Cory Ahrens
Nuclear Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Greater Kennewick Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Ahrens is a nuclear engineer and applied mathematician with over 16 years of experience blending technical research and program leadership in national-security environments. He has led advanced development and radiation-transport efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory, managed a 35-PhD group and a ~$24M budget to ensure the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, and now continues his work at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His work spans from developing hybrid imaging for subcritical experiments to reduced-order models and novel Monte Carlo algorithms, reflecting deep expertise in radiation transport and computational methods. A former assistant professor and SBIR awardee, he combines academic rigor with practical program delivery and a track record of mentoring scientists and securing funded research. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-domain fluency—able to translate detailed mathematical approaches into operational tools used in experimental facilities.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS Nuclear Engineering, MS Nuclear Engineering at University of MichiganBS Nuclear Engineering, BS Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State UniversityPh.D applied mathematics, Ph.D applied mathematics at University of Colorado at
Github Skills (9)
variance2
sphere1
deterministic1
tla1
reduction1
monte-carlo1
weighted1
imaging1
lda1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
coryahrens/quadratures
Sep 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
coryahrens/radiative-rg
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
asymptoticslonganalyticalradiative-transfer
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