Aidan Casey
Senior Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAidan Casey is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience and a recent MS in Computer Science from Purdue University, currently working at Lockheed Martin after R&D software roles at Sandia National Laboratories. He blends strong systems-level C++ expertise—demonstrated by contributions to the widely used LAMMPS molecular dynamics code, where he enhanced Grand Canonical Monte Carlo features and resolved segfaults—with practical experience across data analysis, mobile prototypes, and enterprise networking. Comfortable in both research and production environments, Aidan has taught foundational CS courses and delivered data visualizations using R and Tableau. Outside work he pursues puzzles, gaming, and personal programming projects, bringing a methodical, curiosity-driven approach to complex algorithmic problems and simulation software.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Purdue University
Github Skills (6)
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algorithms8
data-structures8
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lammps/lammps
Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:263 reviews, 363 commits, 45 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Aidan's commits center on the development and refinement of the GCMC (Grand Canonical Monte Carlo) simulation features within the LAMMPS MD software package. The code changes primarily involve modifying the fix_gcmc.cpp source file to address segfault issues and add new functionality, specifically introducing an "mcmoves" keyword for Monte Carlo moves, indicating the user's focus on enhancing the simulation capabilities within this module. These modifications involve careful modifications to C++ source code.
lammpsmolecular-dynamicssimulationkokkos
athomps/lammps
Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
Public/backup repository of the LAMMPS MD software package
Contributions:60 commits, 2 PRs, 348 pushes in 5 years 5 months
backup-repositorylammpsbackup
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