Amanda Bachmann
Nuclear Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory
Naperville, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAmanda Bachmann is a Nuclear Engineer at Argonne National Laboratory with nine years of experience in nuclear fuel cycle research and software development for modeling and analysis. She holds a PhD in Nuclear Plasma and Radiological Engineering from UIUC and a strong academic record from the University of Tennessee, where she began hands-on fuel characterization and electrochemical reprocessing safeguards work. Her background spans national lab internships in high-performance radiation transport and reactor systems engineering at Duke Energy, giving her practical insight into both computational and operational aspects of nuclear systems. At Argonne she bridges research and engineering, translating advanced fuel-cycle concepts into reproducible software tools that support decision-making and analysis. Colleagues rely on her rare combination of rigorous experimental experience and production-focused code development to tackle complex, multidisciplinary problems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science - MS, Nuclear Engineering, 3.96, Master of Science - MS, Nuclear Engineering, 3.96 at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (37)
simulation10
xinclude10
simulator10
python10
scenarios10
moose10
timing10
cycle10
transition10
xml10
fuel10
javascript9
parallel9
css9
electrical-engineering9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
abachma2/openmcyclus
Jan 2023 - Jul 2025
Repository of Cyclus archetypes to couple Cyclus with OpenMc
Contributions:388 pushes, 11 branches, 1 tag in 2 years 6 months
openmccouplearchetypes
abachma2/toy_problems
Oct 2020 - Apr 2025
Toy Problems used for my own learning and understanding
Contributions:12 PRs, 74 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 7 months
understandingpythontoyproblemstoy-problems
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