
Manohar Lab
Data-Driven Optimization and Sensing

Krithika Manohar
Assistant Professor
University of Washington, Seattle (UW)
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. of Applied Mathematics (adjunct)
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, 2018
B.S. in Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2013
GROUP MEMBERS

Anand Krishnan
PhD UW ME

Niharika Karnik
PhD UW ME

Jan Williams
PhD UW ME
PUBLICATIONS
Submitted
preprints
Selected
publications
Data-Induced Interactions of Sparse Sensors
Klishin, A.A., Kutz, J.K. & Manohar, K.
(2023) arXiv:2307.11838

Optimal Sensor Placement with Adaptive Constraints for Nuclear Digital Twins
Karnik, N., Abdo, M.G., Perez, C.E.E., Yoo, J.S., Cogliati, J.J., Skifton, R.S., Calderoni, P., Brunton, S.L. and Manohar, K.

Optimal sensor and actuator selection using balanced model reduction
Manohar, K., Kutz, J.N. and Brunton, S.L.
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67(4), pp.2108-2115, 2021.

PySensors: A Python package for sparse sensor placement
de Silva, B.M., Manohar, K., Clark, E., Brunton, B.W., Brunton, S.L. and Kutz, J.N.
The Journal of Open Source Software, 6(58), p.2828, 2021.

Kernel analog forecasting: Multiscale test problems
Burov, D., Giannakis, D., Manohar, K.* and Stuart, A.
Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 19(2), pp.1011-1040, 2021.

Data-driven aerospace engineering: reframing the industry with machine learning
Brunton, S.L., Nathan Kutz, J., Manohar, K., Aravkin, A.Y., Morgansen, K., Klemisch, J., Goebel, N., Buttrick, J., Poskin, J., Blom-Schieber, A.W. and Hogan, T.
AIAA Journal, 59(8), pp.2820-2847, 2021.

Optimized sampling for multiscale dynamics
Manohar, K., Kaiser, E., Brunton, S.L. and Kutz, J.N.
Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 17(1), pp.117-136, 2019.

Predicting shim gaps in aircraft assembly with machine learning and sparse sensing
Manohar, K., Hogan, T., Buttrick, J., Banerjee, A.G., Kutz, J.N. and Brunton, S.L.
Journal of manufacturing systems, 48, pp.87-95, 2018.

Data-driven sparse sensor placement for reconstruction: Demonstrating the benefits of exploiting known patterns
Manohar, K., Brunton, B.W., Kutz, J.N. and Brunton, S.L.
IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 38(3), pp.63-86, 2018.

Sparse-TDA: Sparse realization of topological data analysis for multi-way classification
Guo, W., Manohar, K., Brunton, S.L. and Banerjee, A.G.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 30(7), pp.1403-1408, 2018.

Environment identification in flight using sparse approximation of wing strain
Manohar, K., Brunton, S.L. and Kutz, J.N.
Journal of Fluids and Structures, 70, pp.162-180, 2017.

Contact Information
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Stevens Way, Box 352600
Seattle, WA 98195
kmanohar [at] uw.edu