Arthur Van Dam
Expert Advisor at Deltares
Randstad, Netherlands
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SeniorArthur Van Dam is an expert advisor and research software architect with 20+ years of experience translating stakeholder needs into robust, large-scale hydrodynamics and environmental modelling software. At Deltares he leads development of the Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite and co-initiated HYDROLIB, a collaborative Python-based modelling pipeline community that bridges research institutes, consultancies and the public sector. He combines deep numerical analysis and HPC expertise—rooted in a PhD on adaptive moving meshes—with pragmatic API and software architecture design to deliver production-ready coupled systems. Skilled at quickly identifying key technical and product priorities, he mentors development teams and advises management across the full project lifecycle from funding and planning to release and training. Comfortable communicating complex concepts to non-experts, he keeps the bigger picture of water security and operational deployment central to technical choices. An early developer and perpetual pragmatist, he blends academic rigor with hands-on delivery and community-driven open source collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (39)
energy-system8
hydrology8
abaqus7
python7
unstructured6
overpass-api6
editing5
computational-geometry5
gis5
fortran5
atmosphere5
mesh5
algorithm4
abstraction4
data-mesh4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Deltares/fortrangis
Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
A collection of Fortran interfaces to the most common Open Source GIS libraries.
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
fortraninterfacesgis
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