Luke Kersting
Research Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolLuke Kersting is an NRC fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with 11 years of experience applying and advancing Monte Carlo transport methods for electron shielding and radiation effects. He develops modular, production-grade C++ software (FRENSIE) implementing forward and adjoint electron Monte Carlo techniques, blending rigorous research with practical engineering and unit-tested code. His background includes internships at Sandia National Laboratories and hands-on experimental work with neutron time-of-flight, giving him both computational and laboratory perspectives on radiation transport. Comfortable teaching and communicating complex concepts, he has supported courses and tutored physics while mentoring peers in agile research development. Known for combining deep numerical methods with software best practices, he focuses on making sophisticated adjoint methods accessible and reusable within collaborative research codebases.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, 3.46/4.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, 3.46/4.0 at The University of Dallas
Github Skills (28)
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emitter10
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json-schema-validator10
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python9
cluster-computing9
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parallel-computing9
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lkersting/FRENSIE-tests
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
Validation and Verification test for FRENSIE
Contributions:186 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
testingvalidationverification
FRENSIE/FRENSIE-tests
Jun 2016 - Nov 2018
Validation and Verification test for FRENSIE
Contributions:1 PR, 366 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 4 months
testingvalidationverification
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