Experience

The George Washington University

Professor • 2019 — Present

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in

  • Engineering Computations
  • Numerical Methods with Python
  • Aerodynamics

University of California Berkeley

Visiting Scholar • Jan. 2016 — May 2016

Berkeley Institute of Data Science (BIDS)

The George Washington University

Associate Professor • Aug. 2013 — July 2019

Boston University

Assistant Professor • Aug. 2008 — July 2013

Department of Mechanical Engineering. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Fluid Mechanics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • University of Bristol, UK

    Lecturer (and Senior Lecturer) • Aug. 2004 — Aug. 2008

    Applied Mathematics. Taught courses in

    • Ordinary Differential Equations
    • Introduction to Physcial Modeling

    Education

    Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

    BSc, PEng •

    Valparaiso, Chile

    California Institute of Technology

    MSc, PhD Aeronautics • 1999, 2004

    Projects

    Faculty Director and co-Principal Investigator • July 2022 — Present

    The GW OSPO coordinates and supports open-source software across the university, helping researchers and educators embrace open-source tools and practices. It aims to create a culture of open collaboration and knowledge sharing aligned with GW's research and educational mission.

    Recognition

    Doctor Honoris Causa

    Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria • 2022

    The "Doctor Honoris Causa" honorary degree is the highest distinction that UTFSM can bestow.

    Jupyter Distinguished Contributor

    The Jupyter Project • 2020

    For work in pioneering and promoting Jupyter in research and education, including publishing many highly-regarded course materials; for work in organizing and leading community efforts directly impacting Jupyter, such as the community workshop on Jupyter in education, championing of diversity efforts, and leadership in NumFOCUS and as General Chair of JupyterCon 2020.

    Honorable Mention in the Open Education Awards for Excellence

    Open Education Consortium • 2017

    For achievements and contributions publishing a significant body of open educational resources and demonstrating innovative open education practices.

    Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science in the Leaders in Education Category

    Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) • 2016

    These prizes award the work of professors who incorporate instruction in transparent practices into their curricula.

    CUDA Fellow

    NVIDIA Corp. • 2012

    Each of these individuals has demonstrated a passion and commitment to using CUDA and the power of GPU computing to help solve some of the worlds' most challenging computational problems (Bill Dally, chief scientist at NVIDIA).

    NSF CAREER Award

    National Science Foundation • 2012

    Associations

    IEEE Computer Society

    Editor-in-Chief • 2020 — 2023

    Computing in Science and Engineering technical magazine.

    The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI)

    Science and Software Advisory Board • 2019 — 2023

    National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

    Working group co-chair. • 2019 — 2021

    Taxonomy, Definitions, and Recognition Badging Scheme for Reproducibility in the Computational and Computing Sciences

    NumFOCUS

    Member of the Board of Directors • 2014 — 2021

    NumFOCUS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit for the promotion of world-clss, innovative, open source scientific software.

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Member of the Advisory Board • 2017 — 2021

    Proyecto Ingenieria 2030

    The Journal of Open Source Education, JOSE

    Editor-in-Chief • 2017 — Present

    The Journal of Open Source Software, JOSS

    Associate Editor-in-Chief • 2016 — 2020

    SC Conference

    Reproducibility Chair • 2018 — 2019

    The International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC)

    SIAM Activity Group in Computational Science and Engineering

    Vice-Chair • 2017 — 2018

    Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

    Scientific Python Conference (SciPy)

    Program Co-Chair • 2017 — 2018

    University of Southampton, UK

    Member of the Advisory Board • 2015 — 2022

    Next Generation Computational Modeling Centre for Doctoral Training

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