UW

FACULTY

J. Nathan Kutz, Director
Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Professor
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Department of Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & eScience Institute

Research: Data-driven modeling, dynamical systems & machine learning, optical and atomic physics, neuroscience

Steven L. Brunton, Associate Director
James B. Morrison Endowed Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics & eScience Institute

Research: Data-driven modeling, control theory, dynamical systems & machine learning, fluid dynamics and turbulence

Krithika Manohar, Thrust Lead: Sensing and Optimization
Assistant Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research: Data-driven modeling, sensors & sensor placement, dynamical systems & machine learning

David Beck
Research Associate Professor
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & eSciences Institute

Research: Data intensive biology and chemistry, data mining, open-source biological data

Maryam Fazel
Moorthy Family Professor
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Research: Data science, optimization, robotics and control

Daniela Witten
Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair of Mathematical Statistics
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Department of Biostatistics & Statistics

Research: Statistical learning, optimization, high-dimensional data

STAFF

Lauren Lederer
Managing Director
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VISITING FACULTY

Cássio Oishi (Associate Professor, São Paulo State University, Brazil)

Fall 2022 — Winter 2024

Research Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Non-Newtonian Mechanics, Data-driven modeling

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Anastasia Bizyaeva (2022-present)

Research Area: Dynamical Systems and Control, Collective Behaviors

PhD 2022 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Princeton University (Advisor - Naomi Leonard)
Thesis - Nonlinear dynamics of multi-agent multi-opinion belief and opinion formation

Andrei Klishin (2022-present)

Research Area: Dynamical Systems, Networks, Systems

PhD 2020 - Physics - University of Michigan (Advisor - Greg van Anders)
Thesis - Statistical physics of design

Samuel Otto (2022-present)

Research Area: Dynamical Systems, Data-driven modeling

PhD 2022 - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Princeton University (Advisor - Clancy Rowley)
Thesis - Advances in data-driven modeling and sensing for high-dimensional nonlinear systems

Prerna Patil (2022-present)

Research Area: Uncertainty Quantification, Model Reduction

PhD 2022 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Pittsburgh (Advisor - Hessam Babaee)
Thesis - Real-time reduced order modeling of high-dimensional partial differential equations via time dependent subspaces

Doris Voina (2022-present)

Research Area: Computational Neuroscience, Data-Driven Modeling

PhD 2022 - Applied Mathematics - Washington (Advisor - Eric Shea-Brown)
Thesis - A discovery of neural network architectures for context-dependent computations

Joe Bakarji (2020-2023)

Research Area: Stochastic and Multiscale Modeling

PhD 2020 - Mechanical Engineering - Stanford University (Advisor - Daniel Tartakovsky)
Thesis - Stochastic multiscale modeling of complex materials

Ryan Raut (2021-present)

Research Area: Neuroscience

PhD 2021 - Neuroscience - Washington University (Advisor - Marcus Raichle)
Thesis - On arousal and the internal regulation of brain function: theory and evidence across modalities and species

Urban Fasel (2021-2022)

Research Area: Data-Driven Modeling

PhD 2020 - Mechanical Engineering - ETH Zurich (Advisor - P. Ermanni)
Thesis - Reduced-order aeroelastic modeling of morphing wings for optimization and control

Shaowu Pan (2021-2022)

Research Area: Deep Learning and Reduced Order Models

PhD 2020 - Aerospace Engineering - Michigan (Advisor - Karthik Duraisamy)
Thesis - Robust and interpretable learning for operator-theoretic modeling of nonlinear dynamics

POSTBACCALAUREATE