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Roderick Kennedy is head of Simul Systems, and chief architect of the Simul physics engine. He is currently working with Evolution Studios on a joint project using Simul. He holds a Ph.D in plasma physics from Oxford University, and in a past life wrote the flight models for DID’s TFX and EF2000.

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