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Name Micah Best
Label Graduate Research Assistant
Email micahbest21@gmail.com
Phone (512) 660-2205
Url https://micahbest.github.io
Summary 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.

Work

  • 2024.01 - Present
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
    My graduate research is primarily focused on the development of SyTH, which aims to analyze and visualize 3D meshes of the thermal hydraulic system of the Molten Salt Research Reactor.
    • Thermal Hydraulics
    • Heat Transfer
    • Fluid Mechanics
    • Finite Element Analysis
    • Python
    • C++
  • 2023.06 - 2023.11
    Independent Contractor
    Veracity Nuclear, LLC
    Developed Python software, rxView, to visualize results from Shift and OpenMC outputs in VTK format.
    • Python
    • Visualization Toolkit (VTK)
    • Shift
    • OpenMC
  • 2023.05 - 2023.07
    Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Modeled aerodynamic drag coefficient of autonomous heavy-duty truck platoons. Created model to predict drag coefficient values for implementation with control systems to improve fuel economy
    • Python
    • Machine Learning
  • 2022.08 - 2023.12
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
    During my undergraduate studies, I worked for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University. I continued the work from my summer research internship at the University of Texas to develop a program called "SyTH". This program aims to analyze and visualize 3D meshes of the thermal hydraulic system of the Molten Salt Research Reactor.
    • Thermal Hydraulics
    • Heat Transfer
    • Fluid Mechanics
    • Finite Element Analysis
    • Python
    • C++
  • 2022.06 - 2022.08
    Mechanical Engineering Summer Intern
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas
    Developed a program called SyTH to analyze the thermal-hydraulics involved within MSRR, a nuclear reactor. The program solves the thermal-hydraulic system by calculations and visualizes the results in VTK format. Worked alongside the Senior Research Fellow to learn more about thermal hydraulics and software development.
    • Thermal Hydraulics
    • Heat Transfer
    • Fluid Mechanics
    • Finite Element Analysis
    • Python
    • Visualization Toolkit (VTK)

Education