Reza Djeddi

Research Assistant Professor

Biography

2018 – Present
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2013 – 2018
Graduate Research Assistant, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Lab
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2010 – 2013
Senior Advisor and Post-Graduate Research Assistant
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)

2009 – 2013
Graduate Research Assistant
Center of Excellence in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Hydrodynamics
Sharif University of Technology

Education

PhD, 2018, Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MSc, 2017, Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MSc, 2011, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

BSc, 2008, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)

Professional Service

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Member (2013 – Present)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member (2013 – Present)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Member (2014 – Present)
• Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society, Full Member (2016 – Present)
• Peer-Review Services: AIAA Journal, Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Aeronautical Journal
• International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, Editorial Board Member (2017 – Present)

Publications

Selected Publications

Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “Solution-Based Adaptive Mesh Redistribution Applied to Harmonic Balance Solvers”, Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 84, January 2019, Pages 543-564.

Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “An Adaptive Mesh Redistribution Approach for Time-Spectral/Harmonic-Balance Flow Solvers”, AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (Fluid Dynamics Conference), 25-29 June 2018, Atlanta, GA.

Kaminsky, A., Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “Convergence Acceleration of Continuous Adjoint Solvers Using a Reduced-Order Model”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 86.9 (2018): 582-606.

Djeddi, R., Kaminsky, A., Ekici, K., “Convergence Acceleration of Fluid Dynamics Solvers Using a Reduced-Order Model”, AIAA Journal, 55 (9), 3059-3071.

Kaminsky, A., Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “An Efficient Reduced-Order-Model for Accurate Projection of Adjoint Sensitivities”, 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (SciTech), Jan. 2017, Grapevine, TX.

Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “Resolution of Gibbs phenomenon using a modified pseudo-spectral operator in harmonic balance CFD solvers”, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 30.7-10 (2016): 495-515.

Djeddi, R., Ekici, K., “Modified Spectral Operators for Time-Collocation and Time-Spectral Solvers”, 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (SciTech), Jan. 2016, San Diego, CA.

Djeddi, R., Howison, J., Ekici, K., “A Fully Coupled Turbulent Low-Speed Preconditioner for Harmonic Balance Applications”, Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 53, June 2016, Pages 22-37.

Djeddi, R., Howison, J., Ekici, K., “A Turbulent Low-Speed Preconditioner for Unsteady Flows About Wind Turbine Airfoils”, 22nd AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 2015, Dallas, TX.