Jason Furtney
Chief Technical Officer at Itasca Consulting Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Furtney is a geoscience-focused technical leader with 14 years of experience modeling mechanical behavior, fluid flow, and heat transfer in Earth materials, currently serving as Chief Technical Officer at Itasca International Inc. and an engineer at Itasca Consulting Group. He combines a PhD in Applied Fluid Mechanics from Cambridge with a BSc (Hons) in Geology and Geophysics from Edinburgh to bridge deep research expertise and practical engineering solutions for subsurface problems. Jason leads technical strategy and complex numerical simulation efforts, translating advanced multiphysics methods into tools used in industry practice. Based in Minneapolis, he is known for applying rigorous computational methods to real-world geomechanics challenges and for sustaining long-term client and project relationships that scale research into impactful engineering deliverables.
14 years of coding experience
BSc Hon., Geology, Geophysics, BSc Hon., Geology, Geophysics at The University of EdinburghPhD, Applied Fluid Mechanics, PhD, Applied Fluid Mechanics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (57)
fluid10
openfoam10
python10
particle10
modeling-tool10
python-extension10
differential-equations10
fluid-simulation10
scikit-fmm10
boundaries10
interaction10
numpy-arrays10
chemical-engineering9
simulation9
scikit9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jkfurtney/dotfiles
Dec 2011 - Nov 2022
Contributions:439 commits, 79 pushes, 1 branch in 11 years 1 month
jkfurtney/itasca-emacs
Jan 2013 - Jun 2017
Contributions:57 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 4 years 5 months
emacsdata-filesmodeseditingemacs-lisp
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