Alexander Blair
Head Of Computational Electromagnetics
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlexander Blair is Head of Computational Electromagnetics at UKAEA, leading a cross-organisational team to deliver open-source, scalable electromagnetics simulation software for next-generation fusion magnet design. With a PhD in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics and five years of focused HPC and multiphysics software experience, he combines deep domain knowledge of superconductivity with practical expertise in MFEM, MOOSE and GPU-accelerated solvers. He has driven integration of MFEM into MOOSE for CPU/GPU performance, served as a MOOSE code owner and Change Control Board member, and established containerised CI/CD and V&V practices to sustain high code quality. Comfortable both managing teams and writing production-grade C++/CUDA and Fortran solvers, he translates complex physics into performant engineering tools. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic leadership in agile, multi-institution collaborations tackling highly coupled, nonlinear simulation challenges. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of moving research-grade superconductivity models into robust, scalable software used on national HPC resources.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at Durham UniversityThe Perse School Cambridge
Github Skills (16)
design-tool10
fusion10
simulation10
parallel10
reactor10
fusion-reactor10
python9
amr9
multiphysics9
chemical-engineering9
finite-element-analysis9
moose8
simulations8
diffraction8
hydrodynamics7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aurora-multiphysics/apollo
May 2021 - Feb 2025
Enabling 3D electromagnetics simulation in MOOSE, using the MFEM FE library.
Contributions:6 releases, 50 reviews, 112 PRs in 3 years 9 months
electromagneticsmfemmoosesimulationdiffraction
aurora-multiphysics/platypus
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
A MOOSE-based app to enable finite element problem setup using the MFEM FE library.
Contributions:147 reviews, 88 PRs, 253 pushes in 10 months
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