Simulation and control engineer working on airborne wind energy — physics-based modeling, simulation, and control of kite power systems in Julia. Co-founder of the OpenSourceAWE organization, which develops open software for the simulation and control of airborne wind energy (AWE) systems.
Part of OpenSourceAWE:
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SymbolicAWEModels.jl — A symbolic aero-structural modeling and simulation framework for airborne wind energy systems.
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VortexStepMethod.jl — A high-performance Julia implementation of the Vortex Step Method for aerodynamic modeling of 3D wings, optimized for speed.
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V3Kite.jl — Simulation of the V3 leading-edge inflatable (LEI) kite, built on SymbolicAWEModels.jl. Validated against flight test data.
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RamAirKite.jl — Ram-air (soft) kite simulation in Julia, built on SymbolicAWEModels.jl.
See the OpenSourceAWE organization for the full set of packages.
My work spans scientific computing, real-time control, and embedded systems. In Julia I build physics-based models, simulations, and model-predictive control with Kalman/EKF state estimation. In C/C++ I write real-time firmware for microcontrollers (ESP32, FreeRTOS) with hardware-in-the-loop test setups, and I handle the full-stack/backend side (TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL) when a model needs to ship as a product. I first-authored published research on coupled aero-structural simulation of inflatable kites, validated against flight-test data.