Prof. Omar Ghattas — Research Profile
The University of Texas at Austin · Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: me.utexas.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026MS in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: me.utexas.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Omar Ghattas at The University of Texas at Austin Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering lists Computational fluid, solid, bio and geomechanics, Inverse problems and optimization, Uncertainty quantification, Parallel numerical algorithms and large-scale supercomputing as their registered research area.
Research keywords
Recent papers
- Structure-Preserving Dimension Reduction and Surrogates for Partially Linear Bayesian Inverse ProblemsPreprintarXiv (Cornell University) · Oct 21
- Mathematical Foundation of Digital TwinsOberwolfach Reports · Oct 12
- Inference of heterogeneous material properties via infinite-dimensional integrated DICJournal of Computational Physics · Oct 3
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