Kelly Senecal — Co-Founder
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/
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Experience: 29 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Cfd
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Co-founder of leading CFD software company.
- Visiting professor at the University of Oxford.
- Recipient of multiple prestigious engineering awards.
Work Experience
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Chair, Transportation Systems Division (4 mos)
Past Chair, ICE Division (8 mos)
Advisory Board Chair, Transportation Systems Division (4 mos)
Chair, ICE Division (1 yr 6 mos)
Vice Chair, ICE Division (1 yr 5 mos)
Executive Committee Member, ICE Division (3 yrs)
University of Oxford
Visiting Professor (4 yrs 9 mos)
Elsevier
Associate Editor, Transportation Engineering (1 yr 6 mos)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Adjunct Professor (6 yrs)
Computational Chemistry Consortium
Co-Founder (9 yrs 11 mos)
MyVirtualBand.com
Co-founder and Owner (1 yr 10 mos)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoctoral Researcher (1 yr)
Convergent Science
Co-Founder (29 yrs 2 mos)
Education
PhD at University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS at University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA at Lawrence University
at Petoskey High School
