Tucker Babcock
Senior Aerodynamics Simulation Engineer
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTucker Babcock is a Senior Aerodynamics Simulation Engineer with a decade of experience at the intersection of aerospace design, high-performance computing, and multi-physics simulation. Currently at Joby Aviation and pursuing a PhD at Rensselaer, he builds multi-fidelity tools for electric aircraft, specializing in coupled thermal-electromagnetic and fluid mechanics models for motor design. His work at NASA Glenn and the Optimal Design Lab focused on analytic derivative-enabled FEM optimization within OpenMDAO, enabling faster, more robust design iterations. An active contributor to the widely used mfem finite-element library, he has improved Hypre linear solvers and parallel assembly support—bringing practical HPC enhancements to open-source scientific software. Based in California, Tucker blends rigorous academic research with production-focused engineering to accelerate electric aircraft propulsion development.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (10)
c-language10
el10
hpc10
f10
parallel-computing10
cprogramming-language10
computational-science10
linear-algebra9
scientific-computing8
amr8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mfem/mfem
May 2019 - Sep 2022
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 178 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Tucker primarily contributed to the `mfem/mfem` repository by implementing and modifying Hypre solvers, particularly the HypreAMS and HypreADS solvers. Their work involved adding functionality, such as the `SetOperator` method, and refactoring code, including changes to function coefficients to use `std::functions`. The user also addressed memory leaks within the HypreAMS solver and incorporated changes to support PA (Parallel Assembly) features. These contributions focused on enhancing the library's capabilities in finite element methods and high-performance computing, specifically in the area of linear solvers.
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
OptimalDesignLab/EngSketchPad
Feb 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:48 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
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