Fellow American Physical Society^[5] (APS), (2019).
• Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers^[6] (ASME), (2013).

Selected publications

• George . William K. . Castillo . Luciano . 1997 . Zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer . Applied Mechanics Reviews . 50 . 12 . 689–729 . 10.1115/1.3101858 . 1997ApMRv..50..689G .
• Cal . Raúl Bayoán . Lebrón . José . Castillo . Luciano. Kang. Hyung Suk. Meneveau. Charles . 2010 . Experimental study of the horizontally averaged flow structure in a model wind-turbine array boundary layer . Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 2 . 013106 . 10.1063/1.3289735 .
• Chowdhury . Souma . Zhang . Jie . Messac . Achille . Castillo . Luciano . 2012 . Unrestricted wind farm layout optimization (UWFLO): Investigating key factors influencing the maximum power generation . Renewable Energy . 38 . 1 . 16–30. 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.033. 2012REne...38...16C .
• Castillo . Luciano . George . William K.. 2001 . Similarity analysis for turbulent boundary layer with pressure gradient: outer flow . AIAA Journal. 39. 1 . 41–47. 10.2514/2.1300 . 2001AIAAJ..39...41C .
• Wosnik . Martin . Castillo . Luciano . George . William K.. 2000 . A theory for turbulent pipe and channel flows . Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 421. 1 . 115–145. 10.1017/S0022112000001385. 2000JFM...421..115W . 2142/112577 . 122474872 . free .
• Castillo . Luciano . T. Gunnar . Johansson . 2002 . The effects of the upstream conditions on a low Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer with zero pressure gradient . Journal of Turbulence . 3 . 1 . N31 . 10.1088/1468-5248/3/1/031. 2002JTurb...3...31C .
• Castillo . Luciano . Walker . David . 2002 . Effect of upstream conditions on the outer flow of turbulent boundary layers . AIAA Journal . 40 . 7 . 1292–1299. 10.2514/2.1818. 2002AIAAJ..40.1292C .
• Walker . David . Castillo . Luciano . 2002 . Effect of the initial conditions on turbulent boundary layers . AIAA Journal . 40 . 12. 10.2514/6.2001-2912.
• Evans . Humberto Bocanegra . M. Hamed . Ali . Gorumlu . Serdar. Doosttalab . Ali. Aksak . Burak . P. Chamorro . Leonardo . Castillo . Luciano . 2018 . Engineered bio-inspired coating for passive flow control . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 115 . 6 . 1210–1214. 10.1073/pnas.1715567115 . 29367420 . 5819415 . 2018PNAS..115.1210B . free .
• Evans . Humberto Bocanegra . Gorumlu . Serdar . Aksak . Burak . Castillo . Luciano . 2016 . Holographic microscopy and microfluidics platform for measuring wall stress and 3D flow over surfaces textured by micro-pillars . Scientific Reports . 6 . 1–12. 10.1038/srep28753. 27353632 . 4926118 . 2016NatSR...628753B .
• Kazemi . Amirkhosro . Castillo . Luciano . Curet . Oscar M . 2021 . Mangrove roots model suggest an optimal porosity to prevent erosion . Scientific Reports . 11 . 1 . 9969 . 10.1038/s41598-021-88119-5. 33976300 . 8113374 . 2021NatSR..11.9969K .
• Roggenburg. Michael . Warsinger . David M . Evans . Humberto Bocanegra . Castillo . Luciano . 2021 . Combatting water scarcity and economic distress along the US-Mexico border using renewable powered desalination . Applied Energy . 291. 116765. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116765. 2021ApEn..29116765R . 233583448 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenninger chair . Purdue.
2. Web site: Our People. Mechanical Engineering - Purdue University.
3. Web site: Reaching across the border: USA-Mexico symposium discusses big ideas for the future. Mechanical Engineering - Purdue University.
4. Web site: AIAA Associate Fellows AIAA. 2022-01-02. AIAA.
5. Web site: APS Fellowship. site1.auth.aps.commonspotcloud.com.
6. Web site: October 2013. October 2013 College of Engineering Today Newsletter TTU. 2022-01-02.