Melek Derman

Education

• Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering (In Progress), Oregon State University
• M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
• B.S. Physics, Akdeniz University

Biography

Melek is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant in Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University, working under the supervision of Professor Todd S. Palmer. Her research focuses on Monte Carlo and deterministic particle transport methods, as well as computational techniques for developing scalable algorithms on exascale computing systems.

Melek received her B.S. in Physics with Honors from Akdeniz University (Türkiye) and her M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University, where her work focused on nuclear safeguards monitoring approaches for molten salt reactors. Her doctoral research involves high-performance computing optimization and multiscale physics simulations, with applications ranging from reactor physics to radiation effects in electronic systems.

Work at CEMeNT

• Exascale Monte Carlo electron transport method development
• Development and verification of reactor physics and electron transport benchmarks
• CAD-based geometry support in MC/DC via GEOUNED integration
• Nuclear data processing and scientific software development (e.g., PyEEDL, PyEPICS)
• Deterministic Boltzmann Fokker Plank transport solvers and spectral analysis methods
• High-performance computing optimization on heterogeneous CPU/GPU systems
• Scalable radiation transport software development

📄 Full CV: https://melekderman.github.io/files/MelekDerman_CV_Website.pdf 🌐 Personal Website: https://melekderman.github.io/