My research interests
Stochastic multiscale modeling and design of complex systems, with particular interest in granular materials, fluid dynamics, multi-agent systems and active matter.
Theoretical foundations and applications of scientific machine learning for discovering physical laws from observation data in complex and cyber-physical systems.
My research interests
Stochastic multiscale modeling and design of complex systems, with particular interest in granular materials, fluid dynamics, multi-agent systems and active matter.
Theoretical foundations and applications of scientific machine learning for discovering physical laws from observation data in complex and cyber-physical systems.
Education
standford university | Palo Alto, Ca
2017 — 2020
Ph.D. in Granular Materials, Advisor: Daniel Tartakovsky
Department of Energy Science and Engineering
Thesis: Stochastic multiscale modeling of complex materials
University of California San Diego | San Diego, CA
2013 — 2016
M.S. in Fluid Mechanics
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Thesis: Discrete-to-continuum modeling with reverse Brownian motion
American University of Beirut | BEIRUT, Lebanon
2009 — 2013
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Experience
american university of beirut | BEirut, Lebanon
2024 — Current
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Hub
University of Washington | Seattle, WA
2020 — 2023
Postdoctoral Fellow, AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, with S. Brunton & J. N. Kutz
- Data-driven discovery of nonlinear dynamics in complex systems
Los Alamos National Lab | Los Alamos, NM
Summers 2014 & Summer 2016
Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Computational agent based modeling for socio-hydrological simulations
University of California San Diego | San Diego, CA
2015 — 2016
Music Technology Lab
- Design, building and machine learning of a glove musical instrument
american university of beirut | BEirut, Lebanon
Summer 2013
Aerosols Research Lab, with Alan L. Shihadeh
- Experimental data collection & analysis of water-pipe hookah toxicity studies
University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
Summer 2012
Swarm Lab
- Finless micro-rocket: Modeling, control, manufacturing of micro-rockets without fins
american university of beirut | BEirut, Lebanon
2011 — 2013
Microflows and Microscale Heat Transfer Lab, with Issam Lakkis
- Modeling and simulation of a lab-on-a-chip microfluidic transistor
- Vortex methods for slip boundary conditions
