{"id":422,"date":"2025-06-27T13:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=422"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:41:37","slug":"devina-sanjaya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/devina-sanjaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Devina Sanjaya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Devina Sanjaya<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Assistant 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>August 2025 \u2013 present<br><\/strong>Joint Assistant Professor \u2013 Computational and Applied Mathematics<br>Mathematics Department<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2019 \u2013 present<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor<br>Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering Department<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 2019<br><\/strong>Research Assistant Professor<br>Mechanical, Aerospace &amp; Biomedical Engineering Department<br>University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer 2019, 2017, and 2016 <\/strong><br>Visiting Scientist<strong><br><\/strong>NASA Ames Research Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsanjaya.me\/\">Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/math.utk.edu\/people\/devina-sanjaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UT Mathematics Faculty Profile \u2013 Joint Assistant Professor<\/a><\/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 in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing, 2019<br>University of Michigan: Ann Arbor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014<br>Stanford University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS in Aerospace Engineering with minor in Mathematics, 2011<br>University of Michigan: Ann Arbor<\/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>Numerical methods for scalable, high-order CFD methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-order (curved) mesh adaptation, optimization, and generation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Error estimation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) for CFD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scientific machine learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-performance computing (HPC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fundamentals of aerodynamics and fluids in aerospace engineering settings<\/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: AIAA, SIAM,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/awm-math.org\/research-networks\/winasc\/winasc-people\/\">WINASc<\/a>, ASEE, NCFDD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meshing Sub-Committee Chair of AIAA Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments (MVCE) Technical Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair of MVCE Student Paper Competition for the 2026 AIAA SciTech Forum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical Discipline Chair of MVCE for the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewer for:&nbsp;AIAA Journal, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing,&nbsp;Journal of Computational Physics,&nbsp;Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Aerospace Science and Technology, Computer Physics Communications, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Computers &amp; Mathematics with Applications, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposal reviewer for: NSF, DOE, and NRL\/ASEE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ABET course coordinator for ME 391\/397 (Engineering Analysis) and AE 201 (Aerospace Seminar)<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siam.org\/publications\/siam-news\/articles\/siam-announces-the-2023-class-of-mgb-siam-early-career-fellows#Devina\">MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship<\/a>, 2023-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UTK Office of the Provost Research Development Academy Scholar, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fxbfvi.engin.umich.edu\/what-we-do\/fxb-fellows\/devina-sanjaya\">Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bagnoud Fellowship<\/a>, 2016-2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, 2016-2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Fellowship, 2015-2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honor Societies: Tau Beta Pi, 2011; Sigma Gamma Tau, 2010<\/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<p>Please see personal website.<\/p>\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\/06\/DevinaSanjaya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" 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\/06\/DevinaSanjaya.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/DevinaSanjaya-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>502 Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-5309<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:dsanjaya@utk.edu\">dsanjaya@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devina Sanjaya Assistant Professor Biography August 2025 \u2013 presentJoint Assistant Professor \u2013 Computational and Applied MathematicsMathematics DepartmentUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2019 \u2013 presentAssistant ProfessorMechanical &amp; 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