Heather Sheldon
Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO
Canberra, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolHeather Sheldon is a Senior Research Scientist and geologist with 11 years of professional experience (and two decades of academic and research depth) applying numerical modelling to fluid, thermal, mechanical and chemical processes in the crust for mineral exploration, geothermal systems and safe waste disposal. Based at CSIRO in Canberra, she develops and uses advanced simulation tools to probe mineralisation, groundwater and geothermal behaviour, combining field geology with computational rigor. Her PhD in reactive fluid flow and deformation underpins a track record of implementing material models—most recently contributing porous medium density and thermal conductivity modules to the widely used MOOSE multiphysics framework. Known for bridging domain science and software engineering, she translates complex geoscience problems into validated, production-ready code and models that inform practical resource and environmental decisions.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Geology/Earth Science, General, 1st class, Bachelor’s Degree, Geology/Earth Science, General, 1st class at Aberystwyth UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Numerical modelling of reactive fluid flow and deformation in geological systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Numerical modelling of reactive fluid flow and deformation in geological systems at University of Liverpool
Github Skills (8)
simulations10
simulation10
finite-element-analysis10
el10
c-language10
f10
object-oriented-programming10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
idaholab/moose
Aug 2016 - May 2020
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 11 PRs, 71 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Heather contributed new materials to the `idaholab/moose` repository, specifically focusing on calculating porous medium density and thermal conductivity. Their work involved implementing new classes and modifying existing ones to incorporate these material models. This included creating new files and modifying existing test files to validate the implemented features. The user's changes demonstrate expertise in the MOOSE framework's material modeling capabilities.
pythonfinite-element-analysisfemparallelmultiphysics
hsheldon/moose
Apr 2016 - May 2020
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Contributions:39 pushes, 14 branches, 1 tag in 4 years 1 month
pythonmultiphysicssimulationsimulation-environmentobject-oriented
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