Tyler Kennelly
Postdoctoral Researcher at Purdue University
Oswego, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolTyler Kennelly is a postdoctoral researcher and computational mechanician with eight years of experience developing high-performance solvers and preconditioners for large-scale fluid dynamics and multiphase flow problems. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue and current appointment at Sandia National Laboratories, he blends numerical analysis, HPC, and practical engineering to tackle heat and mass transfer, turbulence, cavitation, and buoyant convection. He is fluent in Python, MATLAB, C/C++, Fortran, R, and commercial tools like STAR-CCM+, and has a track record of turning research code into reusable tools for simulation and education. Beyond research, Tyler has led undergraduate labs and mentored design teams, improving curricula and teaching large sections—skills that help translate complex methods into usable workflows. He also has prior experience building analysis packages in the nuclear engineering space, reflecting a cross-domain aptitude for scientific software development.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School, 3.8 GPA, High School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School, 3.8 GPA at Oswego East High SchoolUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 3.97, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 3.97 at Purdue University - The Graduate School
Github Skills (24)
sem9
spectral7
css7
multiphysics6
python6
javascript6
fuel5
cycle5
sparse5
linear-systems5
fluid4
simulator4
snl-applications4
petsc3
timing3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
KennellyT/pyne
May 2018 - Mar 2019
PyNE: The Nuclear Engineering Toolkit
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
pythonnuclear-engineeringpyneengineeringnuclear
KennellyT/cyclus-tutorial
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
For work towards a new CYCLUS tutorial, make changes to this branch prior to master branch
Contributions:52 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
masterpriorchanges
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