Luciano Castillo

Empowering businesses, countries, and individuals

Prior to joining Purdue University as the Kenninger Chair Professor of Renewable Energy & Power Systems, Luciano was the inaugural Center Director of the National Wind Resource Center and the Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy at Texas Tech University.  For many years he was Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Mechanical & Aerospace Department. His areas of research interest include turbulence, renewable energy and bioengineering. He has published over 100 publications, edited several books on renewable energy and co-authored several patents.

He gave several keynotes lectures, plenary lecture, and distinguished lectures on wind energy. Currently, he served as Associate Editor of Wind Engineering & Science and serves in various scientific committees on renewable energy in Europe. He is passionate about inclusiveness and mentoring students and young faculty and founded and organized several summer research institutes on renewable energy & medicine, which included students, faculty and K-12 teachers.  For his contributions and impacts on inclusiveness he received in 2016 the McDonald Mentoring Award from ASME and served as the School of Engineering as a Dean’s Faculty Fellow for Hispanic Engagement at Purdue University. In 2020, he received the Faculty Award from C-Prep, for his impact in teaching & inspiring minority student. In 2021 he was inducted in the National Academy of Engineering of Mexico (Foreign Corresponding Member) for his contributions to the USA/Mexico border and his scholarship contributions in renewable energy. In 2023 he received the 2023 Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Career Alumni Award from the University at Buffalo for his contributions to society and engineering, and The Acorn Award at Purdue University.

Research as a Catalyst for Change

    • 3 related to energy

    • 2 CO 2 capture

    • 5 COVID/Virus related

    USA PATENTS ISSUED

    1. Liquid Carbon Dioxide Capturing Filter System and Method. Inventors: Mirian M. Ve- lay Lizancos, Luciano Castillo, Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes. Pub No. US 2023/0405522 A1. Dec. 21, 2023.

    2. Bernoulli Air Processing System. Inventors: Luciano Castillo, Ali Doosttalab, Carsten Westergaard, Ernest Blatchley, Rita Appiah, Helber A. Esquivel-Puentes, and Abi- gayle Moser. Pub No. US 2022/0111323 A1. April 14, 2022.

    3. Filters for Virus Filtration and Inactivation and Mask Assemblies Containing the Same. Inventors: Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes, Tanya Purwar, Venkatesh Pulletikurthi, Luciano Castillo, Ernest Rowland Blatchley and Victor Castano. Pub No. US 2023/0158343 A1. May 25, 2023.

    4. Wearable Face Mask with Anti-Viral Filtration Media. Inventors: Luciano Castillo, Jorge Antonio Castillo Cabrera, Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes, Dawn George and Vic- tor Castano. Pub No. US 2021/0315293 A1. October 14, 2021.

    5. Fibrillar Structures to Reduce Viscous Drag on Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Wall Surfaces. Inventors: Luciano Castillo, Burak Aksak, and Metin Sitti. Pub No. US 10,830,261 B2. November 10, 2020.

    1. Surface Coating for Reduction of Aerodynamic Noise and Vibrations. Inventors: Bu-
      rak Aksak, Luciano Castillo, and Humberto Bocanegra Evans Pub No. US 2020/0072258 A1. March 5, 2020.

    2. Hydrophobic Surface Coating for Virus Inactivation and MethodsTherefor. Inventors: Tanya Purwar, Victor Manuel Castano-Meneses, Xing Li, Ernest R. Blatchley III, Lu- ciano Castillo, and Ali Doottalab Pub No. US 2022/0235246 A1. July 28, 2022.

    3. Surface Coating for Reduction of Aerodynamic Noise and Vibrations. Inventors: Bu-
      rak Aksak, Luciano Castillo, and Humberto Bocanegra Evans Pub No. US 2021/0102564 A1. April 8, 2021.

    4. Methods and Apparatus for Disinfection of Surfaces. Inventors: Luciano Castillo, Tanya Purwar, Victor Castano, and Ali Doosttalab Pub No. US 2023/0190973 A1. June 22, 2023.

    5. Composite Mixtures and System for Aquatic Construction and Environmental Protection and Methods of Use. Inventors: Mirian M. Velay Lizancos, Luciano Castillo and Oscar Curet. Pub No. US 2023/0286858 A1. September 14, 2023.

     

    • 12 on Renewable Energy

    • 7 on Diversity & Inclusion

    • 2 Review Papers

    • 3 Best Paper Awards

    • 2 Invited Papers

Honors, Awards & Advisory Positions

  • Discussion on Workforce Development and ONR- Blue Integrated Partnerships. San Juan, Puerto Rico, (2024)

  • Building a Strong PR Aerospace / Defense Cluster. Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. (2023).

    • Foreign Corresponding Member, (2021).

    • Fellow American Physical Society (APS), (2019).

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  • Mentoring & Diversity (2002)

  • Purdue College of Engineering, (2022- 2023)