Devina Sanjaya

Assistant Professor

Biography

August 2019 – present
Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

July 2019
Research Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Summer 2019, 2017, and 2016 Visiting Scientist
NASA Ames Research Center

Research

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• High-order, finite-element methods
• Mesh adaptation, optimization, and generation
• Machine learning for meshing purposes
• High performance computing
• Error estimation and uncertainty quantification

Education

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
PhD in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing, 2019

Stanford University
MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
BS in Aerospace Engineering with minor in Mathematics, 2011

Professional Service

• Member, AIAA, SIAM, WINASc, ASEE, NCFDD
• Committee: AIAA Meshing Visualization, and Computational Environments (Meshing sub-committee Deputy Chair), Tickle College of Engineering diversity action plan, MABE awards, MABE diversity, equity, and inclusion, MABE faculty search
• 2018 ICOSAHOM mini-symposium organizer
• Reviewer for: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Journal of Computational Physics, AIAA Journal, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), AIAA Conference, Elsevier textbook
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): mentoring, seminar, and inclusive teaching

Awards and Recognitions

• UTK Office of the Provost Research Development Academy Scholar, 2022
• UT MABE Advocacy for Diversity and Inclusion Award, 2021
• UT 1794 Scholars Program Mentor to the 1st place poster presentation winner for campus involvement category, 2020
• François-Xavier Bagnoud Fellowship (2016-2020)
• The University of Michigan Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO) Mentor of the Year (2017-2018)
• Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize Nominee from the Aerospace Engineering Department for Outstanding PhD Research (2017)
• Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship (2016-2017)
• Best AIAA Student Paper Award in CFD – 1st place (2015)
• Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship (2015-2016)
• Stalker, E.A., Aerospace Engineering Research Fellowship (2010)
• Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, 2011; Tau Beta Pi, 2011; Sigma Gamma Tau, 2010
  
  

Publications

Please see personal website.