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Patrick Behne, Ph.D.

Patrick Behne, Ph.D.

Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Nuclear engineering PhD interested in computational framework development, machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence.

  • Education

    • Texas A&M University

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor's degree Nuclear Engineering 4.0/4.0

    • Texas A&M University

      2017 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Nuclear Engineering 4.0/4.0

  • Experience

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

      May 2016 - Aug 2016
      Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Intern

      Created and tested models to emulate the input/output behaviour of a solar modulation potentialdata set using Python. Implemented above models for modeling cosmic radiation into the Nuclear Inspection Node Event Simulator (NINESIM), a discrete even simulator. Wrote and published a conference paper on the research.

    • Texas A&M University

      May 2017 - May 2022

      Researching reduced-order models (ROMs) for PhD degree. Developing a 1D spherical coordinate multi-group radiation transport code with adjoint capability in Python for basic ROM testing. Collaborating with a research team from the University of Texas at Austin to apply ROM techniques to radiation transport. Developing an initial version of a cylindrical coordinate radiation transport code in C++ usingdeal.ii for use in A&M’s transport solver. Deriving and implementing intrusive and non intrusive ROMs into A&M’s 3D parallel multi-group transport solver using C++, Lua, and Python. Analyzing the ROMs’ performance for design optimization, uncertainty quantification, and real-time applications to obtain speedup factors of up to 400,000. Writing, publishing, and presenting peer reviewed conference and journal articles on transport ROMs. Utilizing the NJOY cross section processing code to generate material cross sections for transport simulations. Show less

      • Graduate Research Assistant

        Aug 2017 - May 2022

      • Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Research Assistant

        May 2017 - Aug 2017

    • Argonne National Laboratory

      May 2019 - Aug 2019
      Graduate Research Aide

      Modeled and simulated cores of various fast spectra reactors such as the versatile test reactor (VTR) using the MCNP transport code. Modeled and simulated the VTR using the newly implemented gamma transport feature in the PROTEUS transport code. Verified the accuracy of PROTEUS’ gamma transport against MCNP results and results from legacy transport tools. Generated material cross sections for transport simulations using the MC2 -3 software.

    • Sargent & Lundy

      May 2022 - Dec 2022
      Radiological Engineer

    • Idaho National Laboratory

      Dec 2022 - now
      Computational Scientist

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      IUP/NEUP Fellow Integrated University Program / Nuclear Energy University Program Mar 2019 Three year fellowship for research in nuclear engineering.
    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      NRC Fellow Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mar 2017 Two year fellowship from the NRC for performing research related to the nuclear industry.
    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      SPOT Award Los Alamos National Laboratory Aug 2016 Award for going above and beyond in completing work.
    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      David G. Barker '66 Scholarship Texas A&M University Sep 2015 Nuclear engineering scholarship.
    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      Physics 218 Mechanics Scholar Department of Physics, Texas A&M University Nov 2013 Award for ability to solve sophisticated mechanics problems beyond the extend of the course content.
    • Awarded to Patrick Behne, Ph.D.
      Student of the Year in Mathematics, Nominee Houston Community College May 2013