Ryan Maas Email & Phone Number

United States

Lynchburg, Va

Lynchburg, Va

Data Analysis / Data Reduction• Developed innovative recursive multivariate scoring technique to evaluate thousands of results quickly• Processed disparate benchmark data to support topical submittals for in-house core design methodsProgramming and Computer Automation• Wrote loading pattern optimization software using full 3D modeling resulting in more accurate and usable optimized results• Responsible for code development and maintenance • Wrote and implemented dozens of automation/user interface programs• Expert knowledge of Excel and Word, significant experience with Access, Powerpoint, Schedule, SQL• Experience programming in FORTRAN, R, C++, Python, shell scripts, macrosManagement• Supervised team of 4 engineers primarily responsible for reload design and analysis for Combustion Engineering reactors• Maintained load board, budget and schedule for multiple simultaneous projects across several teamsProject Management• Managed plant engineering change packages to support core reload design• Led several multi-discipline teams, responsible for budget, schedule and technical contentBusiness Development• Fuel economics studies to support bid proposals• Developed and evaluated design changes to propose to potential customers• Improved internal codes to improve marketabilityNuclear Engineering• Core design and analysis including:• Westinghouse, Combustion Engineering, Babcock & Wilcox and General Electric reactors• Initial cores, transition cycles, equilibrium cycles and end of life strategies• Power uprates, extended low power operation, 12/18/24 month operation• Shield assemblies, fuel design changes, fuel transition and Vendor Qualification Programs• Hardware and software support of online core monitoring software used by site reactor engineering• Qualified for reactor engineering duties for core surveillance evolutions including fuel movement, low power physics testing, plant startups, flux mapping, and other core monitoring activities