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Utkarsh Mital

Project Scientist

Building 074, Room 0101F

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 626-390-8375

umital@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

I am a Project Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division. My current research involves applying machine learning algorithms to integrate data and high performance watershed models. Specifically, I am working towards spatial downscaling for generating high-resolution estimates of meteorological variables such as precipitation and temperature. Additionally, I am working towards developing machine learning approaches to model fault reactivation processes for nuclear waste disposal. I also have a background in computational modeling of soil mechanics at the discrete, continuum and regional scales, with emphasis on soil liquefaction.

Education

  • PhD, Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 2016
  • MS, Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 2011
  • BTech, Civil Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India, 2010

Experience

  • Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2021-Present
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019-2021
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2016-2019
  • Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 2011-2016

Awards & Honors

  • Selected by California Council on Science and Technology to present my research to California policy makers at the California Science Translators Showcase, 2019
  • Paper nominated by ASCE Soil Properties and Modeling Committee for ASCE Normal Medal and Middlebrooks Award, 2019
  • People’s Choice Winner and Second Place, Caltech’s Three-Minute-Thesis competition (link), 2016
  • Finalist, Modeling Inelasticity and Multiscale Behavior Student Paper Competition, Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2015
  • Second place, Computational Mechanics Poster Competition, Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2013
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