Expertise
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simulated complex physical systems with terabytes of data on supercomputing clusters:
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contributed to large, collaborative driven codebases with:
python, c++, git, javascript, pandas, networkx, fortran, tensorflow, perl, bash, php, sql, numpy, matplotlib, d3.js, hugo, gnuplot, latex, paraview, sage, jupyter
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advanced physics and mathematics specialties:
mechanics, general relativity, fluid dynamics, finite volume, numerical methods
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developed tests, validation and visualization tools of big data
Education
PhD, Washington State University, Physics, 2017
BSc, Grand Valley State University, Mathematics, 2010
BSc, Grand Valley State University, Physics, 2010
ASc, Grand Rapids Community College, 2007
Professional
Restaurant Consulting, CA, MI, 2020-.
Executive Chef, Slanted Tree, Fairfield, CA, 2019-2020
Executive Chef, Dawson’s, Dixon, CA, 2017-2019
Research Assistant, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA, 2013-2017
Teaching Assistant, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA, 2010-2017
Sous Chef, One Trick Pony, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005-2007
Publications
Chakravarti, K., Gupta, A., Bose, S., Duez, M.D., Caro, J., Brege, W., Foucart, F., Ghosh, S., Kyutoku, K., Lackey, B.D. and Shibata, M. Systematic effects from black hole-neutron star waveform model uncertainties on the neutron star equation of state, January 31, 2019 Physical Review D. 99(2), 024049 preprint: arXiv:1809.04349
Brege, W., Duez, M.D., Deaton, M.B., Foucart, F., Caro, J., Hemberger, D.A., Kidder, L.E.,O’Connor, E., Pfeiffer, H.P., Scheel, M.A. Black hole-neutron star mergers using a survey of finite-temperature equations of state, September 12, 2018 Physical Review D, 98(6), 063009 preprint: arXiv:1804.09823
Foucart, F., Desai, D., Brege, W., Duez, M.D. 4, Kasen, D., Hemberger, D.A., Kidder, L.E., Pfeiffer, H.P., Scheel, M.A., Dynamical ejecta from precessing neutron star-black hole mergers with a hot, nuclear-theory based equation of state, November 3, 2016 Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(4) 044002 preprint: arXiv:1611.01159
Contributed Talks
Brege, W., Foucart, F., Duez, M.D., Equation of state survey of black hole-neutron star mergers, APS April Meeting, April 16 2016, BAPS.2016.APR.C14.3
Brege, W., Duez, M.D., A high order accurate finite difference scheme with boundary closures for astrophysical simulations, Northwest APS Meeting, May 16 2015, BAPS.2015.NWS.E6.6
Brege, W., Duez, M.D., A stable high-order multipatch method for black hole accretion simulations, APS April Meeting, April 12 2015, BAPS.2015.APR.K13.9
Brege, W., Bolen, B., Polymer quantum mechanics and an approach to minimal length (Poster), 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR19), Mexico City, Mexico, 06 July 2010
Brege, W., Brennan, J., Symmetry Analysis and the Lane-Emden Equation, 2009 Undergraduate Symposium at Argonne National Labs, Argonne, IL, 13 November 2009
Brege, W., Brennan, J., Symmetry Analysis of the Lane-Emden Equation MathFest 2009, Portland, OR, 07 August 2009
Awards
- NASA Space Grant, 2015, 2016 and 2017
- Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
- taught a multiweek Hamiltonian mechanics lecture series to junior-level physics majors
- taught engine cycles and thermodynamics to introductory physics students
- Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship, 2009-2010
- Outstanding Student Achievement Award, GVSU Mathematics Department, 2009
Research Experience
May 2013 - Sep 2018 Black hole-neutron star mergers and accretion disk simulations Washington State University, SXS collaboration
- evolved black hole-neutron star systems in SpEC with adaptive mesh refinement and nuclear-theory based equations of state
- implemented a high-order accurate finite difference scheme with boundary closures to solve the fluid equations of an accretion disk on a multipatch grid structure
- completion of dissertation
May 2010 - Aug 2010 Generalized uncertainty principle and minimal length Grand Valley State University
- determined new connections between polymer quantum mechanics and minimal length
- first time presenting internationally
Aug 2009 - May 2010 Motion in two-center gravitational systems Grand Valley State University
- implemented Gragg extrapolation to evolve Hamilton’s equations for a three-body gravitational system
- demonstrated the chaotic behavior of particle trajectories around generic rotating binary systems
- completion of physics senior thesis
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009 Quasicrystals, tilings and diffraction patterns Grand Valley State University
- mathematical study of diffraction in aperiodic tiles and quasicrystals
- completion of mathematics senior thesis
May 2009 - Aug 2009 Symmetry analysis of differential equations University of Central Florida
- determined the underlining Lie symmetries of the Lane-Emden equation
- participated in the UCF combined math and physics Research Experience for Undergraduates
Memberships
- SXS Collaboration, c. 2013
- American Physical Society, c. 2009
- Mathematical Association of America, c. 2009
- Omicron Delta Kappa, c. 2010
- Society of Physics Students (SPS), c. 2009
- Pi Mu Epsilon (Iota chapter), c. 2009
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