Curriculum Vitae

Education

The Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D. Candidate, Nuclear Engineering (3.95 GPA), Computational Materials Doctoral Minor
Currently A.B.D.; passed comprehensive exam in January 2025

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2022 B.S., Dual Nuclear Engineering & Materials Engineering (3.94 GPA), General Psychology Minor
Summa Cum Laude

Jim Thorpe Area High School

2018 High School Degree, National Honor Society

Research Experience

The Pennsylvania State University — Graduate Research Assistant (08/2022–now)

Department of Nuclear Engineering, Dr. Miaomiao Jin
University Park, PA

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory — Department of Defense High-Performance Computing Modernization Program Intern (05/2025–08/2025)

Ceramic and Transparent Materials Branch, Dr. Matthew Guziewski & Dr. Efraín Hernández–Rivera
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Graduate Research Assistant (06/2022–08/2022)

Advanced Nuclear Technology Group (NEN-2), Travis Grove & David Hayes
Los Alamos, NM

Teaching Experience

The Pennsylvania State University — Grader (08/2024–12/2024)

NUCE-301: Fundamentals of Reactor Physics, Dr. Miaomiao Jin
University Park, PA

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — I-PERSIST Mentor (08/2019–12/2019)

CHEM-1100: Chemistry 1, Dr. Alexander Ma
Troy, NY

Work Experience

Dear Joe: Cafe & Bakery — Barista (08/2024–05/2025)

The Nittany Lion Inn, Lori Hoffower
University Park, PA

Express — Sales Lead (05/2021–09/2021)

Erica Keville
Albany, NY

Houston Field House — Game Operations Staff (09/2019–03/2020)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Norris Pearson
Troy, NY

Papyrus — Sales Associate (06/2019–01/2020)

Rex Posadas
Greenwich, CT

Dunkin' Donuts — Crew Member (12/2017–05/2018)

Chelesa Smith
Lehighton, PA

Publications and Papers

Papers with future venues are accepted to appear in them.

  • Examining composition-dependent radiation response in AlGaN alloys. Jin, M., Reza, F., Hauck, A., Mahfuz, M., Wang, X., Chu, R., & Tuttle, B. (2025, May). Acta Materialia, 289, 120891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120891
  • Atomic displacement threshold energies and defect generation in GaN, AlN, and AlGaN: A high-throughput molecular dynamics investigation. Hauck, A. S., Jin, M., & Tuttle, B. R. (2024, April). Applied Physics Letters, 124(15), 152107. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0190371
  • Investigating the Low-Energy Recoil Events in GaN. Hauck, A. S., Jin, M., & Tuttle, B. R. (2023, December). In Proceedings of Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023). https://www.ans.org/pubs/proceedings/article-55248/
  • Generating Models of the Flattop Critical Assembly for Benchmark Experiments with Python. Hauck, A. S., Stolte, K. N., Grove, T. J., Whitman, N. H., Cutler, T. E., Sanchez, R. G., Lamproe, J. R., & Hayes, D. K. (2022, November). In Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 127 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1897620

GitHub Repositories

Awards and Fellowships

  • University Nuclear Leadership Program Graduate Fellowship \abbr{UNLP}, U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy University Program, 2023.
  • Matthew Albert Hunter Prize, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2022.
  • The L. David Walthousen Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, 2022.
  • Best Undergraduate Presentation for Nuclear Criticality Safety, American Nuclear Society Student Conference, 2022.
  • Frank J. Ruck Leadership Award, Sigma Phi Epsilon National Fraternity, 2021.

Service

  • Chair of the Nuclear Fuels and Materials Session & Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Session at the 2024 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Student Conference.
  • Rensselaer Union Executive Board, Vice-Chair of Club Operations Committee (2019–2020), Club Operations Subcommittee Chair for Club Budgets & Representation (2020–2021), and Club/Organization Representative (2019–2021).
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon New York Delta, President (2019–2021).
  • National Society of Leadership and Success, Vice President (2020–2021).
  • Interfraternity Council, Vice President of Academics (2019–2020).
  • American Nuclear Society, Outreach Chair (2018–2019).

Miscellany

  • Professional memberships: American Nuclear Society (ANS), Women in Nuclear (WIN), Materials Research Society (MRS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and American Physical Society (APS).
  • ANS Divisions: Materials Science & Technology Division, Isotopes & Radiation Division, and Young Members Group.
  • IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society.
    • APS Units: Computational Physics Division, Condensed Matter Physics Division, Graduate Student Affairs Forum, and Mid-Atlantic Section.
  • Honor societies: Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society (inducted at RPI in 2020 and at PSU in 2024), Order of Omega Omega Mu (inducted in 2020), and National Society of Leadership and Success (inducted in 2019).
  • RPI Professional Leadership Program participant, 2020.