Levent Ali Kavurmacıoğlu

Levent Ali Kavurmacıoğlu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). His research focuses on aerothermal optimization, turbine blade design, centrifugal pump performance, numerical fluid dynamics, and cavitation behavior. He has supervised 47 theses and holds an ORCID identifier (0000-0002-9981-8034).

His recent work emphasizes turbine efficiency improvements through methods like film cooling hole optimization and secondary flow loss reduction. In centrifugal pump systems, he explores cavitation mitigation via Taguchi optimization and geometric adjustments. Collaborative projects include underwater vehicle flow analysis and automotive turbocharger compressor design.

With 34 publications and 16 industry projects since 2001, his research has been cited over 563 times. Current projects (2021-2025) involve hydrodynamic coupling development, vacuum chamber design optimization, and diaphragm tank analysis using computational fluid mechanics.

Key collaborations include work with Prof. Camci on turbine aerodynamics and Prof. Yumurtacı on pump cavitation studies. His lab specializes in experimental validation through PIV measurements and computational modeling.