Oliver Browne
Senior CFD Engineer at BeyondMath
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Browne is a Senior CFD Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging fundamental research and industry applications in computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods, and turbulence modeling. Formerly a Senior Research Scientist at NASA Ames, he has deep expertise in RANS, HRLES and WMLES techniques and in hypersonic transition prediction applied to complex aircraft configurations. He routinely develops CFD solvers and numerical methods and leverages large-scale HPC to run simulations on very large meshes. Beyond research, he contributes to open-source projects as a full‑stack and backend developer, improving security, localization, and robustness in widely used PHP/Laravel and utility repositories. Based in London, he pairs a PhD (Distinction cum laude) and Imperial College MSc with hands-on engineering that turns advanced theory into production-capable tools. A tinkerer at heart (If it's not broken, take it apart until it is), he brings a blend of curiosity-driven experimentation and rigorous, mission-focused delivery.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, M.Sc. & DIC, Aeronautics, Merit, Master of Science, M.Sc. & DIC, Aeronautics, Merit at Imperial College LondonBachelor of Engineering, B.Eng. (Hons), Aerospace Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering, B.Eng. (Hons), Aerospace Engineering, First Class Honours at Coventry UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering, Distinction cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aerospace Engineering, Distinction cum laude at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (21)
cms10
laravel-mix10
media-manager10
template-engine10
laravel10
php10
backup10
openssl10
templating10
templating-engine10
validation-rules9
event-handling9
phpunit9
database8
cryptography8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
AsgardCms/Platform
Oct 2017 - Oct 2020
A modular multilingual CMS built with Laravel 5.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 20 PRs, 15 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Oliver primarily contributed to the AsgardCMS platform by addressing a variety of issues and implementing improvements across both the frontend and backend. Their work involved escaping output for security, enhancing validation rules for folder and role management, and refining the media handling, including unique filename generation and thumbnail creation. Furthermore, the user integrated Laravel localization within the menu generation and addressed UI inconsistencies, with the goal of improving the system's usability and security.
cmslaravelasgardcmsphpframework
sebastianfeldmann/phpbu
Apr 2020 - May 2020
PHP Backup Utility - Creates and encrypts database and file backups, syncs your backups to other servers or cloud services and assists you monitor your backup process
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 15 PRs, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Oliver contributed to the phpbu project by fixing syntax errors, adding checks for file existence, and enhancing the event system to provide more context. They also implemented a warning system and integrated it into the CLI printer. Furthermore, they modified the OpenSSL crypter, adding functionality to identify and warn about the usage of weak cryptographic algorithms.
cloud-servicesdatabasephpbackupmysql-backup
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