Professor

Dr. Raymond P. LeBeau

Assistant Professor, 
177 RGAN Building
Mechanical Engineering 
Phone: (859)257-6336 ext. 80648
Email: rplebeau@engr.uky.edu

Ray LeBeau received his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focusing on CFD models of planetary atmospheres. His current areas of research include the validation of hybrid turbulence models such as detached-eddy simulation (DES), the development of high-power, low-cost optimized CFD/PC cluster systems , and the application of engineering turbulence techniques to planetary boundary layers (PBL's). Dr. LeBeau received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia.

Graduate Students, Ph.D.

Dr. Xiaolong Deng

Doctoral Graduate Student,
210 RGAN Building 
Mechanical Engineering 
Phone:(859)257-6336 ext.80669
Email: xdeng0@engr.uky.edu

Deng is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. He has completed his B.E. in Computer Science and PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Currently, he's  doing research on the CFD models of planetary atmosphere.