Brian O'shea
Professor Of Computational Mathematics, Science And Engineering And Physics And Astronomy
Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolBrian O'shea is a Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering and Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University with 13 years of faculty experience and a PhD in Physics from UIUC. He blends astrophysics, plasma and fluid dynamics, and large-scale computational and data science to drive research and education in computational modeling. As director of MSU’s Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research, he leads cyberinfrastructure initiatives that bridge high-performance computing and domain science. He is an active open-source contributor to the widely used yt project, improving visualization and cosmological analysis tools for the community. Known for studying how students learn computational science, he combines rigorous research with practical software development to make complex simulation science more reproducible and teachable.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (8)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
python10
scientific-computing10
data-analysis9
astrophysics9
finite-element-analysis4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
yt-project/yt
Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
Main yt repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the `yt` project by modifying visualization and data analysis functionalities. They added features to control grid line width and edge colors, enhancing visual customization options. The user also fixed and modified fields related to cosmological calculations, correcting the scaling of baryon and matter overdensity fields. Additionally, the user made improvements to the grid annotation process to ensure consistent ordering and correct use of color maps.
pythondatafinite-element-analysisgeophysicsnuclear-engineering
bwoshea/ACRES_viz_tutorial
Jun 2018 - Jun 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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