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Arvada, Colorado

• Constructed multi-physics models to simulate cryogenic carbon capture systems
• Developed 1D system modeling tools in Julia to build and connect equipment components
• Modeled fluid and heat transport, three-phase transitions and PI-controlled devices
• Included advanced features such as auto-differentiation and numerical optimization
• Fitted and validated physics models against experimental data with nonlinear least squares tools
• Collaborated with a team of software, system and mechanical engineers to solve difficult problems

Columbus, Ohio

• Provided the heavy-ion physics community with new software tools for model-to-data analyzes
• Co-authored eight scientific publications, including two computational physics articles
• Improved the simulation of high-energy nuclear collisions to better predict experimental data
• Developed a 3-D hydrodynamic code to accurately evolve fluids that are far from equilibrium
• Built a Monte Carlo package to model particle emission with ten times greater precision
• Delivered presentations at nuclear physics conferences to communicate scientific results

State College, Pennsylvania

• Numerically evaluated proton structure models and compared them to deep inelastic scattering experiments
• Simulated the flavor oscillations of atmospheric muon neutrinos traveling through Earth to search for signatures of nonstandard model interactions
• Developed a semi-classical loop quantum cosmology model to analyze the Big Bounce of the early universe

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics, 3.94

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics Major And Math Minor, 3.81