Joshua Cogliati is a research and development scientist/engineer in the Reactor Physics Analysis and Design Department at Idaho National Laboratory where he provides support for projects including Next Generation Nuclear Plant and Relap 7 using various codes. For NGNP, he used the PEBBLES code to simulate motions of pebbles in a reactor and the Serpent code to generate cross sections for Very High Temperature Reactors. He also created and used a Monte Carlo coupled photon neutron code.  He is currently working on the CellRad project for detecting radiation with the camera in unmodified Cellphones and the Raven project for simulating reactor control systems with the MOOSE framework.

Cogliati joined INL in 2004 and has extensive experience in computer programming, physics and nuclear science and cybersecurity.  He has a high level of expertise in computer languages including Fortran 95, C++, Java, Python and others. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Montana State University and finished a Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science with an emphasis in nuclear engineering from Idaho State University in December of 2010. Outside of work, he enjoys taking care of his children, Corvidae watching, and contemplating the practical implications of the Fermi Paradox.