About

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Utah, working in close collaboration with the Energy and Geoscience Institute. Under the supervision of Prof. Milind Deo, my research focuses on geothermal reservoir simulation, subsurface energy systems, and data-driven methods for energy management. I also develop EGSim, an open-source simulation framework for Enhanced Geothermal Systems.

I am also a graduate intern at Idaho National Laboratory, where I develop coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) finite element models for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and contribute to the FALCON simulator.

Geothermal Reservoir Simulation Discrete Fracture Networks THM Coupled Modeling Surrogate Modeling Uncertainty Quantification Explainable AI Multi-objective Optimization Utah FORGE EGS
News & Updates
  • May 2026 Started second summer internship at Idaho National Laboratory as Graduate Intern in Geothermal & Subsurface Energy Systems.
  • 2026 Journal paper Performance Analysis of Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems using Surrogate Modeling published in Renewable Energy.
  • 2026 Paper Tradeoffs Between Planar and Geologic DFNs for EGS presented at the 51st Stanford Geothermal Workshop.
  • 2025 Received Travel Award and volunteered as Session Chair Assistant at Geothermal Rising Conference, Reno, NV.
  • 2025 Paper published at SPE Energy Transition Symposium: Dynamic Reservoir Modeling of Utah FORGE Using Fast Marching Method. DOI: 10.2118/228338-MS.
  • 2025 Conference paper presented at ARMA 59th Symposium: Effect of Fracture Connectivity Between Production and Injection Wells in EGS. DOI link.
  • 2025 Paper presented at 50th Stanford Geothermal Workshop: Simplified Fracture Model for Numerical Simulation of EGS: A Utah FORGE Case Study.
  • June 2024 Invited Talk: Longevity of Utah FORGE at Utah Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT.