Leitao Chen

Assistant Professor

Leitao.Chen@erau.edu

Mechanical Engineering Department

Daytona College of Engineering

Leitao Chen

Overview

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Assistant Professor, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â August 2023 — Present

Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University                                 August 2020 — August 2023

Research Scientist, Rice University                                                       November 2018 — July 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University                                                     August 2016 — October 2018

Research Intern, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center                            June 2015 — September 2015

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016 – present

American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineering (ASTFE), 2017 – present

Faculty Excellence Award in Research, Tennessee State University, 2023

Outstanding Reviewer, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Elsevier, 2017

Outstanding Reviewer, Renewable Energy, Elsevier, 2017

Outstanding Reviewer, Computers and Fluids, Elsevier, 2017

Teaching

  • ESCI 403: Heat Transfer
  • MECH 451: Vehicle Aerodynamics


ES 403 – Heat Transfer

ME409 – Vehicle Aerodynamics

ME595HH – Multi-scale Kinetic Modeling