# Kevin Chu

> Software Engineer | Materials Science PhD

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinchu1

Scaling compute infra for scientists and engineers.

Georgia Tech, PhD 2022
UCLA, B.S. 2017

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Rescale
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Science
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Alameda, CA
https://science.xyz/technologies/nexus/ -Experimental configuration + data ingestion + visualization software ecosystem for neuroscience applications.

### Scientific Software Engineer @ Mat3ra.com
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Walnut Creek, CA
Distributed systems backend engineer, cloud HPC platform for DFT-focused materials modeling and simulation.

### Materials Design Engineer @ QuesTek Innovations LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Evanston, IL
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) to rapidly optimize & design novel materials.

I built a parametric simulation system on top of AWS Batch to streamline large scale fatigue studies.

### PhD Graduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Materials Science and Engineering. 
- Alloy property prediction (steels), theoretical model development and implementation.
- Massively parallel (MPI) CPU software development in C++ and Fortran, (LAMMPS and in-house codes).
- Analysis and visualization of high dimensional datasets Python scientific stack (Jupyter, Scipy, Pandas).

### NREIP Appointee @ U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote
Summer appointment to Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) at the US Naval Research Lab. I focused on application of large-scale Monte-Carlo annealing approaches to develop short-range solute ordering and quantify effect on strengthening in complex alloy systems.

### R&D Graduate Intern @ Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Livermore, CA
- Molecular dynamics modelling of complex alloy systems
- Continuum diffusion model formulation
- Python-driven data analysis pipeline development

### Undergraduate Research Intern @ Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
- InGaN semiconductor epitaxial growth simulation and defect characterization.
- Interatomic potential validation.

### Composite Subsystems Team Lead @ Bruin Racing
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles
-Led design and construction of a curing oven for the high temperature production of carbon fibre prepreg composite components.
-Planned and led composite wet layup and prepreg layup workshops.
-Designed and executed the process flow for manufacture of composite bodywork and controls components including: fairing, driver seat, steering wheel, side panels, side pods, and other systems
-Managed purchasing, scheduling, and production cycles of said parts

### Undergraduate Researcher @ UCLA Marian Group
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Los Angeles Area
- Assist with research tasks relating to computational materials analysis and modelling
- Personal projects include implementation of two temperature model, Green’s function, and Lennard-Jones potential calculations

### Technology Analyst/Technical Writer @ UCLA Marian Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | University of California, Los Angeles
Created and edited content for the UCLA "GO Digital" site, an online resource that provides a channel for the collection, classification, and distribution of cross-discipline information and technical capabilities. Launched in Spring of 2016.

### Engineering Intern @ SPAWAR
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
- Software documentation and review of critical naval systems
- Software development (object-oriented design)

### Student Intern @ National Cheng Kung University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
-Designed and conducted experiments to model heat transfer in biomaterials 
-Summarized and translated a number of biomimicry research papers featured on asknature.org from English to Chinese
-Helped revise and proofread technical research papers for PhD candidates and Masters students in Professor Wang­Long Li’s lab


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Materials Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Materials Engineering
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chu-kevin
- Portfolio: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HJXYzrYAAAAJ&hl=en

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Last updated: 2026-04-11