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Cengiz Camci

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation(s):

Aerospace Engineering

308 ECoRE Building

cxc11@psu.edu

814-865-2569

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Air-Breathing Propulsion; Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Interest Areas:

Aerothermodynamics of turbomachinery, fluid mechanics, heat transfer in propulsion systems, non-intrusive flow diagnostics, liquid crystal thermography, finite element method in fluid mechanics and heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics.

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1977
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1980
One year post-graduate Diploma, Turbomachinery Department, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium, 1980
Ph D, Convective heat transfer, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), 1985

Publications

Journal Articles

Cengiz Camci, 2020, "A Genetic Algorithm Based Multi-Objective Optimization of Squealer Tip Geometry in Axial Flow Turbines: A Constant Tip Gap Approach", ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 142, (2)

Cengiz Camci, Levent Kavurmacioglu, Cem Berk Senel and Hidir Maral, 2018, "PERFORMANCE OF PARTIAL AND CAVITY TYPE SQUEALER TIP OF A HP TURBINE BLADE IN A LINEAR CASCADE", International Journal of Aerospace Engineering 3262164.v2, in print, pp. in print

Cengiz Camci, Levent Ali Kavurmacioglu, Cem Berk Senel and Hidir Maral, 2017, "An Aerothermal Study of the Influence of Squealer Width and Height near a HP Turbine Blade", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 120, (December 2017), pp. 18-32

Cengiz Camci, Levent Ali Kavurmacioglu, Cem Berk Senel and Hidir Maral, 2017, "CASING GROOVES TO IMPROVE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF A HP TURBINE BLADE", Aerospace Science and Technology, Elsevier, ISSN : 1270-9638, pp. in print

Cengiz Camci, Kaan Deveci, Hidir Maral, Cem Berk Senel, Emre Alpman and Levent Ali Kavurmacioglu, , "AEROTHERMAL OPTIMIZATION OF SQUEALER GEOMETRY IN AXIAL FLOW TURBINES USING GENETIC ALGORITHM", Journal of Thermal Engineering, pp. 18

Conference Proceedings

Cengiz Camci, Hidir Maral, Cem Berk Senel and Levent Kavurmacioglu, 2017, "AN INVESTIGATION OF GROOVE TYPE CASING TREATMENT ON AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF a LINEAR TURBINE CASCADE", European Turbomachinery Society/ KTH Sweden/Aerospace Europe E-CAero 2, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 15

Cengiz Camci, Veerandra C. Andichamy and Gohar T. Khokhar, , "AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF USING VORTEX GENERATORS AS TIP LEAKAGE FLOW INTERRUPTERS IN AN AXIAL FLOW TURBINE STAGE", ASME Press/ ASME International Gas Turbine Institute IGTI, NY, NY, USA, ASME Turbo Expo 2018, pp. 16

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Editorial Board, International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, IJTPP,, , MDPI, Switzerland Editorial Board, Aerospace, MDPI, Switzerland, March 2019 - March 2024

Editorial Board Member, AEROSPACE, MDPI, Switzerland, April 2019 - April 2024

Scientific Committee member, ISROMAC, International Symposium in Rotating Machinery ISROMAC, December 1999 - December 2024

Associate Editor Journal of Fluids Engineering, ASME Fluids Engineering Division, December 2019 - December 2022

Service

Service to Penn State:

Committee Work, Committee Member, The Pennsylvania State University, Space and Safety Committee, September 2017 - September 2019

Committee Work, Committee Member, The Pennsylvania State University, Computing, September 2017 - September 2019

Service to External Organizations:

Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Organizer, ASME K-14 Turbomachinery Heat Transfer Committee, September 2013 - December 2020

About

The Penn State Department of Aerospace Engineering, established in 1961 and the only aerospace engineering department in Pennsylvania, is consistently recognized as one of the top aerospace engineering departments in the nation, and is also an international leader in aerospace education, research, and engagement. Our undergraduate program is ranked 15^th and our graduate programs are ranked 15^th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, while one in 25 holders of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering in the U.S. earned it from Penn State. Our students are consistently among the most highly recruited by industry, government, and graduate schools nationwide.

The department is built upon the fundamentals of academic integrity, innovation in research, and commitment to the advancement of industry. Through an innovative curriculum and world-class instruction that reflects current industry practice and embraces future trends, Penn State Aerospace Engineering graduates emerge as broadly educated, technically sound aerospace engineers who will become future leaders in a critical industry