Michael Davis

Education

• Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering (Minor: Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2026 - present

• M.Sc. Thesis, Race Car Aerodynamics (with distinction), University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2024 - 2025

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Aerospace Engineering), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019 - 2023

Research Interest

• Curved metric-based mesh adaptation and generation

• Aerodynamic design optimization

• Computational fluid dynamics

• Motorsport

Previous Employment

• Keating Machine Inc., Manufacturing Engineer, Clinton, TN (2023-2024, 2025-2026)

• Malibu Boats, Powertrain Engineering Intern, Loudon, TN (2022)