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Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini

Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2017
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, People’s Education Society Institute of Technology, 2015
Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0119)
McBryde Hall, RM 618, Virginia Tech
225 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
United States
  • AOE 3164 - Aerothermodynamics and Propulsion
  • AOE 6124 – Hypersonic Aerodynamics
  • Hypersonics
  • Physics-informed and data-driven modeling of chemically reacting flows
  • Machine learning 
  • Computational materials discovery
  • Energy
  • Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2016-present)
  • Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2023-present)
  • Member, American Chemical Society (2024-present)
  • Postdoc Liaison, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, JHU (2023)
  • Mark O. Robbins Future Faculty Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2024
  • 2024 CAS Future Leaders Top 100
  • Distinguished Young Scholar Seminar Series (Best Speaker), University of Washington, 2023
  • The Rising Stars Women in Engineering, Asian Deans’ Forum, 2023
  • Aerospace Engineering Alumni Advisory Board Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022 
  • Rising Stars in Aerospace, MIT, 2021
  • Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship, UIUC, 2019
  • Block Grant Fellowship, UIUC, 2016
  • Distinction Award in Academics, PES Institute of Technology, India, 2011–2015
  • Assistant Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2024 - Present
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University, 2022–2024
  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2016–2022
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2016, Spring 2019
  • Visiting Research Scholar, NASA Ames Research Center, Summer 2019, Spring 2020
  • Summer Research Intern, NASA Ames Research Center, Summer 2016, Summer 2017