Colin Fletcher
Director Of Materials Analysis & Informatics
Cary, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolColin Fletcher is a materials and processes engineer with 13+ years of hands-on experience across aerospace and industrial sectors, now directing Materials Analysis & Informatics at Vulcan Elements while running his consultancy, Longleaf Materials Research. He brings deep metallurgical expertise in aluminum, steel, titanium, magnesium, composites, forging, casting, heat treatment, corrosion protection, welding, and additive manufacturing, complemented by materials testing and special-process consulting. A licensed Professional Engineer in North Carolina with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from NC State, Colin has driven R&D and production-ready materials solutions for companies from Bell Flight and Honda Aircraft to Honeywell and Virgin Galactic. He pairs practical failure analysis and process control skills with informatics-driven materials analytics to accelerate development cycles and support off-world resource extraction ambitions. As an active developer on complex projects—contributing C++ improvements to the Ardour DAW—he combines low-level coding savvy with materials science to build tooling and workflows that bridge lab data and production needs.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University
German, English
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Github Skills (10)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
front-end-development9
midi8
midi-instrument8
audio-processing7
ip6
ifconfig6
bash6
unix6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Ardour/ardour
Jun 2012 - May 2022
Mirror of Ardour Source Code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:266 commits in 10 years
Contributions summary:Colin primarily contributed to the core functionality and user interface of the Ardour digital audio workstation (DAW), focusing on improving user experience and fixing bugs related to the program's UI, and implementing specific features. Their work involved addressing issues with the mixer, editor summary pane and improving the user’s ability to work with MIDI and sound files including implementing a full featured "Tap Tempo". The user's commits demonstrate an understanding of C++ and the intricacies of DAW development, likely focusing on the low-level workings of the software.
vstmidic-plus-plusaudiodaw
colin-m-fletcher/ardour
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Mirror of Ardour Source Code
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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