Cody Karcher
Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolCody Karcher is a research-focused aerospace engineer and optimization specialist currently a CSRI Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, with 11 years of experience across academia, national labs, and industry. He earned a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT where he developed optimization algorithms tailored to aircraft design, and has applied those methods to novel configurations, sustainable powertrains, UAVs, and subsonic transport challenges. His background spans MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Boeing, and NASA, giving him practical systems experience alongside rigorous applied-math research in uncertainty quantification, surrogate modeling, and physics-based model development. Cody also pursues hands-on verification through sub-scale testing and holds a pilot's license, reflecting a rare blend of theoretical rigor and operational familiarity with aircraft.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGrove City Area High SchoolThe University of Maryland, College Park
Chinese
Github Skills (22)
mathematical-programming10
python10
nonlinear-programming10
geometric10
gurobi10
linear-programming10
modeling10
optimization10
aerodynamics6
aircraft6
aerospace5
dub5
simulation5
dynamics4
automatic-differentiation3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
codykarcher/pyomo
Jul 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:127 pushes, 5 branches, 3 comments in 1 year 6 months
ace-aerospace-lab/pyomo
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
An object-oriented algebraic modeling language in Python for structured optimization problems.
Contributions:3 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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