## Expertise - **computing** [data science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_science) [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI) [software engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering) [machine learning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning) [full-stack development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_stack#Full-stack_developer) - **physics & mathematics** [mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_mechanics) [general relativity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity) [fluid dynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_dynamics) [numerical methods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_analysis) - **culinary arts** menu profit analysis and documentation systems [from-scratch, seasonal & farm-to-table cooking](/recipes) [pairing dinners and pop-ups](/recipes/menus) pedagogical training and leadership ## Selected Work [**monitorat**](https://monitorat.brege.org) is a federated, continuous dashboard and documentation framework for Linux homelabs with a themeable and extensible widget system. python, flask, javascript, html, css, yaml, docker, systemd, widgets, csv, homelab, pypi [Demo](https://monitorat.brege.org) [Source](https://github.com/brege/monitorat) [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/monitorat/) [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/brege/monitorat) [**oshea**](https://github.com/brege/oshea) is a Node.js Markdown-to-PDF document plugin framework featuring archetyping, Claude Code Skills, YAML workflows, and multi-level QA suite. node.js, yargs, puppeteer, markdown-it, js-yaml, ajv, plugins, archetypes, docs, recipes, books, cover letters [Source](https://github.com/brege/oshea) [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/oshea) [Docs](https://github.com/brege/oshea/tree/main/docs) [Plugins](https://github.com/brege/oshea-plugins) [Agents](https://github.com/brege/oshea/blob/main/docs/guides/claude-skills.md) [**brūki**](https://github.com/brege/bruki) is a self-hosted screenshot tagger, sorter, and retrieval app using machine learning via OCR, CLIP, and VLM image processing. python, flask, sqlite, pandas, numpy, pillow, pytesseract, pydantic, pytorch, clip, umap, hdbscan [Source](https://github.com/brege/bruki) [Notebooks](https://github.com/brege/bruki/tree/main/notebooks) [**the-flavor-network**](https://flavorpair.me) is an interactive flavor-pairing and recipe-discovery tool built from well-respected culinary texts, a large recipe corpus, and featuring network graphs built on a weighted Jaccard similarity algorithm. hugo, papermod, javascript, vis.js, fuse.js, flask, sqlite, uwsgi, nginx, systemd, recipes, data science [Website](https://flavorpair.me) [Core](https://github.com/brege/flavor-project) [Source](https://github.com/brege/the-flavor-network) [**aoife**](https://aoife.brege.org) is a mixed-media poster matrix engine integrating a dozen APIs for collage building, cover-art search, and artwork discovery. react, typescript, vite, flask, python, websocket, zustand, tmdb, openlibrary, musicbrainz, cypress, biome [Demo](https://aoife.brege.org) [Source](https://github.com/brege/aoife) See [github.com/brege](https://github.com/brege) for a complete list of software projects. ## Professional - 2023, **Data Science Fellowship**, *The Data Incubator*, San Francisco, CA - 2020-2022, **Restaurant Consulting**, CA, MI - 2019-2020, **Executive Chef**, *Slanted Tree*, Fairfield, CA - 2017-2019, **Executive Chef**, *Dawson's*, Dixon, CA - 2013-2017, **Research Assistant**, *Washington State Univ*, Pullman, WA - 2010-2017, **Teaching Assistant**, *Washington State Univ*, Pullman, WA - 2005-2007, **Sous Chef**, *One Trick Pony*, Grand Rapids, MI ## Education - 2017, **PhD**, *Washington State University*, ***Physics*** - 2010, **BSc**, *Grand Valley State University*, ***Mathematics*** - 2010, **BSc**, *Grand Valley State University*, ***Physics*** - 2007, **ASc**, *Grand Rapids Community College* ## Technologies - **supercomputers and high performance computing** [**SpEC**](https://www.black-holes.org/code/SpEC.html) [mpi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface) [spark](https://spark.apache.org/) [stampede](https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/systems/stampede2) [xsede](http://www.xsede.org/) [calcul](https://www.calculquebec.ca/) [cacr.caltech](https://www.hpc.caltech.edu/) - **programming languages and runtimes** [**node.js**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js) [**python**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)) [typescript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeScript) [c++](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B) [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git) [javascript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript) [php](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP) [bash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)) - **application and visualization frameworks** [**react**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(JavaScript_library)) [**flask**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flask_(web_framework)) [sqlite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite) [hugo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(software)) [vite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vite_(software)) [markdown-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) [d3.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D3.js) [chart.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart.js) [vis.js](https://visjs.org) [fuse.js](https://www.fusejs.io/) - **data science and machine learning** [scikit-learn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scikit-learn) [pandas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandas_(software)) [networkx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkX) [tensorflow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TensorFlow) [pytorch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyTorch) [transformers](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/index) [open-clip](https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip) [numpy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NumPy) [matplotlib](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matplotlib) [jupyter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Jupyter#Jupyter_Notebook) [seaborn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaborn) [clip](https://github.com/openai/CLIP) [umap](https://umap-learn.readthedocs.io/) [hdbscan](https://hdbscan.readthedocs.io/) [pytesseract](https://github.com/madmaze/pytesseract) - **scientific and numerical tools** [sage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_(mathematics_software)) [fortran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran) [octave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave) [matlab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB) [latex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX) [gnuplot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnuplot) [paraview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParaView) - **validation, QA, and schemas** [pytest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytest) [mocha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocha_(JavaScript_framework)) [cypress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_(software)) [biome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome) [ruff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_(software)) [puppeteer](https://pptr.dev/) [ajv](https://ajv.js.org/) [pydantic](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/) [websocket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket) [zustand](https://github.com/pmndrs/zustand) - **source, packaging, and distribution** [github](https://github.com/brege) [npm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm) [pypi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pypi) [docker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)) [podman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podman) [nginx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx) [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd) [uwsgi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UWSGI) [addons.mozilla.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Add-on_SDK) ## Publications **Systematic effects from black hole-neutron star waveform model uncertainties on the neutron star equation of state** 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. [Physical Review D. 99(2), 024049](https://links.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.024049), Jan 31, 2019 *preprint*: [arXiv:1809.04349](https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.04349) **Black hole-neutron star mergers using a survey of finite-temperature equations of state** **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. [Physical Review D, 98(6), 063009](https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.063009), Sep 12, 2018 *preprint*: [arXiv:1804.09823](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.09823) **Dynamical ejecta from precessing neutron star-black hole mergers with a hot, nuclear-theory based equation of state** Foucart, F., Desai, D., **Brege, W.**, Duez, M.D., Kasen, D., Hemberger, D.A., Kidder, L.E., Pfeiffer, H.P., Scheel, M.A. [Classical and Quantum Gravity 34(4) 044002](https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa573b), Nov 3, 2016 *preprint*: [arXiv:1611.01159](https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01159) ## Contributed Talks **The Flavor Network** Specially selected for [The Data Incubator's](https://thedataincubator.com/) Capstone Showcase, Nov 9, 2023 **Equation of state survey of black hole-neutron star mergers** APS April Meeting, Apr 16, 2016, [BAPS.2016.APR.C14.3](https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR16/Session/C14.3) **A high order accurate finite difference scheme with boundary closures for astrophysical simulations** Northwest APS Meeting, May 16, 2015, [BAPS.2015.NWS.E6.6](https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/NWS15/Session/E6.6) **A stable high-order multipatch method for black hole accretion simulations** APS April Meeting, Apr 12, 2015, [BAPS.2015.APR.K13.9](https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR15/Session/K13.9) **Polymer quantum mechanics and an approach to minimal length** (Poster) [19th International Conference on General Relativity](https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/0264-9381/28/11) and [Gravitation (GR19)](https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2009/10/23/gr19-first-announcement/), Mexico City, Mexico, Jul 16, 2010 **Symmetry Analysis and the Lane-Emden Equation** 2009 Undergraduate Symposium at [Argonne National Labs](https://www.anl.gov/), Argonne, IL, nov 13, 2009 **Symmetry Analysis of the Lane-Emden Equation** [MathFest 2009](https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest-archive), Portland, OR, Aug 7, 2009 ## Awards - 2017 | 2016 | 2015, [NASA](https://nasa.gov) [Space Grant](https://www.waspacegrant.org/) - 2011-2012 | 2010-2011, [Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)](https://www2.ed.gov/programs/gaann/index.html) fellowship - 2009-2010, [Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART)](https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart) scholarship - 2009, [Outstanding Student Achievement Award](https://www.gvsu.edu/math/scholarships-and-awards-9.htm), GVSU Mathematics Department ## Research Experience May 2013 | to | Sep 2018 **Black hole-neutron star mergers and accretion disk simulations** [Physics Dissertation](https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111818), [Washington State University](https://physics.wsu.edu), [SXS collaboration](https://black-holes.org) 1. I evolved [black hole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole)-[neutron star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star) systems in [SpEC](https://www.black-holes.org/code/SpEC.html) with [adaptive mesh refinement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_mesh_refinement) and [nuclear-theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis) based [equations of state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_state). 2. I implemented a shock-capturing, energy stable, multiblock algorithm, [ESWENO](https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-2837), into [SpEC](https://www.black-holes.org/code/SpEC.html) to solve the [fluid equations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_fluid_dynamics) of an [accretion disk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disk) on a multipatch grid structure. May 2010 | to | Aug 2010 **Generalized uncertainty principle** [Post-baccalaureate Research](https://physics.gvsu.edu), [Grand Valley State University](https://physics.gvsu.edu) I explored numerous algebras connecting [polymer quantum mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity) and [minimal length](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle). Aug 2009 | to | May 2010 **Motion in two-center gravitational systems** [Physics Senior Thesis](https://physics.gvsu.edu), [Grand Valley State University](https://physics.gvsu.edu) A [three-body problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem) where I evolved [Hamilton's equations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_mechanics) using [Gragg extrapolation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulirsch%E2%80%93Stoer_algorithm) to model [chaotic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory) [particle trajectories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplectic_geometry) around rotating binary gravitational systems and derived a non-obvious [integral of motion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_of_motion#Integral_of_motion). Aug 2009 | to | Dec 2009 **Quasicrystals, tilings and diffraction patterns** [Mathematics Senior Thesis](https://www.gvsu.edu/math/), [Grand Valley State University](https://math.gvsu.edu) I studied diffraction patterns of [aperiodic tiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling), [quasicrystals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasicrystal), and [Golden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio) and [Silver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_ratio) ratios. May 2009 | to | Aug 2009 **Symmetry analysis of differential equations** [Research Experience for Undergraduates](https://www.ucf.edu/), [University of Central Florida](https://www.ucf.edu/) I determined the underlying [Lie symmetries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_algebra) of the [Lane-Emden equation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane%E2%80%93Emden_equation) for generalized polytropic stars. ## Teaching Experience S-2011 **PHYS 320** Lecture, Hamiltonian Mechanics | GAANN 2010 fellowship junior-level physics majors, multi-week lecture series [hamiltonian mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_mechanics) [lagrangians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics) [canonical coordinates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_coordinates) [phase space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_space) [poisson bracket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_bracket) S-2012 | F-2010 **ASTR 135** Laboratory, Astronomy non-science majors [astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy) [solar system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System) [stars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star) [galaxies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy) [cosmology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology) [history of astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astronomy) X-2017 | F-2014 | F-2012 | F-2011 **PHYS 101** Laboratory, General Physics I algebra-based [uncertainty analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_uncertainty) [mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics) [pendulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum) [springs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(device)) [work and energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_(physics)) [impulse and momentum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion#Newton's_third_law) [ballistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics) [buoyancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy) [vibrations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration) [temperature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature) [heat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat) S-2012 **PHYS 101** Lecture, General Physics I | GAANN 2011 fellowship [engine cycles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_heat_engine) [thermodynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics#Laws_of_thermodynamics) S-2013 **PHYS 102** Laboratory, General Physics II algebra-based [uncertainty analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_uncertainty) [electric and magnetic fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_field) [ohm's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_law) [circuits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_network) [induction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction) [reflection and refraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction) [lenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)) X-2012 | S-2011 **PHYS 201** Laboratory, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I calculus-based [error propagation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty) [mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics) [Newton's laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion) [friction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction) [pendulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum) [impulse and momentum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum) [work and energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_(physics)) [ballistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics) [rotational dynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational_dynamics) [buoyancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy) [harmonics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_oscillator) [engine cycles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_heat_engine) F-2012 **PHYS 202** Laboratory, Physics for Scientists and Engineers II calculus-based [error propagation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty) [electric and magnetic fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_field) [RC and AC circuits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_circuit) [induction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction) [transformers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer) [interference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_interference) [thin lenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)) ## Memberships - c. 2013, [SXS Collaboration](https://github.com/sxs-collaboration) - c. 2009, [American Physical Society](https://www.aps.org/) - c. 2009, [Mathematical Association of America](https://www.maa.org/) - c. 2010, [Omicron Delta Kappa](https://odk.org/) - c. 2009, [Society of Physics Students](https://www.sigmapisigma.org/sigmapisigma) (SPS) - c. 2009, [Pi Mu Epsilon](https://pme-math.org/) (Iota chapter)