Paul Hopkins
Principal Engineer at University of Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Hopkins is a Principal Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in structural analysis and design across power, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and aerospace sectors. He founded and leads Hopkins Structural Design Solutions, applying SolidWorks CAD, finite element and fatigue analysis to seismic evaluations, load ratings and complex inspections. Previously he performed stress and fatigue work on rotorcraft components at Boeing and teaches statics, reinforced concrete and steel design as a temporary lecturer at the University of Idaho. Comfortable coding in C++ and Visual Basic, he also contributes to open-source tooling for package management—improving Python handling and dependency robustness in the Spack project. His dual background in architectural and civil engineering from Drexel, plus applied experience at both industry and academic levels, gives him a rare combination of practical design judgement and computational rigor. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who bridges detailed FEA-driven engineering with pragmatic construction-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Arizona State UniversityBS, Architectural Engineering, BS, Architectural Engineering at Drexel University
Github Skills (7)
python10
package-management10
build-tools9
package-manager9
package-manager-tool9
scientific-computing8
git4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 12 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the Python package management system, Spack. Their work focused on enhancing Python package handling, including adding support for different Unicode variants and incorporating various Python versions. They made modifications to the configuration arguments and corrected typos within existing package files. Furthermore, the user improved the system's functionalities by addressing issues related to dependency types and applying code style improvements.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
paulhopkins/spack
Jul 2016 - Apr 2017
A flexible package manager designed to support multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Contributions:55 pushes, 47 branches in 9 months
compilersplatformspackage-managerconfigurationsmultiple-versions
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