James Derrick

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  Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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  I am a Senior Developer Advocate in the new DevRel team at Ansys, working to improve the Developer Experience of anyone who has cause to work with code in relation to Ansys, regardless of their level of skill. I typically handle the academic DevRel work and in particular organise hackathons & codefests for Ansys, both internal and external. I am the instructor of the Ansys "Introduction to Python" course (https://courses.ansys.com/index.php/courses/intro-to-python/) and sometimes write for Ansys as well, examples of which can be seen in the Script Tip Friday newsletter here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6925529181485174786/). Before this I worked at Ansys as a Software Engineer in the DevOps team, doing similar DevRel work (articles, teaching, outreach, etc.) before taking on my current role. And before that I worked at Granta Design as an Application Developer where I developed Python and assisted customers with bespoke programs as part of the Application Engineering team. I did a PhD at Imperial College London researching the shock compaction of granular materials at the mesoscale. This is an intermediate scale, resolving individual grains (microscale), in sufficient numbers to to also consider the bulk response (macroscale). I principally used, and developed, the shock physics code, iSALE (FORTRAN90), to model situations where collections of grains are 'shocked' (subjected to a discontinuous stress-wave) in 2D; I processed this data using python scripts. I graduated from Imperial with a First Class integrated Masters degree (MSci) in straight Physics. My degree options have focused particularly on the 'classical'​ to 'semi-classical'​, computational and experimental sides of physics. My Masters project was in the Imperial Plasma Dept. and was in Laboratory Astrophysics, "Supersonic Plasma Jets, Introducing Angular Momentum into Jet Experiments, through the use of Permanent Magnets"​. Outside of work, I am an avid hiker, and was extensively involved in Imperial's Hiking society during my time at university and on their committee multiple times. I am also an amateur cellist (Grade 7-8+) and trombonist, with 15+ years of amateur orchestral experience. I am also the treasurer of the Cambridge Medieval Fighter's Guild, a Cambridge-based buhurt club. Ansys

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  Ansys

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  I am a Senior Developer Advocate in the new DevRel team at Ansys, working to improve the Developer Experience of anyone who has cause to work with code in relation to Ansys, regardless of their level of skill. I typically handle the academic DevRel work and in particular organise hackathons & codefests for Ansys, both internal and external. I am the instructor of the Ansys "Introduction to Python" course (https://courses.ansys.com/index.php/courses/intro-to-python/) and sometimes write for Ansys as well, examples of which can be seen in the Script Tip Friday newsletter here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6925529181485174786/). Before this I worked at Ansys as a Software Engineer in the DevOps team, doing similar DevRel work (articles, teaching, outreach, etc.) before taking on my current role. And before that I worked at Granta Design as an Application Developer where I developed Python and assisted customers with bespoke programs as part of the Application Engineering team. I did a PhD at Imperial College London researching the shock compaction of granular materials at the mesoscale. This is an intermediate scale, resolving individual grains (microscale), in sufficient numbers to to also consider the bulk response (macroscale). I principally used, and developed, the shock physics code, iSALE (FORTRAN90), to model situations where collections of grains are 'shocked' (subjected to a discontinuous stress-wave) in 2D; I processed this data using python scripts. I graduated from Imperial with a First Class integrated Masters degree (MSci) in straight Physics. My degree options have focused particularly on the 'classical'​ to 'semi-classical'​, computational and experimental sides of physics. My Masters project was in the Imperial Plasma Dept. and was in Laboratory Astrophysics, "Supersonic Plasma Jets, Introducing Angular Momentum into Jet Experiments, through the use of Permanent Magnets"​. Outside of work, I am an avid hiker, and was extensively involved in Imperial's Hiking society during my time at university and on their committee multiple times. I am also an amateur cellist (Grade 7-8+) and trombonist, with 15+ years of amateur orchestral experience. I am also the treasurer of the Cambridge Medieval Fighter's Guild, a Cambridge-based buhurt club.

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  Ansys , Ansys , Granta Design , Imperial College London , Imperial College London , Imperial College Union , Imperial College London , The University Of Manchester

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  Ansys , Ansys , Ansys , Granta Design , Imperial College London , Imperial College London , Imperial College Union , Imperial College London , The University Of Manchester .

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  Ansys