Sanjiva Lele
· Edward C. Wells Professor of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical EngineeringStanford University · Aeronautics and Astronautics
Active 2001–2019
About
Sanjiva Lele is the Edward C. Wells Professor of the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. His research combines numerical simulations with modeling to study fundamental unsteady flow phenomena, turbulence, flow instabilities, and flow-generated sound. His recent projects include shock-turbulent boundary layer interactions, supersonic jet noise, wind turbine aeroacoustics, wind farm modeling, aircraft contrails, multi-material mixing, and multi-phase flows involving cavitation. He is also interested in developing high-fidelity computational methods for engineering applications.
Research topics
- Mechanics
- Physics
- Environmental science
- Meteorology
- Computer science
Frequent coauthors
- 3 shared
A. D. Naiman
- 3 shared
Mark Z. Jacobson
- 2 shared
Jacob R. West
- 2 shared
Soshi Kawai
Tohoku University
- 2 shared
Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran
Ames Research Center
- 2 shared
Jordan Wilkerson
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- 1 shared
Kenneth Franko
- 1 shared
Christopher Yu
University of Queensland
Education
- 1985
Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
- 1980
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
- 1978
B.S., Aeronautical Engineering
University of Mumbai
Awards & honors
- AIAA: Excellence in Teaching Award
- AIAA: Outstanding Course Assistant
- William F. Ballhaus Prize
- Cannon Summer Fellowship
- Hoff Outstanding Master’s Student
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