My name is Jake Buzhardt, and I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working with Prof. Michael D. Graham. I completed my PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2023 at Clemson University.

Broadly, my research interests are the modeling and control of nonlinear dynamical systems. My current work is focused on data-driven methods for reduced order modeling in fluid dynamics applications. During my PhD, I worked on applications such as the control of groups of interacting microswimming robots and the control of offroad vehicles. Within these contexts, I have studied problems of data-driven and uncertainty-aware control, parameter estimation, trajectory optimization, and deep reinforcement learning I am also particularly interested in data-driven modeling and control strategies based on finite dimensional approximations of the Koopman and Perron-Frobenius operators.

The best way to reach me is by email:

• jbuzhar[at]gmail.com
• buzhardt[at]wisc.edu