Yao Du

Software Engineer

Yao Du is a skilled professional with extensive experience in nuclear engineering and software development. Yao's career includes a Research Assistant position at North Carolina State University from August 2016 to May 2023, where modeling ion scatterings during plasma etching was accomplished using LAMMPS, along with source code modifications for customized force fields. Following this, Yao served as a Software Developer at COMSOL, Inc. from May 2023 to June 2025, focusing on the development of the plasma module for low-temperature plasma simulations and writing Java code for finite element numerical algorithms. Prior experience includes an Algorithm Intern role at KLA in summer 2022, where modeling CFx thin film deposition was conducted. Currently, Yao is a Software Engineer at Amazon, starting in June 2025. Education includes a Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University, achieving a 4.0 GPA.

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San Francisco, United States

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