Dr. Omar Ghattas

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Biography

Omar Ghattas is a Professor at the Oden Institute and holds the John Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences. He specializes in various research areas including forward and inverse modeling, optimization, and uncertainty quantification for large-scale complex mechanical, geological, and biological systems. Ghattas is a member of the faculty in the Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (CSEM) interdisciplinary PhD program and holds courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and has been recognized with multiple awards including the ACM Gordon Bell Prize. Throughout his career, he has achieved significant accolades such as finalist for the Bell Prize multiple times and recipient of various awards for excellence in computational research.

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Oden Institute, The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

Professor at the Oden Institute specializing in Computational Geosciences.

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
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