Daniel Schwen
Computational Methods Development Group Lead
Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Schwen is a computational materials scientist and C++-focused software lead with 16 years of experience developing simulation methods and production-grade code for materials under extreme conditions. As Group Lead for Computational Methods Development at Idaho National Laboratory he directs meso- and engineering-scale capabilities built on the open-source MOOSE framework while continuing hands-on contributions to projects like libMesh, LAMMPS, and ChurchCRM. His background blends deep physics and PhD-level modeling with pragmatic software engineering—thread-safe library updates, nested-solve utilities for multiphysics, and refactors that improve maintainability. A long-time volunteer Wikimedia developer and retro-computing enthusiast, he brings a broad open-source mindset and a taste for web apps and family hikes outside the lab.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at Georg-August-Universität GöttingenUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, German
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Github Skills (31)
simulation10
c-language10
molecular-simulation10
simulator10
mysql10
simulations10
lammps10
crm10
automatic-differentiation10
php10
molecular-dynamics-simulation10
physics10
nonlinear-dynamics10
cprogramming-language10
lib9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
idaholab/moose
Apr 2014 - Jan 2023
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2406 reviews, 2516 commits, 1413 PRs in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Daniel focused on implementing enhancements to a physics-based simulation environment, as indicated by the commit messages. Their contributions involved the creation of a nested solve utility class, along with the development of core functionalities like creating and managing a set of "auxiliary" variables. Furthermore, the user made several updates and bug fixes for materials.
multiphysicssimulationfemfinite-elementsobject-oriented
libMesh/libmesh
Apr 2014 - Aug 2022
libMesh github repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 127 commits, 66 PRs in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on updating and maintaining the fparser library. They modified files to update to fparser version 4.5.1 and incorporated thread-safe evaluation patches. The commits show changes to the fparser source code and examples, suggesting a focus on improving the library's functionality and adapting to new versions. These modifications indicate a back-end development role involving libraries and core functionality.
golangfinite-element-analysisfemparallelfinite-element-methods
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