Kelly Senecal
Co-Founder @ Convergent Science
About
Brief Biographical Summary of Dr. Kelly Senecal Dr. Kelly Senecal is a co-founder of Convergent Science, an industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software company. He is a visiting professor at the University of Oxford and a co-founder and director of the Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3). Dr. Senecal is a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Combustion Institute (CI). He is the Past Chair of the executive committee of the ASME ICE Division and a member of the board of directors of the Combustion Institute. Recent accolades include the 2019 ASME ICE Award, the 2023 SAE John Johnson Diesel Engine Research Medal, the 2023 ASME Dedicated Service Award, and the 2025 ASME Soichiro Honda Medal. Dr. Senecal has long been an advocate of creating cleaner propulsion systems, with a particular focus on using CFD and HPC to enable faster design. Starting with his TEDx talk in late 2016, he has promoted a diverse mix of transportation technologies through invited talks, articles, and social media. Dr. Senecal is co-author of the book Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green, winner of the 2022 Independent Press Award for Environment. Wikipedia Profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kelly_Senecal LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senecal/
United States
Madison
Computer Software
Combustion, CFD, Software Development, Genetic Algorithms, Optimization, Fluid Dynamics, Spray Modeling, Simulation, Motors, Simulations, Modeling, Optimizations, Vehicles, CAE, Automotive, Fortran, Internal Combustion Engines, Heat Transfer, Numerical Analysis, Product Development
Experience
Co-Founder
Convergent Science
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Convergent Science is a world leader in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software and its flagship product, CONVERGE®, is revolutionizing the CFD industry. CONVERGE® and its revolutionary technology removes the user defined mesh and implements a ground-breaking new process that fully couples the automated mesh with the solver at run-time. This process combined with Adaptive Mesh Refinement is shifting the paradigm toward predictive CFD. www.convergecfd.com
Chair, Transportation Systems Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Past Chair, ICE Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Advisory Board Chair, Transportation Systems Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Chair, ICE Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Vice Chair, ICE Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Executive Committee Member, ICE Division
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Visiting Professor
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Co-Founder
Computational Chemistry Consortium
Madison, Wisconsin
Adjunct Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin Area
I am co-teaching a graduate level class focused on internal combustion engine experiments and simulations.
Associate Editor, Transportation Engineering
Elsevier
Co-founder and Owner
MyVirtualBand.com
MyVirtualBand.com (MVB) was a pioneering website in the use of the internet to create open source music through online collaboration. MVB was acquired by NetMusicMakers.com in 2006, and went offline in early 2007 after growing to over 4500 registered members.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mechanical Engineering
PhD Dissertation: "Development of a Methodology for Internal Combustion Engine Design using Multi-Dimensional Modeling with Validation through Experiments" at the Engine Research Center under the supervision of Professor Rolf Reitz Minor in Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mechanical Engineering
MS Thesis: "Exploring Alternatives to Conventional DI Diesel Combustion Systems using Computational Fluid Dynamics" at the Engine Research Center under the supervision of Professor Rolf Reitz
Lawrence University
Physics
Graduated with highest honors (summa cum laude) Honors Thesis: "An Examination of the Instability at the Interface Between Two Immiscible Fluids" under the supervision of Professor David Cook Dean's List all four years
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