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Esteban Cisneros-Garibay is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). He specializes in high-speed reacting flows and computational methods.
Esteban obtained his PhD in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics at the University of Illinois in 2021. He was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University from 2021 to 2022. He was a staff scientist at Bayer R&D from 2022 to 2025.
Email: ecisnero@utsi.edu
Office: G-222, UTSI, Tullahoma, TN 37388
- Turbulent combustion and high-speed reacting flows
- Shock-wave / turbulence interactions and their effect on mixing and combustion
- Bayesian uncertainty quantification (UQ) and model reduction
- Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large-eddy simulation (LES) of compressible flows
- Code generation and programming languages
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<span class="news-date">Fall 2026</span>
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Graduate course on <strong>Uncertainty Quantification for Predictive Science</strong> [AE 504]
coming this fall — see <a href="/teaching/">Teaching</a> for details.
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<span class="news-date">Feb 2026</span>
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Esteban's paper on compressible flames has been accepted
for presentation at the 41st International Symposium
on Combustion (2026).
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<span class="news-date">Aug 2025</span>
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Esteban joins UTSI as assistant professor.
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We are always looking for motivated researchers interested in fluid mechanics, high-performance computing, and the physics of turbulent reacting flows.
PhD students: Please apply to the UTSI PhD program, and fill out this form. You can send a follow-up email to ecisneros@utsi.edu. Admitted students are typically supported through research assistantships.
MS students: There are no openings for students seeking a MS degree.
Undergraduate students: Research opportunities are available through independent study, and the UTSI summer internship program. Stop by or send a short email describing your interests.
Postdoctoral researchers: Funded positions are announced here when available. Candidates with strong backgrounds in DNS/LES, numerical methods, or combustion modeling are encouraged to reach out at any time.