Tanaya Mankad
Computational Scientist - C
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolTanaya Mankad is a computational scientist and electrical engineer with six years of focused C++ development experience and a broader 20+ year background in photovoltaics, semiconductors, and optoelectronics. She builds measurement-driven scientific software that operates instruments, analyzes high-throughput data, and turns lab discoveries into deployable products, drawing on end-to-end hardware and software engineering experience. A pragmatic polyglot developer, her toolset spans C++, Python, Eigen, MATLAB C-API, Qt, and CI-driven workflows, and she has led technical teams and mentored engineers in adaptive optics and metrology. Her open-source contributions include substantive back-end work to EnergyPlus, improving chiller models and refactoring performance-critical simulation code. Based in Boulder, she enjoys bridging multidisciplinary teams—technical and creative—to keep complex projects moving from concept to customer.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering at University of California, Santa BarbaraB.S.E., Engineering Physics, B.S.E., Engineering Physics at Princeton University
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Github Skills (5)
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Github contributions (5)
NREL/EnergyPlus
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 54 commits, 20 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Tanaya primarily contributed to the EnergyPlus project's core functionality, specifically focusing on the integration of a new chiller object and its associated performance calculations. They made several code changes, including updates to the PlantChillers module and modifications to the ChillerElectricASHRAE205 class, as well as fixing issues related to the build process. Their contributions included refactoring and restructuring code, suggesting a focus on improving the efficiency and maintainability of the codebase related to the chiller models.
renewable-energypower-systemsenergy-consumptionenergy-simulationsimulation
bigladder/atheneum
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:6 reviews, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 6 months
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