Experience - Jacob Sommer

Student Software Developer

July 2024 - Present

Provided technical support for EPRI Integrated Risk Technologies (IRT) software to customers.
Fixed bugs and tested new features for IRT software (.NET/Visual Basic).
Developed a Python script to automate entry of technical support email inquiries into a database, saving hours of manual entry.
Developed a cross-platform GUI application with Python Tkinter for EPRI's Modular Accident Analysis Program, enabling users to efficiently manage and view statuses of runs of the program.

July 2023 - September 2023

Developed a Python application running on Jupyter Notebook for automating probabilistic risk assessment for nuclear power plants.
Automatically calculated importance measures and identified safety-critical components under Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines, saving significant amounts of time compared to performing manually.
Utilized in-house software for performing calculations and pandas for data analysis.