Nicholas Wimer
Principal Engineer And Expert Witness at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Redlands, California, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Wimer is a Principal Engineer and expert witness with a Ph.D. in thermo-fluids and eight years applying high-fidelity computational methods to real-world problems in fluid dynamics, fire, hydrology, and energy systems. He brings a rare blend of academic rigor and applied consulting—authoring and presenting research on adaptive mesh refinement and low-Mach approximations while delivering software and forensic analyses for flood, stormwater, and combustion cases. At NREL he transitioned cutting-edge simulation work into deployed AI and deep learning solutions for engine control and chemical reaction modeling, demonstrating strength across numerical methods and data-driven approaches. As an independent consultant he pairs technical credibility with courtroom-ready communication, translating complex simulations into clear, auditable findings. Based in Redlands, California, he mentors emerging engineers and leverages both research and industry experience to tackle multidisciplinary modeling challenges. An interesting thread through his career is repeatedly bridging high-resolution physics simulations with practical decision-making tools for industry and legal contexts.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering at Dartmouth CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Thermo-Fluids (Computational Fluid Dynamics), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Thermo-Fluids (Computational Fluid Dynamics) at University of Colorado Boulder
Italian
Github Skills (29)
simulation10
mesh10
mach10
systems-biology10
physics9
mechanics9
hydrodynamics9
computational-fluid-dynamics9
thermodynamics9
gpu-acceleration8
databases8
simulations8
pde8
amr7
multiphysics7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nickwimer/ytScripts
Aug 2022 - Nov 2024
Collection of Python scripts that use "The yt Project" for data manipulation and visualization
Contributions:1 review, 43 PRs, 132 pushes in 2 years 3 months
manipulationpythondata-sciencedata-visualizationdata-manipulation
NREL/tf-melt
Oct 2023 - Sep 2024
TF-MELT (TensorFlow Machine Learning Toolbox) is a collection of architectures, processing, and utilities that are transferable over a range of ML applications.
Contributions:24 PRs, 45 pushes, 23 branches in 11 months
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