websitehttps://www.vsella.com/
emailvsella@utexas.edu
phone (312) 618-3690
office POB 3SEo4A
Graduate Student Willcox Research Group , Center for Scientific Machine Learning
Vignesh Sella is a PhD student in the Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics program at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his MS in 2024. His BS in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Computer Science is from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2021.
Vignesh’s current research interests center on advancing fast, data-efficient scientific machine learning methods. One line of his research involves creating novel multi-fidelity surrogate modeling methodologies with applications in inverse problems and optimization, particularly in aerodynamics. He also maintains an ongoing partnership with Google X, the Moonshot Factory, where he previously completed an AI/ML Residency in 2025.
BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign