Yinbin Miao
Principal Materials Scientist
Naperville, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYinbin Miao is a Principal Materials Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory with over six years of professional experience and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from UIUC, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. He combines deep materials and nuclear-engineering expertise with hands-on computational development, contributing to the widely used MOOSE multiphysics framework by adding advanced mesh generators and robust test automation for reactor modules. His work bridges experimental materials science and software-enabled simulation, enabling more accurate hexagonal assembly and triangular pin modeling while preserving volume and element identification. Based in Naperville, IL, he brings a rare mix of high-impact lab research and open-source engineering rigor, reflecting a persistent focus on reproducibility and scalable computational tools.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor, Engineering Physics, 91.0/100, Bachelor, Engineering Physics, 91.0/100 at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
unit-testing10
mesh10
test-integration10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
test-unit10
unit-test10
integration-testing10
testing10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
idaholab/moose
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:391 reviews, 161 commits, 68 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Yinbin's commits focus on enhancing the mesh generation capabilities of the MOOSE framework, specifically within the context of the reactor module. They implemented a new mesh generator for creating hexagonal assembly meshes with triangular pins and added various features like the ability to assign extra element IDs and handle volume preservation. Moreover, the user's contributions involved the creation of tests, which involved a combination of code implementation for automatic testing and adjustments to existing test cases to ensure reliable software functionality.
pythonfinite-element-analysisfemparallelmultiphysics
miaoyinb/moose
Oct 2019 - Mar 2025
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment
Contributions:16 reviews, 7 PRs, 521 pushes in 5 years 5 months
pythonmultiphysicssimulationsimulation-environmentobject-oriented
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