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Hamid Karbasian

I am a postdoctoral associate in the van Rees lab at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, developing algorithms for fluid mechanics and FSI problems. Moreover, I leverage deep learning to build a digital twin framework to understand dynamical systems in fluid flows. Before joining MIT, I was awarded the Fields CQAM postdoctoral fellowship at the Fields Institute at the University of Toronto, where I worked on reduced-order modeling for fluid dynamics in a Lagrangian system. Through my research career, I have honed my expertise in using physics-based machine learning algorithms to develop surrogate models for large-scale Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) and PDE-constrained optimizations. I am particularly interested in the intersection of chaos theory, optimization, and machine learning, where I study the impact of chaos on universal laws in fluid dynamics. For further information, you can visit my website: https://hkarbasian.github.io

Nicholas May-Varas

Nicholas May-Varas is a mechanical engineering graduate student attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His previous research experience mainly consisted of analyzing renewable energy technologies using numerical models. Nicholas also has experience working at a renewable energy startup as a Research Engineer. He is interested in applying computational methods to develop efficient and accessible renewable energy technologies.