Clay Anderson
Design Engineer III at Zeeco, Inc.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClay Anderson is a Design Engineer III with 21 years of hands-on experience blending chemical engineering, mechanical design, and computational biomechanics from Harrisburg, PA. He excels at improving bottom-line performance through Lean Six Sigma-driven process optimization and has led cross-functional teams to retrofit equipment, design new flare systems, and resolve complex field issues. A self-starter and lifelong learner, Clay pairs practical site experience with backend C++ development—contributing to high-profile open-source physics libraries like Simbody and OpenSim by improving contact modeling and core library structure. His work uniquely bridges physical systems and numerical simulation, enabling more accurate multibody dynamics for robotics and biomechanical applications. Known for turning R&D demonstrations into market-ready solutions, he brings both lab-level rigor and field-tested pragmatism to product development.
21 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering at Penn State University
Github Skills (15)
simulations10
algorithm10
simulation10
data-structures10
physics-engine10
algorithms10
biomechanics10
c-language10
physics10
cprogramming-language10
simulator10
data-structure10
dynamics10
computational-biology9
computational-science8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
opensim-org/opensim-core
May 2005 - Jun 2008
SimTK OpenSim C++ libraries and command-line applications, and Java/Python wrapping.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 643 commits, 11 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Clay appears to be primarily focused on making modifications and improvements to the OpenSim core C++ libraries. Their commits involve refactoring and renaming code, particularly related to classes and header files, and comments within code files. The user demonstrates a good understanding of the structure of the project as they focus on making these fundamental changes to core library components.
biomechanicspythonsciencecppmusculoskeletal-models
simbody/simbody
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
High-performance C++ multibody dynamics/physics library for simulating articulated biomechanical and mechanical systems like vehicles, robots, and the human skeleton.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Algorithm Specialist
Back-end Developer & Algorithm SpecialistContributions:52 reviews, 145 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Clay primarily focused on implementing new features for a physics and dynamics library, specifically adding exponential spring classes. Their contributions involved creating the necessary header and source files, including thorough Doxygen comments. The user also made critical changes to the internal data structure for the friction model, improving the accuracy of the friction calculations and the code's organization. The user appears to have a good understanding of the underlying physics and numerical methods to create a library for contact modeling.
robotics-simulationmechanicalsimulationrobotsgazebosim
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