Aidan Lay

Education

• Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering (with IGMCS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2025 (did not complete)

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2021 - 2025

Research Interest

• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

• High-Order (curved) mesh adaptation

• Error estimation

• Numerical methods and optimization

• Uncertainty quantification

• High-performance computing (HPC)

• Renewable energy

Summer Research Experience

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN (2024)

Publications

• Aidan S. Lay, Justin Weinmeister, and Devina P. Sanjaya, The Fluid Dynamics Uncertainty Quantification Challenge Problem: XFOIL vs. mfoil, AIAA Paper 2025-3872, 2025, doi:10.2514/6.2025-3872.

• Tor B.T. Burwell, Chayapat Bunterngsook, Aidan S. Lay, and Devina P. Sanjaya. "Modular Cargo Casings Engineered for Secure Medication Delivery via Lightweight Drones". 2025 IREAAMU NSF-REU (funded by National Science Foundation), Knoxville, TN, July 29, 2025.

• Chayapat Bunterngsook, Tor B.T. Burwell, Aidan S. Lay, and Devina P. Sanjaya. "Modular Cargo Casings for Emergency First-Aid Deliveries to Point-of-Need Locations Using Lightweight Drones". 2025 IREAAMU NSF-REU (funded by National Science Foundation), Knoxville, TN, July 29, 2025.

• Aidan S. Lay, C. Neel Reeves, and Devina P. Sanjaya. "Design, Build, and Fly!". 2025 IREAAMU NSF-REU (funded by National Science Foundation), Knoxville, TN, June 18, 2025.

• Michael P. Sutton, Trenton S. Henderson, Aidan S. Lay, and Devina P. Sanjaya. "Improved Versatility of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles". 2024 IREAAMU NSF-REU (funded by National Science Foundation), Knoxville, TN, July 30, 2024.