People
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
― Amy Poehler
Principal Investigator
Omer San, PhD
Associate Professor
415 Dougherty Engineering Bldg.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
The University of Tennessee
1512 Middle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5115
Office: DO 503
E-mail: osan@utk.edu
Current Group
Join the team!
We do have possible openings for prospective graduate students interested in broad areas of fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, data assimilation, model reduction, machine learning and computing. If interested in joining us on Rocky Top, please send an email to Dr. Omer San.
Alumni
PhDs
Romit Maulik
PhD 2019, OSU MAE
Data-driven sub-grid model development for large eddy simulations of turbulence
Recipient of the CEAT 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Recipient of the 2019 Margaret Butler Fellowship Award; joined Argonne National Laboratory
Shady E. Ahmed
PhD 2022, OSU MAE
Model-data fusion in digital twins of large scale dynamical systems
Recipient of the CEAT 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Recipient of the 2022 PNNL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Award; joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Suraj Pawar
PhD 2022, OSU MAE
Physics-guided machine learning for turbulence closure and reduced order modeling
Recipient of the CEAT 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Joined Shell Global Solutions, Houston as an Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Master's
Shafi Romeo
MS 2023, OSU MAE
Nonlinear system discovery and machine learning for dynamical systems
Daniel Carne
MS 2021, OSU MAE
Design optimization methods for additively manufactured natural convection heatsinks
Co-supervised with Dr. Aaron Alexander
Harsha Vaddireddy
MS 2020, OSU MAE
Identification of physical processes via data driven methods
Mashfiqur Rahman
MS 2019, OSU MAE
Reduced order modeling of geophysical flows using physics-based and data-driven modeling techniques
Mansoor Ahmed
MS 2019, OSU MAE
Numerical investigation of air mixer performance for HVAC testing applications
Wesley Glenn
MS 2017, OSU MAE
Reduced order modeling of cardiovascular flows: fluid-structure interactions and constitutive modeling
BS Students
Jack Cook
BS 2019, OSU MAE
Recipiant of CEAT 2019 Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Nick Nelsen
BS 2018, OSU MAE
Recipient of the NSF 2018 Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP); joined Caltech