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opensource
DAE integration usability
December 2024
Usability improvements for DAE time integration in OrdinaryDiffEq.jl
Composable (dimensional) transform
April 2025
Enable mapping from real numbers to dimensional quantities in TransformVariables.jl
Unit-aware plotting
September 2025
Series of contributions to improve unit-aware plotting with Plots.jl, Unitful.jl, and Latexify.jl
LevelSetSublimation.jl
October 2025
Julia package for 2D simulation of lyophilization
LyoPronto.jl
October 2025
Julia package for lyophilization simulation & parameter fitting
LyoPRONTO maintainer
December 2025
Ongoing maintenace of Python package for lyophilization simulation and process optimization
publications
Ambient Cooling of a Bowl of Soup
Published in Journal of Applied Engineering Mathematics, 2020
This was the final project for a masters-level class during my undergraduate, applying a neat integral transform method to solving second-order PDEs.
Recommended citation: Isaac Wheeler and Gabriel Meyer. " Ambient Cooling of a Bowl of Soup." Journal of Applied Engineering Mathematics, 2020
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RadLib: A Radiative Property Model Library for CFD
Published in Computer Physics Communications, 2022
Recommended citation: Victoria Stephens, Sally Jensen, Isaac Wheeler, David Lignell, "RadLib: A Radiative Property Model Library for CFD." Computer Physics Communications, 2022.
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Rarefied Porous Flow in Lyophilization: Review and Open Questions
Published in AIP Conference Proceedings, 2024
Recommended citation: Isaac Wheeler, Vivek Narsimhan, Alina Alexeenko, "Rarefied Porous Flow in Lyophilization: Review and Open Questions." AIP Conference Proceedings, 2024.
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Traffic Signal Control with Communicative Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents: A Case Study
Published in arXiv preprint, 2024
Recommended citation: Paolo Fazzini, Marco Montuori, Isaac Wheeler, Emilio Campana, Stefano Giagu, Guido Caldarelli, Marica De, Francesco Petracchini, "Traffic Signal Control with Communicative Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents: A Case Study." arXiv preprint, 2024.
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Randomized-Field Microwave-Assisted Pharmaceutical Lyophilization with Closed-Loop Control
Published in Scientific Reports, 2025
Recommended citation: Alina Alexeenko, Ahmad Darwish, Drew Strongrich, Petr Kazarin, Chanakya Patil, Cole Tower, Isaac Wheeler, Eric Munson, Qi Zhou, Vivek Narsimhan, Kyu Yoon, Steven Nail, Anthony Cofer, Justin Stanbro, Harshil Renawala, Daniel Roth, Francis DeMarco, Justin Griffiths, Dimitrios Peroulis, "Randomized-Field Microwave-Assisted Pharmaceutical Lyophilization with Closed-Loop Control." Scientific Reports, 2025.
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talks
Improved Models for Microwave-Assisted Lyophilization in a Vial
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In the Wednesday afternoon general poster session of the AIChE Annual Meeting.
teaching
TA: ChEn 345, Materials and Reactions Lab
Undergraduate lab course, Brigham Young University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2020
Handled most of student questions, with some supervision from professor and lab manager. Graded student submissions for lab reports.
TA: ChEn 385, Thermodynamics and Reactions Lab
Undergraduate lab course, Brigham Young University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2021
Handled most of student questions, with some supervision from professor and lab manager. Graded student submissions for lab reports.
TA: ChE 377, Momentum Transfer
Undergraduate lecture with lab portion, Purdue University, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, 2022
My duties included:
- Weekly office hours, answering homework questions (including a 30-person pseudolecture on tensors and Einstein notation)
- Ran two lab sections, with minor logistical assistance from lab manager. Graded student reports
- Taught two lectures, one solving example 1D flow problems and one written from scratch on pumps and pump capability
TA: ChE 540, Transport Phenomena
Masters-level lecture, Purdue University, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, 2024
My duties included:
- Weekly office hours, answering homework questions
- Taught two lectures, working through professor’s notes as requested
LyoSummerSchool 2024
Tutorial on lyophilization to industrial representatives, LyoHUB, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 2024
I taught two hour-long sessions as part of a 2-day workshop on lyophilization:
- Theory of conventional mathematical models for lyophilization
- Practical lyophilization cycle design basics, including an interactive session with participants using LyoHUB app on their phone to run the model