Celalettin Emre Ozdemir, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3240L Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: (225) 578-5045 / Fax: (225) 578-4945
Email: cozdemir@lsu.edu

Current Responsibilities

CE 7750 Graduate Student Seminar Coordinator

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida (August 2010)
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (July 2003)
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (June 2001)

Employment History

  • Associate Professor 2022 - present
    Louisiana State University
    Civil & Environmental Engineering Center for Computation & Technology

  • Assistant Professor Aug. 2014 – 2022
    Louisiana State University
    Civil & Environmental Engineering Center for Computation & Technology

  • Postdoctoral Investigator Feb. 2012 – Aug. 2014
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
    Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

  • Postdoctoral Researcher Sep. 2010 – Jan. 2012
    University of Delaware
    Civil & Environmental Engineering
    Center for Applied Coastal Research

  • Graduate Research Assistant Jan. 2006 – Aug. 2010
    University of Florida
    Civil Engineering

  • Graduate Research Assistant Aug. 2003 – Dec. 2005
    University of Iowa
    Civil & Environmental Engineering
    Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (IIHR)

Research Interests

  • Environmental fluid dynamics and sustainability
  • Computational sediment transport modeling
  • Two-phase flow modeling of particulate flows and their parameterization in large-scale models
  • Break up and agglomeration processes in fluid-mud
  • Simulation and modeling of multi-scale turbulent processes
  • Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of transitional and turbulent flows
  • Simulation and modeling of turbulent flow around complex morphology/structures
  • Advanced scientific computing
  • Parallel computing in turbulent and multiphase flow simulations

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