Bereket Nigusse
Research Engineer at Florida Solar Energy Center
Germantown, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolBereket Nigusse is a research engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in building energy systems and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Based in Germantown, Maryland, he has led EnergyPlus component development, building energy code performance analysis, and compliance/rating software work at the Florida Solar Energy Center since 2009. His background includes DSM and energy efficiency studies at ICF and foundational research on cooling load methods and thermal bridge approximations during his graduate work. Bereket bridges rigorous academic research with practical software modeling, optimizing HVAC and emerging technology simulations for ASHRAE and IECC code applications. He is adept at translating complex thermal science into usable tools for policymakers and engineers, with a history of improving simulation fidelity and code compliance workflows. Colleagues rely on him for deep domain expertise that blends simulation development, standards knowledge, and applied optimization.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State UniversityUNSW Sydney
English, Tigrinya, Amharic
Github Skills (14)
renewable-energy10
simulation10
energyplus10
energy10
water10
consumption10
power-systems10
modelica10
modeling-tool10
radiance10
hpc-applications8
climate-change8
modeling8
cross-platform4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Nigusse/advanced-git-workdhop
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
advanced-git-workshop
Contributions:6 PRs, 4 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
FSECUCF/openstudio-standards
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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