Kwame Sellick-Cole

Kwame Sellick-Cole

Computational modelling for thermal-fluids and energy systems.

Mechanical Engineering MSc student at TU/e with nuclear CFD experience at Allseas and over three years in software development. Seeking a six-month master's thesis from February 2027.

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kwameingreen@gmail.comEindhoven, Netherlands (Open to relocate)
Portrait of Kwame Sellick-Cole

Selected projects

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Illustrative 3D render of the porous core model
Industrial workIndividual project

Open-source CFD for a helium-cooled pebble-bed reactor core

Problem
Can an open-source CFD code support whole-core thermal-hydraulic modelling for Allseas' high-temperature gas-cooled reactor programme?
My contribution
Reviewed open-source CFD codes, then built an OpenFOAM porous-medium core model and verified it in stages.
Result
Delivered a verified core model, a reusable verification workflow and recommendations to the engineering team. Detailed results are confidential.
Pinch diagram of the CHP plant
CourseworkGroup project

Geothermal combined heat and power plant design

Problem
Add electricity generation to a 240 °C geothermal heat-only plant while keeping its 50 MW district-heating supply.
My contribution
Designed the heat-only plant, the Rankine cycle and its heat exchangers in MATLAB, with a payback estimate for the power equipment.
Result
Base design: 7.2 MW of electricity from the cycle alongside 50 MW of district heating.
Oxygen conversion and phase fractions over time
CourseworkIndividual projectInteractive viewer

Hydrogen reduction of iron oxide for iron-fuel cycles

Problem
How quickly can hydrogen turn iron oxide back into iron fuel, and what limits the rate?
My contribution
Built and verified a three-front shrinking-core particle model in MATLAB, plus an interactive viewer of simulation results.
Result
Reaction-controlled model: 90% oxygen removal in 11.8 min for a 100 µm particle at 800 °C in pure H₂ at 1 atm.
Four days of simulated price, charge and temperature
CourseworkCollaborative project

Thermally constrained home battery controller

Problem
Charge and discharge a home battery on hourly prices without breaching its capacity, power or thermal limits.
My contribution
Implemented the battery model, controller, thermal protection and most of their tests in a two-person team.
Result
In a 1,343-hour simulation, thermal derating kept the battery at or below its 50 °C limit.
Electricity price proxy and its GARCH volatility, 2018–2026
MSc dissertationIndividual project

Electricity Price and Renewable Energy Stock Returns

Problem
Is wholesale electricity-price volatility associated with the share returns of European renewable generators?
My contribution
Built a European price proxy, a GARCH volatility model and panel regressions in Python.
Result
Unexpected price shocks showed no significant association; expected volatility was significant only after the 2021–22 energy crisis.

Experience

  1. Jul – Sep 2026
    R&D InternAllseas Nuclear, Delft

    Evaluated open-source CFD solvers for helium flow and heat transfer in high-temperature gas-cooled reactor geometries; built and verified an OpenFOAM porous-medium core model and presented recommendations to the engineering team.

  2. Feb 2022 – Jul 2025
    Software DeveloperScott Logic, United Kingdom

    Developed and tested Java Spring Boot applications for banking, public-sector and internal R&D projects in multidisciplinary teams. Presented progress to clients, ran knowledge-sharing seminars and mentored new graduates.

Modelling and simulation

  • OpenFOAM
  • ParaView
  • Heat transfer
  • Porous-media modelling
  • Verification and mesh convergence
  • MATLAB
  • Simulink
  • Gurobi
  • Autodesk Inventor

Software engineering

  • Python
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Git
  • CI/CD (GitLab)
  • Linux
  • Unit and integration testing
  • Code review
  • Technical documentation

Languages

  • English (native)
  • Dutch (learning)

Education

  1. 2025 – present
    MSc Mechanical EngineeringEindhoven University of Technology

    Energy Technology section. Coursework in scientific computing, numerical methods, computational continuum mechanics and interfacial transport phenomena.

  2. 2023 – 2026
    MSc Finance and Investment ManagementUniversity of Liverpool · Part-time

    Dissertation: Electricity Price Volatility and Renewable Energy Stock Returns: Evidence from European Liberalised Electricity Markets (April 2026).

  3. 2018 – 2021
    BEng Mechanical EngineeringNewcastle University

    Sport scholarship.

Contact

I'm looking for a six-month master's thesis in thermal-fluids or energy systems from February 2027, and I'm happy to talk about research and collaborations.