Alexander Zimmerman
Senior Systems Engineer at GemPy
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Zimmerman is a Senior Systems Engineer and computational scientist based in Aachen with 10 years of experience building robust scientific software and systems. He blends academic rigor from RWTH Aachen and Iowa State with industry practice gained at Terranigma Solutions and earlier aerospace roles at Lockheed Martin and Boeing. As a long-term maintainer of GemPy and an active researcher-turned-engineer, he specializes in turning complex numerical models into production-ready code and reproducible workflows. Colleagues rely on him for system-level thinking across simulation, data pipelines, and tooling, and he often bridges research and product requirements. Notably, his background spans both flight systems engineering and computational geoscience, giving him an uncommon cross-disciplinary perspective on engineering problems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Iowa State UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at RWTH Aachen University
German, English
Github Skills (68)
python10
implicit10
3d10
git10
interpolation10
gitignore10
openvr10
bayesian10
version-control10
geoscience10
simulation10
openfoam10
php10
geology10
modeling10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
geo-fluid-dynamics/sapphire
Nov 2018 - Aug 2021
An engine for constructing PDE-based simulations using Firedrake
Contributions:8 releases, 78 commits, 124 PRs in 2 years 9 months
pde
geo-fluid-dynamics/phaseflow-dealii
Apr 2017 - Sep 2018
deal.II based FEM solver for the Navier-Stokes-Boussinesq equations coupled with enthalpy based phase-change
Contributions:1 release, 23 commits, 22 PRs in 1 year 4 months
equationschemical-engineeringdealfemsnl-applications
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