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#### Publication date: August 29, 2024

Meet BSSw Fellow Rafael Mudafort. This article highlights Rafael's experiences in the [BSSw Fellowship Program](https://bssw.io/fellowship),
Meet BSSw Fellow Rafael Mudafort. This article highlights his experiences in the BSSw Fellowship Program,
including his work on empowering research software engineers to effectively communicate
elements of software design.

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Rafael Mudafort is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) National Wind Technology Center, an applied center that engages in research and collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and the wind energy industry. For this, Mudafort and his colleagues use research and scientific software to do wind energy analysis, and while software development is a key activity, a focus on the science often takes priority over the usability and accessibility of that software. Mudafort wants to change the culture around that. The Better Scientific Software (BSSw) Fellowship Program gave him the opportunity to elevate the quality and impact of NREL's wind energy software and to define a sustainable and rewarding career path for research software engineers at the lab.
Rafael Mudafort is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) National Wind Technology Center, an applied center that engages in research and collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and the wind energy industry. For this, Mudafort and his colleagues use research and scientific software to do wind energy analysis, and while software development is a key activity, a focus on the science often takes priority over the usability and accessibility of that software. Mudafort wants to change the culture around that. The [Better Scientific Software (BSSw) Fellowship Program](https://bssw.io/fellowship) gave him the opportunity to elevate the quality and impact of NREL's wind energy software and to define a sustainable and rewarding career path for research software engineers at the lab.

“After working on this problem for a number of years with a small group of colleagues, I saw the BSSw Fellowship as an opportunity to get external help and direct support for addressing at least a portion of the problem. I applied four times, and [on my third try] was an Honorable Mention in 2022,” says Mudafort.

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His advice for those applying for the 2025 BSSw Fellowship: “Dream big. If there's something you want to do, put it together in a project or a proposal that is achievable and put it out there. This is an opportunity to do a thing that's not going to be funded elsewhere. If you have something, go for it!”

*The main goal of the BSSw Fellowship program is to foster and promote practices, processes, and tools to improve developer productivity and software sustainability of scientific codes. Submissions for the 2025 cohort are now open: 2025 BSSw Fellowship Application Form!*
*The main goal of the BSSw Fellowship program is to foster and promote practices, processes, and tools to improve developer productivity and software sustainability of scientific codes. Submissions for the 2025 cohort are now open: [2025 BSSw Fellowship Application](https://bssw.io/pages/apply-for-the-bssw-fellowship-program)!*

### More info
Learn more about [Rafael Mudafort's work as a BSSw Fellow](https://bssw.io/fellows/rafael-mudafort).
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