Carl Sorensen
Professor at Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Sorensen is a seasoned professor and materials scientist with over three decades at Brigham Young University, specializing in engineering design, design education, and friction stir welding. He combines deep academic research—backed by a PhD from MIT—with practical database programming skills, enabling him to bridge experimental materials work and data-driven engineering. Based in Provo, Utah, Carl has shaped generations of mechanical engineers since joining BYU’s department in 1987 and continues to lead curriculum and lab innovation. His uncommon pairing of hands-on welding expertise and software/database fluency helps translate complex physical processes into reproducible, teachable workflows. Colleagues value him for long-term institutional knowledge, mentorship, and a pragmatic approach to integrating novel manufacturing techniques into undergraduate and graduate education.
21 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Physics, BS, Physics at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (22)
music-notation10
lilypond10
scheme10
hyphenation10
gnu10
inkscape7
fpga6
macos6
triangular6
verilog6
angular5
embedded5
workbench5
grid5
vscode5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cds4/inkscape-grids
Nov 2013 - Nov 2016
Triangular and perspective grid creation extensions for inkscape
Contributions:7 commits in 3 years
inkscapeperspectiveextensionsgcodeangular
lilypond/lilypond
Jul 2004 - Mar 2012
This is just a mirror of GNU LilyPond repository. If you'd like to contribute to LilyPond, please look at http://www.lilypond.org/development.html
Contributions:552 commits in 7 years 9 months
schemelookhyphenationhtml-developmentgnu
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