Raúl Bayoán Cal is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Portland State University; a faculty member since 2010. Dr. Cal received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2006. During 2006 to 2009, Dr. Cal was a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University. His area of research is focused on the understanding of turbulence with emphasis placed on physics related to wall-bounded, free-shear, canopy, particle-laden and multi-phase flows as well as wind/solar energy. Dr. Cal uses theoretical and experimental approaches to address these problems.
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