Erik Ovegård
Research And Development Engineer at FOI
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolErik Ovegård is a Research and Development Engineer with 10 years of software experience and an MSc in Naval Architecture from KTH, currently leading a small .NET team building naval-architecture focused tools in Stockholm. He blends deep C# expertise with domain knowledge in parametric rolling and dynamic ship stability, translating complex hydrodynamics into robust engineering software. Erik has held technical leadership roles at StormGeo and FOI, and contributes to notable open-source .NET projects—improving WPF docking UX, 3D hit-testing in Helix Toolkit, and numerical optimization in Math.NET—demonstrating both UI and algorithmic strengths. His contributions show a penchant for precision: adding unit conversions and safe serialization to UnitsNet and refining convergence behavior in optimization algorithms. Colleagues value his mix of hands-on coding, testing rigor, and practical naval-domain insight that surfaces non-obvious stability concerns early in the development cycle.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of science, Naval architecture, Master of science, Naval architecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (43)
unit-testing10
net10
data-serialization10
dotnet10
mvvm10
serialization10
asp-net10
numerics10
sharpdx10
dotnet-core10
wpf10
csharp10
numeric10
helix10
linear-algebra10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mathnet/mathnet-numerics
Aug 2015 - Apr 2019
Math.NET Numerics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 35 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Erik's contributions center around the `NelderMeadSimplex` optimization algorithm, a core component of the `Math.NET Numerics` library. They began by converting and adapting the algorithm, incorporating tests and copyright notices. Subsequently, they added documentation, refined the code style, and addressed XML errors, demonstrating a focus on code correctness and maintainability. Further improvements included improved convergence for symmetrical functions, indicating a deep understanding of the algorithm's behavior.
mathnetfsharpmatrixroot-findingstatistics
Dirkster99/AvalonDock
Apr 2020 - Apr 2021
Our own development branch of the well known WPF document docking library
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 25 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Erik primarily contributed to the UI and functionality of a WPF document docking library. Their work included implementing features like auto-resizing for floating windows, adding new user controls, and refining window size behavior. Additionally, the user made changes to the extension methods and fixed copyright notices, reflecting a focus on maintenance and feature enhancement.
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