Jason Howison
Manager at CFD Research Corporation
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Howison is a technical leader and manager with 8 years of professional experience directing CFD efforts in propulsion and launch-environment analysis, currently overseeing onsite support at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and combines hands-on CFD development—contributing Harmonic Balance improvements to the widely used SU2 open-source suite—with program-level responsibilities including hiring and SBIR execution. His background spans academia and government labs, having built a new ABET-accredited mechanical engineering program at The Citadel and supported corrosion and ballistic projects at Navy and industry labs. Known for bridging rigorous research and operational delivery, he leads multi-disciplinary teams that translate aero/thermo-fluids research into validated tools for plume-surface interaction and aeroelastic problems. A detail-oriented scientist-engineer, he brings both deep numerical-methods expertise and practical experience managing mission-focused engineering teams.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at University of VirginiaBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at Clemson UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (9)
cfengine10
c-language10
physics10
cfc10
cprogramming-language10
cfml10
python8
open-source7
hpc7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
su2code/SU2
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
SU2: An Open-Source Suite for Multiphysics Simulation and Design
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 3 PRs, 15 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason's contributions primarily revolve around modifying the `driver_structure.cpp` and `driver_structure.hpp` files within the SU2 CFD suite. These changes involve adding and updating functionalities related to the Harmonic Balance (HB) method. The user implemented preconditioning for the Harmonic Balance source term and added an option for its use, suggesting a focus on improving the stability and performance of HB simulations. Furthermore, the user modified the .py files for regression tests related to the Harmonic Balance method.
physicsmultiphysics-simulationpythoncfdsnl-applications
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