Javier聽Almonacid
Academic Tutor at Neuromuscular Mechanics Laboratory
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolJavier Almonacid is a Ph.D. research scientist in Applied and Computational Mathematics with a decade of experience building high-performance simulation software and numerical algorithms in C++, Python, and MATLAB. He led the design and optimization of a C++-based 3D musculoskeletal simulation framework (Flexodeal), refactoring large codebases to accelerate elastodynamics and integrate experimental validation, bridging computational models with physiological practice. His work spans biomechanics, plasma dynamics, and multiphysics optimization, combining rigorous PDE analysis with software engineering best practices like modularity, parallelism (OpenMP/MPI), and reproducibility. Javier has a strong teaching and mentoring record鈥攔unning courses and workshops for hundreds of students鈥攁nd has collaborated internationally (including a research visit to Oxford), which informs his multidisciplinary, team-oriented approach. Notably, he pairs deep theoretical insight with hands-on optimization of real-world workflows, making his tools both scientifically robust and practically deployable.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mathematical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mathematical Engineering at Universidad de Concepci贸nDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied and Computational Mathematics at Simon Fraser University
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (1)
3d-models6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sfu-nml/flexodeal-lite
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
A simplified, tutorial-like, all-in-one-code version of the Flexodeal library.
Contributions:13 releases, 10 PRs, 96 pushes in 1 year
3d-modelsdealiifinite-element-methodsmusculoskeletal-simulationsskeletal-muscle
javieralmonacid/A04-A-Posteriori-Boussinesq-JSciComput-2019
Feb 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 push in 3 years 6 months
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