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Lehi, Ut, Us

Developing automation and control software package for Limonata, a low-cost prototyping reactor for chemical processes, including the development of model predictive control approaches with neural networks on time-series data for forecasting. Consulted for several nuclear machine learning research projects, contributing to several publications and developing ML-based software to drive efficiencies.

Los Alamos, Nm, Us

Contributed to numerous machine learning initiatives, developing and implementing algorithms and models to create intelligent systems, drive efficiencies, and solve complex problems. Notably, I created and developed unsupervised machine vision software to automate the segmentation of damage, corrosion, and anomalies on the surface of nuclear storage containers. This software has potential applications across and beyond LANL.

Provo, Ut, Us

Collaborated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to obtain neutron data for 100 reverse Monte Carlo simulations using RMCProfile. Characterized 3 fluoride molten salts for the Principal Investigator.

Provo, Ut, Us

Drove 66% improvement in predictive models for temperature profiles of novel molten salt reactors using 3 regression approaches. Developed supervised reactor design optimization package (in progress), reducing data collection and optimization time by 92% or more. Modeled analytical velocity and temperature profiles in 3 reactor model annuli using the regular perturbation method. Adapted existing sodium-cooled fast reactor nodalizations and RELAP5-3D code to deliver novel MSR designs.

Provo, Utah, Us

Led development of manufacturing processes, including orchestrating the development of proprietary control software with CI/CD, ordering equipment, and designing automated workflows for manufacturing.

Champaign, Il, Us

Collaborated with the PI to adapt existing quantum annealing packages in Python. Optimized 10 COVID-19 polypeptide sequences on the D-Wave superconducting architecture. Demonstrated the practicality of the annealing approach to quantum computing for the NP-hard codon degeneracy problem, computing 20 statistically significant Hamiltonian scores. Presented findings to a consortium of physicists and engineers at UIUC. Contributed to the development of an outreach video on bioplastic fabrication and characterization.

Provo, Ut, Us

Developed a high-res analog camera circuit using Arduino to approximate wettability angles. Leveraged a computer vision program to extract 30+ angles. Automated a lab jack’s upward velocity to predict wettability of 3K carbon fiber, achieving a 70% improvement in precision.

Provo, Utah, Us

Provo, Ut, Us

Assisted 3 PhD students and principal investigator Dr. Brad Bundy in developing and optimizing an Arduino Uno to detect errors in the temperature gradient fluctuations in 30 slots of a polymerase chain reaction thermocycler over the course of 3-hour time increments and proposed a source of the issue. Observed and assisted in protocols pertaining to agarose gel electrophoresis for polymerase chain reactions.

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Computer Science