History: I run a small consulting business, officially called Fluid Physics International (FPI), which began in 1996 with a contract from Propellum Advanced Marine Propulsion in Sweden. From 1996 to 2005 most of my research was confined to computational fluid dynamics – specifically related to using computer simulations (e.g. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes [RANS], Direct Numerical Simulation [DNS], Vortex particle simulations, etc.) coupled with some novel data mining/analysis techniques as a means to understand the physics of complex fluid phenomena (hence the name "FPI").

Mission: As computational science and engineering has matured, more scientists and engineers are now looking to computers as means to conduct research, design, and analysis. This has resulted in a growing need to support scientists and engineers who are familiar with their own particular scientific discipline, but are less familiar with how to conduct research using a cluster or supercomputer. Therefore, since 2005, I have broadened the scope of my services to the general area of scientific computing. My specific mission is to provide a bridge of computational support between the cluster/supercomputer to the scientist/engineer.

Services: Typically, I either develop custom software solutions for clients, or modify and use existing software to perform computational simulations (including preprocessing, postprocessing, and analysis). The end product of my work is typically either a technical report, a conference paper, or a peer-reviewed journal article. Since the common denominator in all the work that I do is typically a cluster or supercomputer, I also provide a number of hardware-related services related to cluster design and administration. Finally, I have conducted several custom-designed training workshops on a variety of highly-specialized topics ranging anywhere from "How to perform ducted propulsor simulations" to "Linux Kernel Programming". All my consulting services are specifically itemized in the table below. If I can be of any assistance to you or your company, please feel free to contact me by e-mail at . Public profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/whbrewer. Psalm 115:1

Areas of research/consulting

• Computational Fluid/Hydro/Gas Dynamics (CFD)
• Computational Design Optimization (CDO)
• Computational Population Genetics & Dynamics
• Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
• Storm tracking and analysis
• Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)
• Scientific visualization and data mining
• Computational Biomimetics
• Geographic information systems (GIS)

High performance computing (HPC), cloud computing, and distributed computing

• Custom cluster design & construction
• HPC application development (Fortran 90, C, Java)
• Cluster administration (Bash, Tcsh, Perl)
• Web portal interface development (Javascript, Perl, PHP, MySQL)
• Windows Application Development (C++, Fortran, Visual Basic)
• Parallel software development (MPI)
• Linux kernel programming (C)
• Scientific Software-as-a-service (SaaS)

Software

• Mendel's Accountant: a biologically realistic forward-time population genetics simulator
• U²NCLE Simulation System
• CAV2DBL hydrofoil cavitation modeling
• Falmaiden fluid simulator

• WRF: Weather Research & Forecasting Model (including WPS, WPP, RIP4, Vapor, and Vis5d+)
• NetCDF: Network Common Data Form
• NCL: The NCAR Command Language
• Tecplot Visualization Software
• PROPCAV: Propeller/Rudder cavitation prediction
• SolidMesh/AFLR3 grid generation system
• MPICH2 implementation of the message-passing interface
• Torque Resource Manager

Sponsors/Clients

• Handong University (Korea)
• Institute for Creation Research
• Jackson State University
• Mississippi State University
• Ohio State University
• Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH-Korea)
• University of Texas
• Yanbian University of Science & Technology (China)

• National Science Foundation
• U.S. Department of Justice

• Aon's Impact Forecasting LLC
• FMS Foundation
• Freshwater Consulting
• Geoforensics Inc.
• ITT Goulds Pumps
• Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
• Propellum Advanced Marine Propulsion (Sweden)
• Sigma Technology (Russia)
• Wyle Laboratories

Awards

• Technology Review Journal Best Paper Award 2004
• Keynote paper on numerical cavitation - 2003 ASME Summer Fluids Engineering Division Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Mississippi State University Certificate for "outstanding contributions in research", May 2002
• Certificate of achievement for "exemplary performance and service" USN, 1996
• Certificate of special act in "recognition of distinctive performance" USN, 1996

Testimonials

• "It has been wonderful working with you. You have demonstrated excellent technical skill, initiative, and participation as a partner to this research." Dr. Larry Vardiman, Meteorologist, Editor of Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth, Author of Ice Cores and the Age of the Earth, and Over the Edge
• "Wesley is a highly competent and hard working numerical analyst with talents and expertise in an amazing variety of fields. His primary area of competence is in computational fluid dynamics, but he displays strong numerical modeling talent across several other disciplines. In addition to building effective numerical models, I have been impressed with his ability to create from scratch highly user-friendly graphical user interfaces for complex scientific software packages." Dr. John Baumgardner, developer of Terra mantle convection model, and Mendel's Accountant, also considered "the world's preeminent expert in the design of computer models for geophysical convection" by U.S. News and World Report