Background & interests
About me
I’m Ethan Meitz, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University and a DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow. I work with Alan McGaughey and Gerald Wang, and expect to finish my PhD in Spring 2027.
Computation is the thread running through my work. I enjoy moving between the physics of materials, the details of a programming language, and the realities of a supercomputer.
I’m looking for AI-for-science research opportunities with ambitious scientific questions and the resources to pursue them.
I grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis before coming to Carnegie Mellon. Away from research, I draw, play drums, and build things.
Art, rhythm & making things
Art & Drumming
Drawing and painting give me an escape from science and computation and allow me to slow down and be creative.
At WashU, I played with CRASH, a service-oriented improvisational drumming group using buckets and metal objects. We performed on campus and in the community, and shared drumming with kids through after-school programs and other community events.
I also like tinkering with electronics and building physical things. Some of those experiments live alongside my older engineering projects in the archive.
Education & Experience
- 2023–2027
- DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
- 2022–2027
- Mechanical Engineering PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Expected completion Spring 2027 - 2024–2025
- Visiting Graduate Student, Argonne National Laboratory
Advised by Arvind Ramanathan; project ongoing - 2021–2022
- Summer Associate, Institute for Defense Analyses
Computer vision and scientific data analysis - Through 2022
- BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
- Summer 2019
- AmeriCorps Construction Volunteer Facilitator, Habitat for Humanity