Namjae Choi
Staff Researcher at Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolNamjae Choi is a Staff Researcher at Idaho National Laboratory with a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University and three years of professional experience bridging research and software development. He contributes to high-performance multiphysics computing as a back-end developer on the well-regarded MOOSE framework, focusing on core kernel checks, coupling matrix initialization, and multi-app variable transfers—work that reveals deep familiarity with simulation internals. Previously he served as a postdoctoral researcher and technical research personnel at Seoul National University’s Electric Power Research Institute, blending experimental and computational expertise. Based in Idaho Falls, he brings academic rigor to applied problems in nuclear engineering and simulation, and his open-source contributions demonstrate a practical orientation toward robustness and maintainability in complex scientific code.
3 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Nuclear Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Nuclear Engineering at 서울대학교 (Seoul National University)
Github Skills (10)
simulations10
simulation10
finite-element-analysis10
el10
c-language10
f10
object-oriented-programming10
cprogramming-language10
multiphysics10
parallel-computing9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
idaholab/moose
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 20 PRs, 49 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Namjae primarily contributed to the MOOSE framework, a multiphysics simulation environment. Their work focused on improving core functionalities, including adding checks for kernel objects in the nonlinear thread, refining the coupling matrix initialization, and updating the ExtraIDIntegralVectorPostprocessor. The user also implemented changes to enhance multi-app variable transfers and address various bug fixes and enhancements. Their contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of the framework's internal workings.
pythonfinite-element-analysisfemparallelmultiphysics
NamjaeChoi/moose
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Contributions:191 pushes, 37 branches in 2 years 4 months
pythonmultiphysicssimulationsimulation-environmentobject-oriented
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