Authors

The people behind the posts, with short bios and a direct path to everything they have written here.

Tyler Hughes

4 posts

Works on photonics, simulation software, and product direction, and writes practical explanations of computational methods.

Zongfu Yu

4 posts

Works on the physics, the computation, and the company-building behind first-principles simulation at scale.

Prash Kharel

3 posts

Works on PhotonForge, photonic layout automation, and foundry partnerships.

Works on software architecture, inverse design, and AI tooling for simulation-driven engineering.

Works on APIs, developer tooling, and agentic workflows for simulation software.

Case Prince

1 post

Software engineer, designer, and maker working on interfaces, data visualization, and agentic simulation workflows.

Darcy Parker

1 post

Works on PhotonForge layout visualization, computational geometry, and high-performance browser tooling.

Harry Smith

1 post

Director of Flight Sciences at Flexcompute, working on Flow360 and how aircraft, and birds, stay stable.

Works on all electromagnetic and TCAD solvers, and the associated numerical infrastructure.