bmad-sim/BeamTracking.jl
May 2025 – Jul 2025
3 Months active
Languages Used
Julia
Technical Skills
Beam DynamicsCI/CDCode RefactoringFortran (implied by Bmad comparison)High-Energy PhysicsHigh-Performance Computing
Eiad Hamwi
PROFILE
Eiad Hamwi
Ethan worked on BeamTracking.jl, developing and refining exact particle tracking features for high-energy physics simulations. Over three months, he modularized patch tracking into offset, rotation, and drift kernels, improving configurability and maintainability. Using Julia and leveraging high-performance computing techniques, Ethan enhanced simulation accuracy by aligning rotation and charge conventions with industry standards and validating results against Bmad/PTC. He optimized kernel performance, reduced numerical instability, and expanded automated test coverage to ensure reliability. His work addressed both correctness and efficiency, resulting in a robust, extensible codebase that supports advanced beam dynamics studies and facilitates future development in scientific computing.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
75%Features
Repository Contributions
21Total
Bugs
2
Commits
21
Features
6
Lines of code
21,733
Activity Months3
Your Network
130 people
Work History
July 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 focused on stabilizing and modularizing patch tracking in BeamTracking.jl. Key refactor separated patch tracking into distinct kernels (offset, rotation, exact_drift) and extended SplitIntegration with a new patch_rotation parameter. These changes improve configurability and maintainability, reduce drift modeling complexity, and passed the full test suite, supporting more robust simulations and easier future enhancements.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 focused on stabilizing and modularizing patch tracking in BeamTracking.jl. Key refactor separated patch tracking into distinct kernels (offset, rotation, exact_drift) and extended SplitIntegration with a new patch_rotation parameter. These changes improve configurability and maintainability, reduce drift modeling complexity, and passed the full test suite, supporting more robust simulations and easier future enhancements.
July 2025
June 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for bmad-sim/BeamTracking.jl: Delivered targeted performance and correctness improvements to ExactTracking.jl, strengthened test coverage, and ensured alignment with Bmad conventions. These work items deliver tangible business value: faster simulations, more accurate drift/rotation behavior, and reliable regression tests that guard against future physics-model drift. Highlights include removal of chargeof usage, inlining critical paths, bug fixes in exact_solenoid!, and expanded test coverage for exact.jl and tracking modules. Maintained branch alignment to reduce integration risk.
June 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for bmad-sim/BeamTracking.jl: Delivered targeted performance and correctness improvements to ExactTracking.jl, strengthened test coverage, and ensured alignment with Bmad conventions. These work items deliver tangible business value: faster simulations, more accurate drift/rotation behavior, and reliable regression tests that guard against future physics-model drift. Highlights include removal of chargeof usage, inlining critical paths, bug fixes in exact_solenoid!, and expanded test coverage for exact.jl and tracking modules. Maintained branch alignment to reduce integration risk.
May 2025
13 Commits • 3 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 (bmad-sim/BeamTracking.jl) focused on stabilizing and extending exact tracking, strengthening test coverage, and standardizing physics constants to APC conventions. Delivered robust enhancements to exact tracking accuracy and rotation handling, expanded validation against Bmad/PTC using 10th-order map comparisons, and improved test infrastructure for maintainability and faster iteration. The work directly enhances simulation reliability, aligns with industry standards, and reduces downstream risk for beamline studies.
13 Commits • 3 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 (bmad-sim/BeamTracking.jl) focused on stabilizing and extending exact tracking, strengthening test coverage, and standardizing physics constants to APC conventions. Delivered robust enhancements to exact tracking accuracy and rotation handling, expanded validation against Bmad/PTC using 10th-order map comparisons, and improved test infrastructure for maintainability and faster iteration. The work directly enhances simulation reliability, aligns with industry standards, and reduces downstream risk for beamline studies.
May 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness90.0%
Maintainability86.6%
Architecture84.2%
Performance81.8%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
Julia
Technical Skills
Beam DynamicsBug FixingCI/CDCode OptimizationCode RefactoringFortran (implied by Bmad comparison)High-Energy PhysicsHigh-Performance ComputingJulia ProgrammingKernel OptimizationNumerical AnalysisNumerical MethodsNumerical SimulationParticle Accelerator PhysicsParticle Physics
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