Serhiy Yarusevych, PhD, PEng (He/Him)

Serhiy Yarusevych is a Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and is the principal investigator in the Fluid Mechanics Research Lab

His research interests lie in the general area of fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. Specific areas of interest include but not limited to experimental fluid mechanics, flows over lifting surfaces at low Reynolds numbers, flows over buff bodies, flow induced vibrations, flow control, energy harvesting from fluids, industrial aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, wind turbines, and unmanned air vehicles.

Professor Yarusevych’s research combines experimental, numerical, and analytical approaches to gain insight into key flow phenomena and estimate main performance parameters. The laboratory has a wide range of experimental facilities used to study boundary layer development, laminar-to-turbulent transition, separated flows, wakes, and other external and internal flows of interest in fundamental fluid mechanics and engineering applications.

An important aspect of the research conducted by his research team is improving existing experimental methods and developing new techniques for experimental research in fluid mechanics. Both flow visualization and quantitative flow diagnostic are of interest.

Professor Yarusevych’s research has been sponsored by national and international funding agencies, including NSERC, Ontario Centres of Excellence, DFG, as well as numerous industrial partners, including Bombardier Aerospace, Babcock & Wilcox Canada, GTAA, RWDI, Suncor, and Stratotynamics.

• Fluid Mechanics

• Aerodynamics

• Experimental Fluid Dynamics

• Turbulence

• Boundary layer Separation

• Transition

• Flow Control

• Airfoil

• Hot Wire Anemometry

• Laser Doppler Velocimetry

• Particle Image Velocimetry

• Low Reynolds Number Flows

• Flows Over Bluff Bodies

• Flow Induced Vibrations

• Wind Turbines

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

• Aeroacoustics

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Noise Control

• Fluid Structure Interactions

Research Interests: Fluid mechanics, Aerodynamics, Flow control, Renewable Energy.

My research is concerned with fluid flows occurring in a wide range of important engineering applications. Specific applications of interest include the design and operation of lifting surfaces for wind turbines, micro air vehicles, and cascades of gas turbine blades, as well as aircraft operation at low speed or high altitude. I am an active member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The results of my research are of interest in the design of a variety of engineering systems, including wind turbines, gas turbines, and unmanned aerial vehicles. We actively collaborate with industrial partners to help address design challenges and improve system performance.

• 2006, Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

• 2002, Master's Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

• 1999, Bachelor's Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Ukraine, Ukraine

• 2020, AIAA best conference paper award, AIAA ground testing

• 2019, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• 2019, Mercator Fellow, DFG

• 2018, Associate Fellow, AIAA

• 2018, Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo

• 2017, Distinguished Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo

• 2012, Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo

• 2006, Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSERC

• ME 362 - Fluid Mechanics 2
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• ME 562 - Experimental Methods in Fluids
  • Taught in 2021, 2022
• ME 662 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• ME 765 - Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics
  • Taught in 2022
• ME 770 - Special Topics in Numerical Methods, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Taught in 2021

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Zhang, Xueqing and Yarusevych, Serhiy and Peterson, Sean D, Experimental investigation of flow development and coherent structures in normal and oblique impinging slot jets, Experiments in Fluids, 11, 2019

• McClure, Jeffrey and Yarusevych, Serhiy, Planar momentum balance in three-dimensional flows: applications to load estimation, Experiments in Fluids, 41, 2019

• Marble, Erik and Morton, Chris and Yarusevych, Serhiy, Spanwise wake development of a pivoted cylinder undergoing vortex-induced vibrations with elliptic trajectories, Experiments in Fluids, 81, 2019

• Istvan, Mark S and Yarusevych, Serhiy, Effects of free-stream turbulence intensity on transition in a laminar separation bubble formed over an airfoil, Experiments in Fluids, 52, 2018

• Yarusevych, Serhiy and Kotsonis, Marios, Steady and transient response of a laminar separation bubble to controlled disturbances, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 955, 2017

• McClure, Jeffrey and Yarusevych, Serhiy, Instantaneous PIV/PTV-based pressure gradient estimation: a framework for error analysis and correction, Experiments in Fluids, 92, 2017

• McClure, Jeffrey and Yarusevych, Serhiy, Vortex shedding and structural loading characteristics of finned cylinders, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 138, 2016

• Researchers awarded $1.1 million for lab equipment
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