Geoff Cowles
Co-Director - Center For Scientific Computing And Data Science Research
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolGeoff Cowles is a computational scientist and educator with 14+ years developing and applying high-performance numerical methods to marine science problems, from coastal ocean and wave modeling to ship hydrodynamics and marine energy device performance. As Co-Director of the Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research and an associate professor at UMass Dartmouth, he leads interdisciplinary teams and founded the Computational Methods Laboratory to bridge research, teaching, and real-world deployments. His work includes core development and parallelization of the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) and adjoint-based optimization methods for turbulent flow shape design, reflecting deep expertise in CFD and scalable scientific computing. Based in Mattapoisett, MA, he brings a rare combination of academic rigor and practical engineering proven in high-profile projects like the Alinghi America's Cup campaign.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell UniversityPh.D., Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Ph.D., Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics at Princeton UniversityGithub contributions (5)
GeoffCowles/fiscm
Sep 2013 - Jun 2019
Contributions:24 commits, 15 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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GeoffCowles/samr_swe
Nov 2011 - Mar 2012
Contributions:40 commits in 3 months
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