Andrew Buchan
Lecturer at Imperial College London
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndrew Buchan is a lecturer and computational reactor physicist with 11+ years’ experience developing high-fidelity neutron and gamma transport models and leading the RADIANT reactor physics project at Imperial College. He combines hands-on scientific coordination of multidisciplinary teams with teaching in neutron transport theory and solid mechanics, supervising multiple successful PhD and MSc students. His technical strengths span HPC-enabled radiation transport, coupled fluid-neutron-solid simulations, advanced numerical methods (adaptive finite elements, multigrid, Krylov solvers) and production-grade scientific software (Fortran, Python, MPI/OpenMP). Comfortable operating between academia and industry, he has been the principal stakeholder contact on industrially-relevant reactor modelling efforts and brings rare expertise in multi-phase and liquid-fuel reactor applications.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London
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Github contributions (5)
wallace-js/wallace
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:5 PRs, 58 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 6 months
andyhasit/snippety
Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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