{"id":232,"date":"2025-05-06T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:54:04","slug":"sicheng-he","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/sicheng-he\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicheng He"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Sicheng He<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em>Assistant<\/em> <em><em>Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023-Present<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2021-2022&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020-2021&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015-2020&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 2015-2020, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSE, 2013-2015, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, 2013-2015, Applied Math, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSE, 2012-2013, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSE, 2009-2013, Mechanical Engineering, Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational aeroelasticity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laminar-turbulent transitional flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control co-design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aircraft design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wind energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member of AIAA and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewer for&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Aerospace Science and Technology<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Best student paper in MDO, 2nd place, AIAA Aviation Conference 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Derivatives for eigenvalues and eigenvectors via analytic reverse algorithmic differentiation.&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal<\/em>, 60(4):2654\u20132667, 2022. doi:10.2514\/1.j060726<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sicheng He, Eirikur Jonsson, Charles A. Mader, and Joaquim R. R. A. Martins. Coupled Newton\u2013Krylov time-spectral solver for flutter and limit cycle oscillation prediction.&nbsp;<em>AIAA Journal<\/em>, 59(6):2214\u20132232, 2021. doi:10.2514\/1.j059224<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.&nbsp;<em>Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization<\/em>, 61:1363\u20141376, 2020. doi:10.1007\/s00158-020-02488-5 (online airfoil optimization tool&nbsp;<em>Webfoil:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/webfoil.engin.umich.edu\/\">http:\/\/webfoil.engin.umich.edu\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Sicheng-He.jpg\" alt=\"Sicheng He\n\" class=\"wp-image-280\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Sicheng-He.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Sicheng-He-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>510 Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-5296<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:sicheng@utk.edu\">sicheng@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sichenghe.github.io\/\">Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sicheng He Assistant Professor Biography 2023-PresentAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2021-2022&nbsp;Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2020-2021&nbsp;Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2015-2020&nbsp;Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Education Research Professional Service Awards and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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