José Lebrón, Ph.D

José Lebrón, Ph.D

Instructor

Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Office: L-215
jose.lebron14@upr.edu
T: 787-832-4040 x

Education

  • Ph.D.
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2011
  • M.S.
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2007
  • B.S.
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR, 2005

Background

  • 2019-present
 Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
  • 2014-present
 Founder and CEO, SUNNE Cleantech Lab, Mayagüez, PR
  • 2012-2017
 Senior Engineer, Belcan TechServices – Pratt & Whitney, Middletown Site, CT
  • 2005-2011
 Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY & The Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
  • 2007-2011
 Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY
  • 2008-2010
 Academic Mentor and Curriculum Developer, Troy High-school, Troy, NY and Shaker High School, Colonie, NY

Journal Publications

  • Newman, A., Lebrón, J., Meneveau, C. and Castillo, L., “Streamwise development of the wind turbine boundary layer over a model wind turbine array”, submitted to Physics of Fluids (2013).

  • Lebrón, J., Castillo, L. and Meneveau, C., “Experimental Study of the Kinetic Energy Budget in a Wind Turbine Streamtube”, Journal of Turbulence (2012).

  • Cal, R.B., Lebrón, J., Castillo, L., Kang, H.S., and Meneveau, C., “Experimental Study of the Horizontally Averaged Flow Structure in a Model Wind-Turbine Array Boundary Layer”, J. Renewable Sustainable Energy (2010).

  • Brzek, B., Torres-Nieves, S.N., Lebrón, J., Cal, R.B., Meneveau, C., and Castillo, L., “Effect of Freestream Turbulence on Rough Surface Turbulent Boundary Layers”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2009).

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Torres-Nieves, S.N., Maldonado, V., Lebrón, J., Kang, H.S., Meneveau, C., and Castillo, L., “Free-Stream Turbulence Effects on the Flow Around an S809 Wind Turbine Airfoil”, iTi (interdisciplinary turbulence initiative) 2010 Conference on Turbulence, Bertinoro, Italy, September 19-22, 2010.

  • Chowdhury, S., Messac, M., Zhang, J., Castillo, L., Lebrón, J., “Optimizing the Unrestricted Placement of Turbines of Different Rotor Diameters in a Wind Farm for Maximum Power Generation”, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2010.

  • Zhang, J., Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Castillo, L. and Lebrón, J., “Response Surface Based Cost Model for Onshore Wind Farms Using Extended Radial Basis Functions”, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2010.

  • Torres-Nieves, S.N., Lebrón, J.R., Kang, H.S., Brzek, B., Cal, R.B., Meneveau, C., and Castillo, L., “Effect of Isotropic Free-Stream Turbulence in Favorable Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layers over a Rough Surface”, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on The physics of wall-bounded flows on rough walls, Cambridge, UK, Springer 2010.

  • Lebrón, J., Cal, R.B., Kang, H.S., Castillo, L. and Meneveau, C., “Interaction Between a Wind Turbine Array and a Turbulent Boundary Layer”, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper number 2010 – 824, 2010.

  • Lebrón, J., Cal, R.B., Kang, H.S., Castillo, L. and Meneveau, C., “Interaction Between a Wind Turbine Array and a Turbulent Boundary Layer”, Proceedings of 11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, AIWA 2009.

Contributed Lectures

  • “Experimental Study of the Kinetic Energy Budget of a Wind Turbine Stream-Tube”, Lebrón, J., Castillo, L., Meneveau, C., American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, 64th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 20-22, (2011).

  • “Budget of Kinetic Energy Fluxes of a Wind Turbine Streamtube”, Lebrón, J., Castillo, L., Meneveau, C., 1000 Islands Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, May 2-4, (2011).

  • “Effect of Isotropic Free-Stream Turbulence in Rough, Favorable Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layers”, Torres-Nieves, S.N., Lebrón, J.R., Brzek, B., Cal, R.B., Meneveau, C., and Castillo, L., IUTAM Symposium on The physics of wall-bounded flows on rough walls, Cambridge, UK, July 7-9, (2009).

  • “Influence of High Freestream Turbulence over a Favorable Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer: Smooth and Rough”, Torres-Nieves, S.N., Lebrón-Bosques, J.R., Brzek, B., Cal, R.B., Meneveau, C., and Castillo, L., 7th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modeling and Measurements, Limassol, Cyprus, June 4-6, (2008).

Distinctions & Awards

  • NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education: 2008-2010

  • Certificate “Professional Leadership”, RPI, Troy, NY: Dec. 2008

  • Change the World Challenge Idea Competition Winner, RPI, Troy, NY: Dec. 2008

  • Rensselaer’s Founders Award of Excellence (15th Ann. Honors Convocation): Fall 2008

  • Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship, Honorable Mention: 2008

  • NSF-AGEP Fellowship: 2005-2007

  • General Motors Corporation Merit Scholarship: Spring 2004