Ross Kynch
Lead Software Engineer at LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRoss Kynch is a Lead Software Engineer in Cardiff with 11 years of experience combining industrial software delivery and academic research in applied mathematics and computational simulation. He builds and leads C++ teams, driving CI, Agile processes and complex numerical code at companies like LexisNexis and Renishaw, while his PhD and postdoc work underpin expertise in spectral element and H(curl)-conforming finite element methods for fluid dynamics and electromagnetic inverse problems. Ross has contributed to the prominent deal.II finite element library—adding H(curl)-conforming elements and boundary projection utilities—demonstrating both deep numerical insight and practical open-source impact. Comfortable translating advanced algorithms into production-grade software, he bridges stakeholder requirements, research-grade accuracy, and robust engineering practices.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computational/Physical Chemistry, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Computational/Physical Chemistry, Distinction at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddBachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, 1st, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, 1st at University of Bath
English
Github Skills (6)
finite-element-analysis10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra10
numerical-methods9
cmake7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dealii/dealii
Oct 2014 - Apr 2018
The development repository for the deal.II finite element library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 59 comments in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ross significantly contributed to the `deal.II` finite element library. They focused on extending the `VectorTools` module by implementing a new function, `project_boundary_values_curl_conforming_l2()`, for use with `FE_Nedelec` elements, and fixing a bug with the 2D implementation related to tangent calculations, using normal vectors. The contributions included the addition of test cases and the correction of an issue when the bundled umfpack, with includes that used relative paths. Furthermore, the user added a H(curl)-conforming element (FE_NedelecSZ) to address the sign-conflict problem.
dealmultiphysicsc-plus-pluscomputational-sciencefinite-elements
rosskynch/MIT_Forward
Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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