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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Gilbert, Az (Remote From Provo, Ut)

- Develop acoustic event detection and classification models for custom applications- Implement state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms from literature- Collaborate on pipeline development and data storage- Digest and implement cutting-edge methods from papers in working code- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders

Provo, Utah, United States

- Joined team for Kaggle competition to identify plays in DFL soccer video footage- Explored computer vision options to identify players including HOG filters and YOLO networks- Annotated frames with bounding boxes for the team’s ball detection model with Roboflow- Implemented TensorFlow computer vision model for team’s pipeline to identify players with 84% success

Provo, Utah

- Queried data with SQL from Redshift data warehouse using the psycopg2 python module’s API- Conducted EDA and cleaned data, consolidating categorical labels and removing corrupted records- Ranked features by applying a mutual information analysis- Trained and tuned a decision tree in a scikit-learn pipeline to predict complaint type with 91% success, based on the f1-score- Recorded recommendations for deploying, maintaining, and improving the model over time

Provo, Utah, United States

- Researched using deep learning (CNNs and ResNets in PyTorch) on inverse problems in ocean acoustics- Developed python package for sophisticated finite-differencing, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty estimation (Cramer-Rao Bound)- Wrote forthcoming JTCA publication: “Accurate broadband gradient estimates enable local sensitivity analysis of ocean acoustic models”- Collaborated weekly for 2 years with Lockheed-Martin, the University of Delaware, & Knobles Scientific- Maintained software version control with git, updating MISTK framework to accept new labels and data- Tracked metadata for models with JSON, TOML, and YAML files- Developed 8 simulated datasets of spectrograms, with flexible indexing using HDF5 files

Provo, Utah Area

- Validated engineering-grade sound power measurement method according to ANSI and ISO standards- Developed optimal test procedure to get 3D results from a 2D gantry system - Processed acoustic signals with a phase-unwrapping to estimate sound power and visualized results with MATLAB- Published article in JASA-EL: “Bandwidth extension of intensity-based sound power estimates”- Won 2nd place best signal processing student paper, 177th Acoustical Society of America Conference

Utah, United States

- Led 6-student multidisciplinary team to test CaptionCall’s latest android phone to run real-time ML inferences in agile environment- Organized development of, and then tracked, project requirements, KPIs, and success metrics- Brainstormed and prioritized solution, built prototypes, and performed testing validation for design- Delivered 24 weekly reports, updating stakeholders on design progress and submitting change orders

Gilbert, Az

- Met with clients and planned, executed, and delivered acoustical studies and reports- Reviewed CA, AZ, and TX municipal and state ordinances for noise to address client and company needs - Published 29 educational articles and developed calculators for acousticalengineer.com- Constructed test apparatus to diagnose acoustic radiation from wind-driven perforated panels- Invalidated over-confident noise reduction claims for an HVAC acoustic product- Performed QA on wall assemblies in architectural drawings for luxury venue

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics

Researching data science applications to the physics of ocean acoustics with multi-parameter models

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering