ABOUT / RYAN MALONE
A clear direction.
A foundation in progress.
I am a first-year mechanical engineering student at Case Western Reserve University, interested in the thermal systems needed to cool increasingly power-dense computing hardware.
The work I am doing now
My current work combines undergraduate thermal-fluid research, ANSYS Fluent workflows, hands-on experimental systems, CAD, and engineering software. I am learning how to move between a physical question, a model, and the data needed to check it.
The direction I am building toward
Liquid cooling, electronics cooling, two-phase flow, and thermal validation connect my mechanical engineering interests with high-performance computing and AI infrastructure. I am interested in thermal and mechanical internships, CFD, hardware engineering, and research opportunities.
How I use software and AI
I use AI coding tools, especially Codex, to help build calculation tools, data-processing pipelines, tests, and technical documentation. I am developing my own programming skills alongside that work.
I focus on clear assumptions, traceable inputs, and repeatable checks so I can explain how a calculation or report was produced.