Michael Tonks
Interim Department Chair at University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Tonks is a computational materials scientist and academic leader with 11 years of professional experience, currently serving as Department Chair and Professor at the University of Florida. He specializes in mesoscale microstructure and mechanics modeling to inform advanced macroscale material models, with a strong track record developing phase-field fracture and radiation-induced microstructure models. Michael brings hands-on open-source impact as a core contributor to the MOOSE multiphysics platform, implementing material classes, stress formulations, and validation test cases that bridge physics and numerics. His career spans national labs and academia, including leadership of the MARMOT mesoscale code at Idaho National Laboratory and faculty roles at Penn State and UF, reflecting deep multiscale modeling expertise applied to nuclear and structural materials. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex physics into robust simulation tools and for mentoring the next generation of computational materials researchers.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University
Spanish
Github Skills (13)
simulations10
simulation10
finite-element-analysis10
el10
c-language10
f10
object-oriented-programming10
cprogramming-language10
modeling10
tensorflow9
tensorrt9
tensor9
parallel-computing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
idaholab/moose
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 3 commits, 92 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributes to the implementation of a phase field fracture model within the MOOSE simulation environment. Their work focuses on developing material models, stress calculations, and energy formulations. Specifically, they introduce new material classes and modify existing ones, demonstrating an understanding of the underlying physics and numerical methods. The user also integrates these models into test cases, showcasing their ability to apply and validate their implementations.
pythonfinite-element-analysisfemparallelmultiphysics
tonkmr/moose
Sep 2017 - Aug 2022
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 109 pushes in 5 years
pythonmultiphysicssimulationsimulation-environmentobject-oriented
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