Dr. James H. Leylek,
Professor and the Executive Director of Advanced Computational Research Laboratory (ACRL)
Dr. James H. Leylek is a professor and the Executive Director of Advanced Computational Research Laboratory (ACRL) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. As a specialist in computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, he conducts research in CFD methods development, steady and unsteady turbulence modeling, and complex problems found in gas turbine and automotive applications. He has published, along with his graduate students, more than 50 technical papers in archival journals and at national and international conferences. Leylek joined the Clemson University faculty in 1993, after working for GE Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati for over nine years.
Leylek started the new Clemson University Computational Center for Mobility Systems (CU-CCMS), and is currently serving as its first director. The CU-CCMS is a comprehensive, world-class computational center at the new, 250-acre Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) campus in Greenville, S.C. The CU-CCMS offers a high concentration of outstanding talent possessing unique simulation capabilities in many diverse fields. The CU-CCMS offers one-stop shopping through 10 technical groups ranging from computational aerodynamics to electromagnetism.
Leylek’s primary research approach involves the development and validation of physics based, simple, robust and economical computational methods with true predictive capabilities. Specific application areas include automotive IC engine intake systems, aerodynamics, gas turbine heat transfer, film cooling, steady and unsteady axial turbine and compressor flows. Leylek has won many national and international awards including the ASME Gas Turbine Award, ASME/IGTI Turbomachinery Best Paper Award, Arch T. Colwell Award from the SAE, ASME/CIE Best Paper Award, and the AIAA Outstanding Service Award. He is an active member of ASME/IGTI Heat Transfer and Turbomachinery Committees. His professional society memberships include the ASME, AIAA, SAE and ASEE.
Leylek received all of his degrees from the University of Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. in 1984 in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His M.S. and B.S. degrees were received in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1979 and 1976, respectively.