Dan Bolintineanu
Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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RockstarDan Bolintineanu is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories with eight years of software engineering experience specializing in scientific and high-performance computing. He contributes to core open-source simulation tools—most notably LAMMPS—where he implemented advanced granular contact models (DMT and JKR rolling friction) and enhanced per-particle contact tracking, demonstrating deep understanding of force calculations and particle–wall interactions. Based in Albuquerque, he blends research rigor with production-grade back-end development, fixing subtle bugs and extending physics models for broader applicability. His work reveals a rare combination of computational mechanics insight and pragmatic code craftsmanship that advances both simulation fidelity and maintainability.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
lammps10
computational-physics10
c-language10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
cprogramming-language10
molecular-simulation10
nonlinear-dynamics10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
lammps/lammps
Apr 2018 - Apr 2021
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 51 commits, 8 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics software package by implementing new granular pair styles, specifically for DMT and JKR rolling friction models, and adding the functionality to store individual particle-wall contact information. They also modified the existing pair styles and fix wall/gran interactions to correctly account for the new functionalities and address several bugs related to JKR and other granular models. The commits demonstrate an understanding of force calculations and interactions within the LAMMPS framework, and efforts to address issues with these models.
lammpsmolecular-dynamicssimulationkokkos
dsbolin/lammps
Nov 2017 - Oct 2023
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Contributions:67 pushes, 52 branches, 3 issues in 6 years
lammps
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