AWARDS

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THE MCDONALD MENTORIN; AWARD; established in 200; ; recognizes the
outstanding mentoring of other professionals by an engineer in industry; government;
education or private practice.
L- CIANO CASTILLO; Ph.D.; Don-Kay-Clay Cash distinguished engineering chair
in wind energy; Texas Tech - niversity; Lubbock; 09!./.3-a!/. !/n!9!3n1 90 !n./!!
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Dr. Castillo is the Don-Kay-Clay Cash distinguished
engineering chair in wind energy at Texas Tech - niversity
;TT- ;; Lubbock. He ;oined the mechanical engineering
department at TT- as a strategic cluster hire in
2011. In addition to the endowed chair position; Castillo
was founding director of the National Wind Resource
Center until 201; .
; rom 1; ; ; to 2011 Castillo was a member of the
faculty of the department of mechanical; aerospace and
nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
;RPI; in Troy; N.1 .
His research in turbulence; using experimental techniCues;
direct numerical simulations and multiscale
asymptotic analysis; has in;ected new ideas in turbulent
boundary layers and the understanding of initial conditions
on large scale turbulence; and wind energy.
During 201; Castillo founded a Summer Research Institute on Renewable Energy
; Medicine at TT- for underrepresented minority and female students in STEM
;science; technology; engineering and mathematics; fields; and while at RPI he developed
partnerships and programs funded by the National Science ; oundation ;NS; ;
to attract and mentor underrepresented Ph.D. students in STEM fields.
His other career efforts to increase the number of underrepresented students
in STEM fields have included . isiting Scholar and . isiting ; aculty programs; the
NS; -funded Alliance for ; raduate Education and the Professoriate; Central New
1 ork–Puerto Rico; and the K-12 Teachers Research Experience. He has directly
mentored ; ; 0 underrepresented students. In addition; Castillo has worked to increase
recruitment and retention of minorities in academic positions through mentoring and
professional development opportunities. Ten of his former graduate students are in
academic positions in the - .S.
Castillo has published more than 100 articles; co-edited four books; given nearly
; 0 lectures; and given nearly ; 0 invited lectures ;- .S.; Europe; Latin America and
Australia;. He has also delivered several keynote; distinguished and plenary lectures
at ma;or academic institutions and scientific organizations around the world. He holds
several patents on energy and medicine.
An ASME ; ellow; Castillo has served on committees and as conference session chair
for the ; luids Engineering Division ;; ED;. He received the Robert T. Knapp Award
from the ; ED in 2002.
His honors include RPI;s Martin Luther King ;r. ; aculty Award ;2002; and Trustee
; aculty awards ;200; ; 200; ;; NASA faculty fellowships ;2002; 200; ;; a ; est Paper
award from the !9!!nal 90 !/n/Aa,l/ !n/!1C ;201; ;; and a ; est Paper Award from IEEE
;201; ;.
Castillo earned his bachelor;s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the
- niversity at ; uffalo–The State - niversity of New 1 ork in 1; ; 0 and 1; ; ; ; respectively.
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