Chris Greenshields

Chris Greenshields began working on OpenFOAM (formerly “FOAM”) in 1996.  He leads the management of OpenFOAM and his experience in OpenFOAM Training is unequalled.

• Managing Director, CFD Direct.
• Co-founder and Director/Member OpenFOAM Foundation (2011).
• Created OpenFOAM Training Courses, delivered 850+ days training to date (2008-).
• Author of Notes on Computational Fluid Dynamics: General Principles
• Author/maintainer of OpenFOAM websites:
  • Main Site: https://openfoam.org
  • Downloads: https://dl.openfoam.org
  • C++ Source site: https://cpp.openfoam.org
  • Issue Tracking: https://bugs.openfoam.org
• Co-founder of OpenFOAM project (2004).
• Author/maintainer of the OpenFOAM User Guide.
• Developed OpenFOAM expertise over 25 years.

Positions

• CFD Direct Ltd, Co-founder, Managing Director, March 2015 – Present.
• The OpenFOAM Foundation, Co-founder, Director, August 2011 – Present.
• OpenCFD Ltd, Co-founder, Director, November 2004 – September 2014.

OpenFOAM Training

• Created 1 day OpenFOAM Cloud Course (2018)
• Created 2 day OpenFOAM Programming Course (2016)
• Created 2×2 days OpenFOAM Training Courses: Essential CFD and Advanced CFD (2015)
• … providing CFD Training with OpenFOAM, based on the challenges of CFD analysis.
• Delivered 700+ days OpenFOAM Training 2008- in ~20 countries worldwide.
• Wrote 2×2 days OpenFOAM Training Courses in 2008.
• Member of CEdMA Europe (Computer Education Management Association Europe).
• Author/presenter of 4 hour “OpenFOAM Lessons Day”, 1st OpenFOAM User Conference, Germany (2013) and OpenFOAM Seminar Day, Troy, MI (2013).

OpenFOAM Documentation

• Author of the OpenFOAM User Guide and Programmer’s Guide.
• Author of the OpenFOAM Linux Guide, Tensor Mathematics and Energy Equation in OpenFOAM.
• Manager of code releases and author of OpenFOAM release announcements.
• Writer and maintainer of information on OpenFOAM Features, OpenFOAM Licensing, OpenFOAM Installation and OpenFOAM Development.

Education

• PhD, Fracture of Polymers, Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering, 1992 – 1995.
• MEng, Engineering Science, University of Oxford, 1988 – 1992.