Miranda Mundt | Research Software Engineer

Projects

IDAES

Pyomo

US-RSE

FAIR(ER)

My work is about turning research code into software people can trust. I focus on the engineering practices that keep scientific tools reliable and usable over time, including testing, automation, and the workflows that make it easier for distributed teams to contribute without breaking what already works.

Publications

M. Mundt, W. E. Hart, E. S. Johnson, B. Nicholson, and J. D. Siirola, "Pyomo: Outrunning the bear," in Patterns, vol. 6, no. 7, July 11, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2025.101311 A. Henriksen and M. R. Mundt, "Sharing is Caring: A Practical Guide to FAIR(ER) Open Data Release," in Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2024, doi:10.1145/3637528.3671468. C. Gilbertson, M. R. Mundt, et al., "Towards Evidence-Based Software Quality Practices for Reproducibility: Practices and Aligned Software Qualities," in Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability, 2024, doi:10.1145/3641525.3663624. M. R. Mundt, et al., "Challenges and Strategies for Testing Automation Practices at Sandia National Laboratories," in Proceedings of the First Annual United States Research Software Engineer Association Conference, 2023, doi:10.5281/zenodo.10420497. M. R. Mundt et al., "For the Public Good: Connecting, Retaining, and Recognizing Current and Future RSEs at National Organizations," in Computing in Science & Engineering, doi: 10.1109/MCSE.2023.3256759. M. R. Mundt, R. M. Milewicz and E. M. Raybourn, "In Their Shoes: Persona-Based Approaches to Software Quality Practice Incentivization," in Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 42-50, 1 May-June 2022, doi: 10.1109/MCSE.2022.3170027. M. R. Mundt, W. Burgess and D. M. Vigil, "A Tiered Approach to Scientific Software Quality Practices," in Proceedings of the 2022 Improving Scientific Software Conference (No. NCAR/TN-574+PROC). doi:10.5065/98kd-b491 E. M. Raybourn, R. M. Milewicz and M. R. Mundt, "Incentivizing Adoption of Software Quality Practices," United States. doi:10.2172/1845193.

About

I’m a Research Software Engineer and Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. I work at the intersection of software engineering and scientific computing, with a focus on reliability, reproducibility, and long-term sustainability.

My background spans applied mathematics, economics, and software engineering, which makes me happiest in between domain research and practical engineering. I care about building processes that scale: CI/CD that people actually use, testing strategies that match scientific reality, and community practices that keep projects healthy as teams and goals evolve.

Leadership & Service (highlights)

US-RSE Association Steering Committee member (elected terms) and former US-RSE’24 General Chair
Invited Editor, Research Software Engineering Department (IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering)
Founder/administrator of the Research Software Engineering Community of Practice at Sandia National Laboratories

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Personal Interests

Outside of work, here are a few things that I enjoy:

Baking

From technically challenging projects to dependable favorites. I enjoy experimenting, but I care just as much about understanding what makes a recipe work consistently.

Reading

I'm an avid reader, mostly of fiction. I love getting lost in other worlds and stories, especially ones that explore possibility, change, and how people navigate complex systems. Bonus points for unique magic systems.

Traveling

I love exploring new places, especially through food and the people I meet. Disneyland is my reliable home base, but curiosity still takes me everywhere else.