Ajinkya Desai

Ajinkya Desai is a PhD student and researcher at the University of California, Irvine, since September 2020, with a background in various research and teaching roles. Prior experience includes serving as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and multiple positions at the University of California, San Diego, including Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant for Environmental Design Projects and Advanced Fluid Mechanics courses. Notable contributions include analyzing wastewater plume data for the City of San Diego and developing computational aerodynamics models during a visiting research scholar position at Texas A&M University. Educational qualifications encompass a Master's in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a Master's in Dramatic Arts from the University of San Diego, and a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Ajinkya has received multiple awards for outstanding design projects and has a strong foundation in interdisciplinary engineering and the arts.