{"id":27641,"date":"2026-01-30T09:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?p=27641"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:11:20","slug":"phd-defense-deepak-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/phd-defense-deepak-balakrishnan\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Defense \u2013 Deepak Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please join us for Deepak Balakrishnan\u2019s PhD Defense titled \u201cPowering Digital Twins: Development of an NVIDIA\u2122 Omniverse Bi-Directional Connector for Near Real-Time Building Energy Simulation and Optimization\u201d at 8:00 AM on Friday, February 6, in ARC331F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-8bd1e0fc wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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