About the Author

Published

June 18, 2026

Paul Govan is a Senior Engineer at GE Aerospace, where he works on engineering analysis and software tools. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Paul has written academic papers on risk and reliability, and built several free, open-source software packages used by engineers around the world. He enjoys making technical topics more accessible and writing tools that help people do more with their data. More at paulgovan.com.