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Workshop on Differentiable Marine Hydrodynamics Simulations and its Applications using MarineHydro.jl

workshop
marine hydrodynamics
differentiable programming
optimization
“Bringing the power of gradient-based optimization to the marine energy sector”
Jul 27, 2025
Kapil Khanal
 

Derivatives are Cheap and Expensive

The Real Cost of Gradients in Complex Systems Optimization
optimization
sensitivity analysis
research
“In machine learning, derivatives are cheap. In design optimization, they can be very expensive. Why?”
Jun 23, 2025
Kapil Khanal

MarineHydro.jl: A Fully Differentiable Boundary Element Solver for Hydrodynamic Sensitivity Analysis

A Julia Package for Wave-Structure Interactions
software
research
Julia
hydrodynamics
optimization
MarineHydro.jl: A Fully Differentiable Boundary Element Solver for Hydrodynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Wave-Structure Interactions
Jun 22, 2025
Kapil Khanal
 

Coupled Multidisciplinary Multiobjective Systems: Searching for Similarly Performing System Designs

Extending the Isoperformance Method for Feasibility in Coupled Multidisciplinary Systems
conference
MDO
optimization
research
2026 AIAA SciTech Forum
12–16 January 2026
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Apr 22, 2025
Kapil Khanal

Enhancing the Boundary Element Method with Scientific Machine Learning

A Hybrid Approach for Solving Diffraction-Radiation Problems
research
machine learning
hydrodynamics
Julia
The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is a cornerstone of computational hydrodynamics, widely used to solve the three-dimensional diffraction-radiation problem for floating…
Jul 30, 2024
Kapil Khanal

Gradient-Based Optimization for Large Systems

Introduction to MDO Architectures, Solvers, and Simulators
MDO
optimization
research
A computational architecture for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) is composed of three primary components: solvers (e.g., Newton), simulators (or emulators, PDE…
Jul 26, 2024
Kapil Khanal

Differentiable Wave-to-Wire Model for Wave Energy Converter Optimization

Submission to the ASME 2025 IDETC/CIE Conference
conference
research
optimization
I recently submitted a paper to the ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), to be…
Jul 26, 2024
Kapil Khanal

A Differentiable Framework for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Novel Offshore Systems

My PhD Research Proposal
research
optimization
hydrodynamics
thesis

Developing a differentiable boundary element method solver for hydrodynamic design optimization of offshore structures using automatic differentiation and adjoint methods

Jan 15, 2024
Kapil Khanal

eVTOL Integration in Emergency Medical Services: A System Architecture Approach

Designing Affordable, High-Performance, and Equitable Air Ambulance Systems
system architecture
eVTOL
systems engineering
urban mobility
research
We propose to architect a system that integrates eVTOLs in emergency medical services to ensure affordability, performance, and equity. The technical, operational, and…
Dec 19, 2023
Kapil Khanal

Giving Passes Due Credit: A Data-Driven Framework to Calculate Expected Goals Per Pass (xG/pass)

data science
sports analytics
soccer
research
This is a project I did for my summer undergraduate experience in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. This project can be extended to create a dynamic network model of…
Feb 1, 2020
Kapil Khanal

Winona Area Public Schools: Community Contribution

data science
community
education
Introduction:
Aug 21, 2019
Kapil Khanal

Data Dashboard for StockX Contest

data science
competition
visualization
The StockX Challenge is a call for data and sneakers nerds to have fun.
Aug 21, 2019
Kapil Khanal
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