Micah S. Best

Graduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M University

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I am a graduate student at Texas A&M University pursuing a M.S. Nuclear Engineering degree. I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Mark Kimber. I am involved with the Molten Salt Research Reactor (MSRR) project that is being funded by Natura Resources. My role in the project is to work along with a team to develop a program called SyTH that will analyze the system thermal-hydraulics of the molten salt reactor.

In December 2023, I graduated with a B.S. Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University.

On Aug. 14-18, 2023, I attended the 17th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-17) to share my research work. This conference has published my first conference paper.

I have programming experience in several languages: primarily Python and C++. I enjoy using software development to solve engineering problems, model real world physics and to visualize data.

selected publications

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    Conjugate heat transfer with heat generation in both solid and fluid domains
    M. Best, A. Kitamura, B. Collins, and M. Kimber
    17th International Heat Transfer Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug 2023
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    Comparative Evaluation of Control-Oriented Heavy Duty Vehicle Air Drag Coefficient Models
    M. Best, V. Sujan, A. Zhou, A. Cook, and Z. Wang
    Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, Oct 2024