Stefano Terlizzi
John And Jean Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professor at Idaho National Laboratory
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolStefano Terlizzi is the John and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professor at Pennsylvania State University and an applied nuclear engineer with eight years of experience advancing microreactor and multiphysics methods. He transitioned from leading LDRD and NEAMS projects at Idaho National Laboratory—where he developed MOOSE-based tools to model hydrogen migration in hydride-moderated microreactors and sensor-enabled autonomous controls—to an academic program focused on reactor physics, Monte Carlo transport, and nuclear thermal propulsion. With a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and engineering degrees from Politecnico di Torino, he blends rigorous theory, code development (Python, Fortran, MOOSE), and hands-on simulation experience using MCNP, SCALE, and SERPENT. He has also contributed to NASA and NRC analysis efforts and investigated proliferation-risk mitigation for SMR deployment, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and policy-aware systems thinking. Unusually for a reactor physicist, his background includes humanities training and years of one-on-one tutoring, which inform his clear technical communication and mentoring approach.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigh School, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, High School, Humanities/Humanistic Studies at Liceo classico Vittorio Alfieri (TO)Master of Science (M.S.), Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Energy and Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek
Github Skills (15)
simulation10
monte-carlo10
bed10
serpent10
amr9
parsing9
reactor9
parallel9
parser9
computational-physics8
python8
multiphysics8
openmc7
finite-element-analysis7
javascript2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sallustius/serpent-writer
Jan 2019 - Aug 2020
Object-oriented construction of Serpent input files
Contributions:4 PRs, 20 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 6 months
object-orientedjavascriptserpent
sallustius/virtual_test_bed
Oct 2022 - Nov 2023
The National Reactor Innovation Center's (NRIC) Virtual Test Bed Repository
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
centerbednationalnricreactor
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