About
Mohammad Afzal Shadab
PhD Student, University of Texas at Austin
(2019–) M.S. and Ph.D. Student in Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Marc Hesse )
(2018–9) Visiting Graduate Student, Irmgard Bischofberger )
(2018) M.Phil. Mechanical Engineering,Kun Xu )
(2016) B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
Honors and Awards
Received Professional Development Award ($500) from UT Austin.
Received the prestigious NASA JPL Graduate Fellowship ($9,000) to work with Dr. Surendra Adhikari , Scientist, JPL, for April–June 2022.
Awarded Purdue Climate Scholarship ($4,000) by Purdue University and Office of Naval Research for June–August 2022.
Nominated for MIT–Houston Energy Innovation Fellowship .
Received UT Austin Cactus Standout Award for academic excellence and leadership contributions.
Received the celebrated Lunar and Planetary Career Development Award 2022 ($1,000) for outstanding first–authored abstract 1775 at LPSC (2022).
Received travel grant of $1,000 from Center for Planetary Systems Habitability to attend LPSC 2022 (2022).
My research proposal on Europa is selected for the "Student Research Award in Planetary Habitability" ($16,425) by the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability at UT Austin (2022).
Awarded Outstanding Student Presenters Award ($175) for oral presentation Fluid Infiltration in Unsaturated Porous Medium with The Development of a Saturated Region (H52D–10) at AGU Fall Meeting 2021.
Qualified the 3 PhD Candidacy exams in Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computations and Mathematical Modeling.
Selected as a Geoscience Ambassador for the Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin (2021).
Received SIAM Student Travel Award by National Science Foundation to present PINNs for Reservoir Drainage at SIAM Annual Meeting 2021 (abstract ) (2021).
SIAM at UT Austin chosen as the Best Graduate Organization (video ) (2020–21).
Awarded the SIAM Certificate of Recognition for outstanding contributions to SIAM UT Chapter (2021).
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Student Fellowship (2021–2)
SIAM Certificate of Recognition for outstanding contributions to SIAM UT Chapter (2021)
Best Teaching Assistant Award by Deparment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2018)
Judge’s Award and Audience Award at MIT Entrepreurship and Maker Skills Integrator (MEMSI) program (2018)
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Recognition by Journal of Computational Physics (2018)
Postgraduate Studentship by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2016–8)
Sir Syed Global Scholar Award by Sir Syed Education Society of North America (2015)
National Summer Research Fellowship by Indian Academy of Sciences (2015)
Merit Scholarship by AMU Alumni Association Toronto, Canada (2015)
Conference Grants and Funded Short Schools
Executive Board Member, US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) (2022-)
Mentor, AGU Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Mentorship Program (2022-)
President and Senior Advisor, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, UT Austin Chapter (2020-)
Geoscience Ambassador , Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin (2021-)
Mentor, SIAM Applied Mathematics Mentorship, UT Austin (2021-)
Mentor, Mentoring365, American Geophysical Union (2021-)
Mentor, Sir Syed Global Scholar Award (2016-)
Vice-Chairperson, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aligarh Chapter (2014-6)
Zonal Head & College Head Ambassador, Smilyo Educational Charitable Society (2014-5)
Senior Under Officer, National Cadet Corps , Government of India (similar to ROTC) (2013-5)
