Haydel C
PHD Candidate
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolHaydel C is a PhD candidate in Computational Mechanics at Duke University with eight years of experience applying advanced CFD and coastal hydraulics to real-world engineering and disaster response. Previously a GS-12 Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Haydel led technical projects, secured external funding, developed engineering software and models, and earned consistently outstanding performance appraisals. He blends academic rigor from LSU and Duke with practical lab instruction and field experience—designing coupled CFD-FEA simulations, teaching fluid mechanics to undergraduates, and contributing to coastal resilience efforts. Based in New Orleans, he brings a rare mix of research-driven modeling, hands-on flood fight experience, and a knack for building tools that make engineering teams more efficient.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Math and Science Focus, 3.6, High School, Math and Science Focus, 3.6 at Louisiana School for Math, Science, & the ArtsDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mechanics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mechanics at Duke UniversityHumanities, Humanities at Oglethorpe UniversityMaster's Degree, Coastal Engineering, Master's Degree, Coastal Engineering at Louisiana State University
Github Skills (31)
computational-science9
water9
parallel-computing9
scientific-computing9
amr9
proteus9
scalable9
c-library9
cpp9
finite-element-analysis8
multiphysics8
hpc8
verification8
power-systems8
modeling-tool8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jhcollins/proteus
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
A computational methods and simulation toolkit
Contributions:6 PRs, 30 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 3 months
pythonsystems-biologysimulationbeastmeta-analysis
jhcollins/jhcollins.github.io
May 2020 - Dec 2024
Personal Website
Contributions:2 PRs, 59 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 6 months
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