Armin Wehrfritz
Associate Professor
Turku, Mainland Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolArmin Wehrfritz is an Associate Professor in Turku with 11 years of experience specializing in high-performance computing, computational fluid dynamics, combustion and energy technologies, and finite element structural mechanics. He progressed from doctoral work on diesel spray combustion to postdoctoral research at UNSW and academic leadership roles at Aalto and the University of Turku, reflecting deep expertise in both modeling and large-scale simulation. Comfortable at the intersection of theory and code, he also contributes to open-source quality assurance—helping expand test coverage for matplotlib-to-TikZ tooling—demonstrating attention to reproducible computational workflows. Based in Finland, he combines rigorous engineering education (Dipl.-Ing. and DSc) with practical industry exposure from Bosch to deliver simulation-driven insights for combustion and energy systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science (Technology), Mechanical Engineering, Pass with distinction, Doctor of Science (Technology), Mechanical Engineering, Pass with distinction at Aalto UniversityDiploma (equiv. Master of Science), Mechanical Engineering, Diploma (equiv. Master of Science), Mechanical Engineering at Technische Universität KaiserslauternFluid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
German, English
Github Skills (6)
pytest10
python10
matplotlib10
testing10
pgfplots9
latex8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
nschloe/tikzplotlib
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
:bar_chart: Save matplotlib figures as TikZ/PGFplots for smooth integration into LaTeX.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 8 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Armin primarily contributed to the testing aspects of the `tikzplotlib` repository. Their work involved modifying and adding tests for new features, specifically relating to the rendering of matplotlib plots into TikZ/PGFplots code. They also corrected errors in existing tests and ensured the tests passed. Their contributions focused on expanding the test suite to cover the addition of new plot types, such as `QuadMesh`.
pythonchartpgfplotsbar-chartfigures
awehrfritz/matplotlib2tikz
Apr 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:12 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
takesfigurepgfplotsspitslatex
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