Researcher

 

​Austin is a neutronics analyst at Idaho National Laboratory who studies neutron and photon transport in experiments for advanced nuclear fuels and reactors. He specializes in Monte Carlo transport phenomena and has performed research in sensitivity analysis and optimization of computational tools. Prior to working at INL, Austin worked at Westinghouse Electric Company as a nuclear designer, performing safety and performance analysis of reload core fuel arrangements in pressurized water reactors. He was also a lead designer and neutronics analyst of the eVinci micro reactor. Austin spent several summers at national labs as an intern, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he assisted with modeling and simulation of experiments conducted in the National Ignition Facility, and at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he studied characteristics of nuclear fission in the Cascading Gamma-ray Multiplicity and Fission code.​