Joel Kulesza
Adjunct Professor at University of Michigan
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolJoel Kulesza is an experienced nuclear engineer and computational physicist with 11+ years applying deterministic and Monte Carlo radiation transport methods, currently leading the Monte Carlo Codes Group at Los Alamos and serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan. He specializes in shielding applications and ex‑vessel neutron dosimetry, providing measurement validation for reactor pressure vessel fluence analyses while bridging high‑fidelity simulation, parallel computing, and practical deployment. Joel combines deep domain expertise with software and systems craftsmanship—automatic report generation, high‑availability computing, and scientific visualization are recurring themes in his work. His career spans national labs, industry, and academia, and he is notable for integrating mechanical design, network deployment, and passive dosimetry into computational workflows.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at University of MichiganMaster of Science (MS), Nuclear Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Nuclear Engineering at University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Github Skills (59)
academia10
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python10
matplotlib10
ocr10
biblatex10
javafx10
java10
bibtex10
gtk10
latex10
ai10
bibliography10
utility10
data-visualization10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jkulesza/mcnptools
Sep 2022 - May 2026
Contributions:47 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 8 months
jkulesza/peacock
Jun 2017 - Jul 2021
Command-line colorblindness simulator
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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