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Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Ricardo Dunia

Research Interest:
Development of dynamic models for control, estimation and prediction in disciplines related to biological systems and CO2 capture
Additional Information:
Curriculum vitae
Selected Publications
1. Dunia, Ricardo, Campo, Antonio and Guzman, Rodolfo: Study of pressure and temperature developing profiles in crude oil pipe flows. Accepted in The Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
2. Dunia, Ricardo and Edgar, Thomas: Tumor Irrigation Model for Virotherapy Cancer Treatment, 2011 American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
Presentations:
Contact:
Email: rdunia (at) che.utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.406

Current Graduate Students

Kody Powell

Research Interest:
Thermal energy storage modeling and optimization
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: kody.powell (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.412

Jong Suk Kim

Research Interest:
Advanced control and optimization of combined cycle power plants
Additional Information:
Link to Jong's CV

Nguyen et al., Integrated Capacitance Resistive Model for Reservoir Characterization in Primary and Secondary Recovery
Contact:
Email: jongkim (at) che (dot) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.4xx

Doug French

Research Interest:
Wireless controller tuning and optimization
Additional Information:
Link to CV

Link to journal article 1

Link to journal article 2
Contact:
Email: dhfrench (at) hotmail.com
Office: CPE 5.406

Wesley Cole

Research Interest:
Dynamic modeling and optimization of energy systems
- Commercial and residential buildings
- Electric and absorption chillers
- Thermal energy storage
- Combined heat and power plants
- Solar PV and Batteries
Effect of integrating the above systems on a large-scale

Energy efficiency improvements through application of advanced control
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: wesleycole at gmail (dot) com
Office: CPE 5.412

Kriti Kapoor

Research Interest:
Semi-conductor facility energy optimization
Additional Information:
Link to CV
Contact:
Email: kritikapoor (at) utexas.edu
Office: CPE 5.412

Akshay Sriprasad

Research Interest:
Smart grid modeling and optimization
Additional Information:
Link to CV

Link to journal article 1

Link to journal article 2
Contact:
Email: akshay.sriprasad (at) gmail.com
Office: CPE 5.412

Bo Lu

Research Interest:
Virtual metrology, soft sensors, state estimation
Additional Information:
Bo's resume
Contact:
Email: bo.lu at utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.406

Shu(Richard) Xu

Research Interest:
CFD Modeling and Dynamic Optimization of Methane Reformers
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: richardxs at utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.406

Matt Walters

Research Interest:
Dynamic Modeling and Control of Amine Scrubbing for CO2 Capture
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: walterms.matt (at) gmail.com
Office: CPE 5.406

Victor D.

Research Interest:
Oil Reservoir Production Modeling and Optimization
Additional Information:
Link to Victor's resume
Contact:
Email: vcduribe (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.4xx

Jungup(Conan) Park

Research Interest:
Fault Detection and Isolation
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: jpark21 (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 4.442

Ramiro Palma

Research Interest:
Clinical Decisions Support Systems based on pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacoeconomic modeling
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: palma (at) che.utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.406

Ankur Kumar

Research Interest:
Real time Control and optimization of Steam-Methane Reformers using Reduced Order Derived From Detailed CFD Model
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: ankur_kr (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.406

Krystian Perez

Research Interest:
Dynamic Residential Energy Modeling and Optimization
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: krystian.perez (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.412

Ray Wang

Research Interest:
Data visualization and processing in parallel coordinates
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: RChen.wang (at) gmail (dot) com
Office: CPE 4.442

Thaer Adnan Abdulla

Research Interest:
Process Simulation, Modeling, Optimization and Control
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: adnanthaer (at) yahoo (dot) com
Office: CPE 5.406

Abigail Ondeck

Research Interest:
Modeling and control of energy delivery and clean energy production
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: aondeck (at) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.412

Graduated Students

Sepideh Ziaii Fashami

Research Interest:
Dynamic Modeling, Process Design and Optimization
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: sziaii (at) che.utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.442

Ahn Nguyen

Research Interest:
Oil reservoir modeling and optimization using CRM
Additional Information:
Ahn's Resume

Nguyen et al., Integrated Capacitance Resistive Model for Reservoir Characterization in Primary and Secondary Recovery
Contact:
Email: nphuonganh (at) gmail (dot) com
Office: CPE 5.406

Vinay Kumar

Research Interest:
Multi-state PLS regression modeling
Additional Information:
Resume
Contact:
Email: vnayk7 (at) gmail.com
Office: CPE 5.406

Xiaojing Jiang

Research Interest:
Controller performance accessment and fault detection in Run-run and high-mix parameter semi-conductor fabs
Additional Information:
Link to CV

Link to journal article 1

Link to journal article 2
Contact:
Email: jiang (at) che (dot) utexas (dot) edu
Office: CPE 5.4xx

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