Heat transfer in air-breathing propulsion and power systems; analytical and experimental fluid dynamics; turbine aerodynamics; cooling schemes for gas turbines; finite element method for viscous flow and heat transfer. Cengiz Camci conducts research in areas related to the improvement of gas turbine performance and reliability including the design of small gas turbines for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and RPV (Remotely Piloted Vehicle) applications.
Current research efforts include the development of digital image processing schemes for heat transfer; unsteady fluid dynamics measurements; short duration and continuous heat transfer testing in hot/ warm cascades and turbines; implementation of liquid crystals in convective heat transfer research; heat transfer augmentation by oscillating jets; vortex tube heat transfer and solid state diode lasers in Doppler velocimetry, Particle Image velocimetry in turbomachinery systems.
Von Karman Institute doctoral research fellowship (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Postgraduate diploma course fellowship by the V.K.I. for Fluid Dynamics (1979-1980)
Distinguished research fellowship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania (1980-1981, not used)
Appreciation award from the United States Air Force Recruiting Service (1989)
Case-NASA Aerospace R&D Fellowship (1990)
Recognized as advisor of the graduate student who received the 1992 National Fluids Engineering Award from ASME Fluids Engineering Division
National Best Paper of the Year Award from the Heat Transfer Division of the ASME (1993)
NASA New Technology Innovator Award, NASA Lewis Research Center, Technology Utilization Office, Cleveland, Ohio (1993)
Invited lecturer, von Karman Institute Lecture Series (1996)
Mission Consultant to NATO AGARD (Advisory Group for Aeronautics Research and Development)
DOE/SCERDC/Advanced Gas Turbine Systems R&D 1999 Faculty Fellowship
Visiting Faculty Fellowship from Ecole Centrale Lyon/CNRS, France
1999 Best Paper Award from the Education Committee of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute IGTI for the paper entitled "A Student-Executed, Industrial Gas Turbine Design Project with an Industrial Deadline
Aero-thermo-mechanical optimization of bladed turbine disk assemblies
Computational visualization of turbine tip leakage flows in an axial flow turbine stage
Application of a liquid crystal based heat transfer measurement technique to a rotating turbine blade tip in AFTRF
Aerodynamic tip desensitization in an axial flow turbine stage
Implementation of a stereoscopic "Particle Image Velocimeter" (PIV) in an axial flow turbine
Aerodynamic loss mechanisms due to coolant injection in a turbine stage
Trailing edge cooling system design for high-temperature gas turbine engines
Turbulent transport enhancement in a planar jet with self-sustained oscillations
Influence of rotation on the color response of encapsulated chiral nematic liquid crystals
Film cooling heat transfer in gas turbine engines
Flow visualization in turbomachinery systems
Development of a "Rotor Test Stand" (RTS) for helicopter aeromechanics research
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