Chris Wentland
Research Engineer at Ford Motor Company
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Wentland is a research engineer and aerospace CFD specialist with eight years of experience spanning academia, national labs, and industry. A University of Michigan PhD alumnus, he developed data-driven CFD models for rocket combustors to probe combustion instability and continued that work as a postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories. Now at Ford, he applies his deep knowledge of fluid dynamics and simulation to practical engineering problems, bridging high-fidelity research methods with deployable solutions. His background includes collaborative research at the Air Force Research Laboratory and international CFD experience from Tokyo University of Science, reflecting a breadth of experimental and computational exposure. Known for pairing rigorous modeling with an eye for application, he aims to advance aerospace propulsion through research-informed engineering.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Benet AcademyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Aerospace Engineering at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at Rice University
Github Skills (39)
open-access9
testing9
journal9
preprocessing9
subclassing9
dynamical-systems9
simulation-framework9
pybind119
generic-programming9
nvidia9
hydrodynamics8
backend8
snl-applications8
nonlinear-dynamics8
onnx8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cwentland0/pressio-demoapps-schwarz
Jul 2023 - Aug 2024
Schwarz coupling interface and examples for pressio-demoapps.
Contributions:36 PRs, 98 pushes, 35 branches in 1 year 1 month
cwentland0/ae_rom_training
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:42 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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