Luke J. Kersting

R&D S&E, Computer Science

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R&D S&E, Computer Science

ljkerst@sandia.gov

(608) 395-7728

Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
 P.O. Box 5800
 Albuquerque, NM 87185-1179

Biography

Luke is a member of the Radiation Effects and Theory department and has been at Sandia since 2019. Luke’s research interests include electron-photon atomic cross-sections development for Monte Carlo and deterministic radiation transport, adjoint cross-sections, and Monte Carlo techniques for next-generation platforms.

Education

Luke graduated for the University of Dallas in 2011 with a B.S. in Physics. In 2019 he graduated with a M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His dissertation was on “Forward-Adjoint Electron Monte Carlo in FRENSIE: The Framework for REsearch in Nuclear ScIence and Engineering”.

Publications

  • Kersting, L., Olson, A., Bossler, K., & Bossler, K. (2021). CONDITIONAL POINT SAMPLING IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE GPU [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1890880 Publication ID: 76009
  • Kersting, L., Olson, A., Bossler, K., & Bossler, K. (2020). Conditional Point Sampling Implementation for the GPU [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1835986 Publication ID: 72220
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