Sicheng He

Assistant Professor

Biography

2023-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2021 - 2022 
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2020 - 2021 
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2015-2020 
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research

• Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO)
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Computational aeroelasticity
• Laminar-turbulent transitional flow
• Control co-design
• Aircraft design
• Wind energy

Education

PhD, 2015-2020, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MSE, 2013-2015, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MS, 2013-2015, Applied Math, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BSE, 2012-2013, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BSE, 2009-2013, Mechanical Engineering, Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Professional Service

Member of AIAA and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP)

Reviewer for AIAA Journal, Aerospace Science and Technology, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Awards and Recognitions

Best student paper in MDO, 2nd place, AIAA Aviation Conference 2019

Publications

Marco Mangano, Sicheng He, Yingqian Liao, Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Andrew Ning, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Aeroelastic tailoring of wind turbine rotors using high-fidelity multidisciplinary design optimization. 2023. doi:10.5194/wes-2023-10, Wind Energy Science

Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Derivatives for eigenvalues and eigenvectors via analytic reverse algorithmic differentiation. AIAA Journal, 60(4):2654–2667, 2022. doi:10.2514/1.j060726

Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Coupled Newton–Krylov time-spectral solver for flutter and limit cycle oscillation prediction. AIAA Journal, 59(6):2214–2232, 2021. doi:10.2514/1.j059224

Mohamed Amine Bouhlel, Sicheng He, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Scalable gradient-enhanced artificial neural networks for airfoil shape design in the subsonic and transonic regimes. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61:1363—1376, 2020. doi:10.1007/s00158-020-02488-5 (online airfoil optimization tool Webfoil: http://webfoil.engin.umich.edu/)