William S. Lewellen

Research Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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W. Steve Lewellen has been Research Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at WVU since 1993. He previously was Research Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Drexel U for 5 years. Over 17 years at Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton, he held a number of positions including Senior Vice President. As leader of an Environmental Research Group, he concentrated on the development of turbulent transport models for the numerical analysis of a wide variety of fluid dynamic problems. He has been principal investigator on research contracts and grants supported by the Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Electric Power Research Institute. His research results are detailed in over 100 publications.
Education
	Ph.D. Engineering, UCLA, 1964
	M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 1959
	B.S. Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, 1957
Research Focus Areas
	Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Research Interests
	atmospheric turbulence
	Tornado dynamics
	Aircraft contrails
	Cloud dynamics
Teaching Interests
	Atmospheric turbulence
Service and Outreach
	Reviewer for professional journals and technical proposals.
Special Interests
	Preserving the hills and valleys that make WV wild and wonderful.
Professional Societies
	American Meteorological Society
	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
	American Association for the Advancement of Science