Matthew Boyd
Computer Scientist at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Golden, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Boyd is a computer scientist and mechanical engineer with 15 years of research leadership in renewable energy, currently developing thermophysical property libraries as a principal developer at NIST. He has led CSP and PV model development at NREL, architecting analysis tools and contributing backend code to the widely used System Advisor Model (SAM) to integrate solar field HTF design and simulation outputs. His day-to-day blends project management, full‑stack software design, and hands‑on lab work to deliver validated performance and technoeconomic analyses for power plants and components. He brings growing expertise in mixed-integer and nonlinear optimization for design and operations, plus practical experience deploying high-speed data acquisition systems for model validation. Based in Golden, Colorado, Matthew is independently responsible, detail‑minded and team‑focused, with a track record of translating complex thermofluid science into production-grade software and standards. An underappreciated strength is his ability to span deep laboratory measurement work and backend data engineering, ensuring models remain grounded in real-world performance.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison
English
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Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
NREL/SAM
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
System Advisor Model (SAM)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 186 commits, 26 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the project. The commits focused on adding scripts and functions to write field HTF design values to files and process simulation results. The code changes modified existing LK scripts, specifically focusing on importing, setting, and exporting component parameters related to HTF design and simulation outputs. The modifications suggest that the user worked on data handling and analysis related to solar field designs and performance, likely integrating the simulation results with the project's data processing or reporting workflows.
samadvisormodelicapower-systems
Matthew-Boyd/SAM
May 2018 - Jan 2023
System Advisor Model (SAM)
Contributions:3 PRs, 79 pushes, 26 branches in 4 years 8 months
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