Devina P. Sanjaya

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Joint Faculty Appointment with Department of Mathematics

Scientific Computing and Fluid Dynamics Lab (SCFDL)

502 Dougherty Engineering Building

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

865-974-5309

dsanjaya [at] utk [dot] edu

Recent News

My Ph.D. Student, Aidan Lay, presented his work on "The Fluid Dynamics Uncertainty Quantification Challenge Problem: XFOIL vs. mfoil" at 2025 AIAA Aviation (Jul. 2025)
SCFDL hosted one NSF-REU student and one Collaborative REU student for the next 10 weeks to do shape optimization of cargo casings for delivery drones.
Congratulations, Aidan Lay, for receiving the UTK Graduate School Fellowship! This fellowship provides $10,000/year for 4 years.
Congratulations, Aidan Lay, for earning your B.S. in Mechanical Engineering! SCFDL is excited to welcome you as a direct Ph.D. Student.
My Ph.D. Student, Justin Weinmeister, presented his work on "An Open-Source Python Package for CFD Solution Verification" at ASME VVUQ 2025 (Apr. 2025)
I was invited to serve as a panelist for "WeLEAP Future Faculty Development Series: Succeeding in Faculty Jobs" hosted by WeLEAP and MIT RPA^3 (Mar. 2025)
I was invited to give a talk on "Understanding the Role of High-Order Nodes in Finite-Element Meshes" at Rice University's CMOR NASC RTG Seminar (Feb. 2025)
I started my service as the Chair of MVCE Student Paper Competition for the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum and landed Flexcompute sponsorship (Jan. 2025)