Digital Twin Lab

Principal Investigator

Omer San, PhD

Omer San, PhD

Associate Professor

415 Dougherty Engineering Bldg.

Mechanical and Aerospace 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

Bipin Tiwari

Bipin Tiwari

PhD Student, UTK MAE

Arth Sojitra

Arth Sojitra

PhD Student, UTK MAE

Mrigank Dhingra

Mrigank Dhingra

PhD Student, UTK MAE

Abid Amin Naeem

Abid Amin Naeem

PhD Student, UTK MAE

Anil Sapkota

Anil Sapkota

PhD Student, UTK MAE

Lamisa Musharrat

Lamisa Musharrat

PhD Student, UTK MAE

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

Alumni - 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

Alumni - 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