Summary
Carlos Del Valle is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale University with six years of experience modeling multiphysics, granular and soft-matter systems. He combines a strong physics foundation (B.Sc., Universidad Nacional de Colombia) with hands-on computational skills—managing an 11-node Beowulf HPC cluster and contributing to the open-source Yade discrete element method project. His research spans soft matter and biophysics, informed by prior work on phase-change FEM models and fracture mechanics, and includes international experience as a visiting researcher in Erlangen with a DEM conference oral presentation. Pragmatic about applications, he aims to translate fundamental modeling into research roles across academia, national labs, or industry. Notably, he pairs deep theory with production-minded computing, making him effective at both developing models and deploying them on HPC resources.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 4.4/5.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 4.4/5.0 at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale University
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