I am a second year PhD student in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah. I received my BS in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico with university and departmental honors.
I am a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. You can read more about it here.
I am currently advised by Dr. Yekaterina Epshteyn.
Email: odell [at] math [dot] utah [dot] edu
Office: LCB 326
I am interesting in high dimensional numerical methods. Particularly, I am currently studying a particle method that uses an energetic variational framework to maintain the energy-dissipation of the physical system at the particle level. We are currently using this framework in an attempt to model grain boundary dynamics using the Fokker-Planck equation.
During the summer of 2021, I worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory studying GANs for InSAR images to model the atmospheric noise.
As an undergraduate, I did research under the guidance of Dr. Deborah Sulsky on beam theory. During this time, we modeled the failure features of a double cantilever beam and looked into modifications to the numerical procedure to improve the failure process.
Summer 2022: MATH 2250, Engineering Linear Algebra and ODEs
Fall 2021: MATH 1100, Business Calculus
Fall 2021: MATH 6610, Graduate Numerical Analysis I
Spring 2021: MATH 3140, Engineering Vector Calculus and PDEs
Fall 2020: MATH 1311, Honors Engineering Calculus I
President of SIAM University of Utah Chapter August 2021-Present
Secretary of AWM University of Utah Chapter August 2021-Present
When I am not doing math, you can find me out in nature! I love to hike, run, ski, play volleyball and swim!
Here are some photos from my adventures! I hope you enjoy them!
Taken on the island of Saint Thomas USVI.
Hot Air Balloons from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Hiking shadows taken while hiking Kings Peak, UT.
Big rocks in Joshua Tree National Park. Can you spot me?
Horseshoe Bend during a wild fire in AZ.
Giant Sequioas in Yosemite National Park.
Surfing at Pacifica State Beach, CA.
Big Cacti at Saguro National Park.
A very snowy Utah taken from Deer Valley Ski Resort.
Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park, CA.
Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, CA.
Bottom of Angels Landing in Zion National Park, UT.