Sicheng He

Biography

2023-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2021-2022 
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2020-2021 
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2015-2020 
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Education

• PhD, 2015-2020, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• MSE, 2013-2015, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• MS, 2013-2015, Applied Math, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• BSE, 2012-2013, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• BSE, 2009-2013, Mechanical Engineering, Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research

• Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO)
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Computational aeroelasticity
• Laminar-turbulent transitional flow
• Control co-design
• Aircraft design
• Wind energy

Professional Service

• Member of AIAA and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP)
• Reviewer for AIAA Journal, Aerospace Science and Technology, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Awards and Recognitions

• Best student paper in MDO, 2nd place, AIAA Aviation Conference 2019

Publications

• Marco Mangano, Sicheng He, Yingqian Liao, Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Andrew Ning, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Aeroelastic tailoring of wind turbine rotors using high-fidelity multidisciplinary design optimization. 2023. doi:10.5194/wes-2023-10, Wind Energy Science
• Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Derivatives for eigenvalues and eigenvectors via analytic reverse algorithmic differentiation. AIAA Journal, 60(4):2654–2667, 2022. doi:10.2514/1.j060726
• Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Coupled Newton–Krylov time-spectral solver for flutter and limit cycle oscillation prediction. AIAA Journal, 59(6):2214–2232, 2021. doi:10.2514/1.j059224
• Mohamed Amine Bouhlel, Sicheng He, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Scalable gradient-enhanced artificial neural networks for airfoil shape design in the subsonic and transonic regimes. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61:1363—1376, 2020. doi:10.1007/s00158-020-02488-5 (online airfoil optimization tool Webfoil: http://webfoil.engin.umich.edu/)