Mark Stowell
Mathematical Programmer
Livermore, California, United States
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Top SchoolMark Stowell is a Mathematical Programmer with over 10 years of experience based at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, specializing in numerical methods and finite element mesh tooling. He combines a strong academic foundation (MS in Applied Mathematics, BS in Physics) with decades-long hands-on experience debugging and improving core computational libraries. As a back-end contributor to the widely used mfem C++ finite element library, he has focused on mesh readers, isoparametric transformations, and robust handling of edge cases like empty face orientations. His background spans applied research, technical direction at a university geometry center, and systems administration, giving him a practical grasp of both algorithmic complexity and production-scale software hygiene. Colleagues rely on him for clear, well-documented code changes that make advanced numerical software more reliable and maintainable.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (7)
finite-element-analysis10
mesh10
c-language10
el10
cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra8
numerical-methods8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mfem/mfem
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:531 reviews, 3216 commits, 182 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Mark's contributions primarily involve debugging and improving the core mesh and finite element functionality. They updated the CHANGELOG and commented code for clarity, particularly focusing on mesh readers, transformations, and element integration methods. Additionally, they added a new constructor to IsoparametricTransformation and added code to handle specific scenarios like empty face orientations within the mesh.
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
mlstowell/hypre
Apr 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
multigridparallelsolverssparselinear
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