Cory Mikida
Software Engineering Manager at Calspan
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolCory Mikida is a software engineering manager at Calspan with 11 years of experience blending aerospace engineering, scientific computing, and hands-on software development for airborne testing. He holds an MS in Aerospace Engineering from UIUC and has applied high-performance computing and numerical methods to CFD in multidisciplinary, government-funded research centers. Cory’s background includes optimized Fortran and C++ code for Los Alamos, dynamic modeling with Simulink at Moog, and production software leadership at Calspan, giving him rare depth across legacy scientific codes and modern engineering workflows. Comfortable with Python, Matlab, ANSYS, and HPC toolchains, he bridges domain expertise and pragmatic engineering to deliver test-ready systems. An often-overlooked strength is his math training and teaching experience, which informs his analytic approach to complex simulation and verification problems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad Statics and World Civilizations, Study Abroad Statics and World Civilizations at Université de Technologie de TroyesBachelor of Science - BS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University at BuffaloMaster of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Spanish, French
Github Skills (20)
expressions9
unstructured8
mesh8
evaluation7
simulation7
concurrent7
python7
discretization7
opencl7
scientific-computing5
exascale5
code-generation5
time-integration4
machine-learning3
analytical2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cmikida2/leap
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
Descriptive time-integration with flexbile multi-rate algorithms
Contributions:1 PR, 78 pushes, 14 branches in 11 months
descriptivetime-integration
cmikida2/cmikida2.github.io
Mar 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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