Posted November 9th, 2007 by drupadmin
Yuval Levy
Citizenship: Israel
Birthdate: October 31 1959
Academic Degrees:
Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
1994 — Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (Advisor: Lambertus Hesselink).
Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
1990 — M.Sc. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (Advisor: Lambertus Hesselink).
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
1988 — M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering (Advisors: David Degani and Arnan Seginer).
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
1985 — B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering.
Professional Experience:
| 2005 - present | CEO | Israeli Computational Fluid Dynamics Center |
| 1993 - 1994 | Research Assistant | Aeronautics and Astronautics Dept., Stanford University |
| 1988 - 1993 | Research Assistant | Applied Computational Fluids Branch, NASA Ames |
Main Interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), code and algorithm development. CFD solutions.
Consulting:
| 2005 - present | CFD Consultant | MLM, Israel Aircraft Industries |
| 2005 - present | CFD Consultant | RST Systems Technologies |
| 2003 - present | CFD Consultant | Urban Aeronautics |
| 2003 - present | CFD Consultant | Israeli Air Force |
| 1998 - present | CFD and Aerodynamics Consultant | SGD Engineering, Tel-Aviv |
| 1999 - 2003 | CFD Consultant | Mabat, Israel Aircraft Industries |
| 1999 - 2000 | Aerodynamics and Aerooptics Consultant | ELOP Electrooptics Industries Ltd. |
Academic Appointments:
| 2006 - 2008 | Adjunct Lecturer | Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion |
| 2000 - 2005 | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion |
| 1997 - 1999 | Lecturer | Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion |
| 1996 - 1997 | Research Associate | Aeronautics and Astronautics Dept., Stanford University |
| 1994 - 1996 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Aeronautics and Astronautics Dept., Stanford University |
| 1985 - 1988 | Teaching Assistant | Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion |
Teaching Experience — Academic:
Numerical Methods in Transonic Flows (Graduate)
Graphical Flow Visualization (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Computational Aerodynamics (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Workshop in Computational Aerodynamics (Undergraduate)
Numerical Analysis (Undergraduate)
Incompressible Aerodynamics (Undergraduate)
Compressible Aerodynamics (Undergraduate)
Teaching Experience — Short Courses:
Scientific and Mathematical Visualization — International Summer School, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, September 1996, Germany.
Introduction to CFD for Engineers – ELOP Electrooptics Industries Ltd., December 2006, Israel.
Membership in Professional Society:
Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Member, Israeli Association of Computational Methods in Mechanics.
Member, Israel Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Graduate Students — Theses Completed:
| 1996 | Thomas Loser, Diplomarbeit. Thesis title: Vector and Tensor Field Visualization Using Textures (Advisors: D. Mewes and Y. Levy). |
| 2002 | Yair Moryossef, M.Sc. Thesis title: A Computational Study of the Flow About Wings in Ground Effect (Advisor: Y. Levy). |
| 2004 | Yohanan Goldin, M.Sc. Thesis title: Aerodynamic Control of a Subsonic Flying Delta Wing (Advisors: Y. Levy and R. Arieli). |
| 2005 | Motti Adar, M.Sc. Thesis title: Numerical Study of Flare Separation (Advisors: Y. Levy and A. Gany). |
| 2005 | Yaakov Mindelis, M.Sc. Thesis title: Volumetric Flow Field Visualization (Advisor: Y. Levy). |
| 2006 | Alexander Itenberg, M.Sc. Thesis title: Numerical Investigation of Flapping Wings (Advisor: Y. Levy). |
| 2006 | Ya'eer Kidron, M.Sc. Thesis title: Parallel Implicit Algorithms for Cartesian Grids (Advisor: Y. Levy). |
| 2006 | Chen Friedman, M.Sc. Thesis title: Numerical Investigation of Coanda Effect (Advisors: Y. Levy and R. Arieli). |
| 2007 | Yair Moryossef, PhD Thesis title: Unconditionally Positive Implicit Procedure for Two-Equation Turbulence Models (Advisor: Y. Levy). |
Graduate Students — Theses In Progress:
| expected 2009 |
Evgeny Selitrennik |
| expected 2009 | Tomer Rokita Thesis title: Experimental & Numerical Investigation of the Subsonic Flow Field Inside and Near a Weapon Bay (Advisors: R. Arieli and Y. Levy). |