Danh (Deon) Tran

Curious data scientist with an eye on UX/DX design and automation.

Kansas City, MO, USA

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About

Highly skilled in simplifying and deconstructing complex problems to deliver custom-built solutions in defense and aerospace engineering. Expert in simulations and data analytics. Huge focus on automation. Known for extreme thoroughness and low error margin in high-stakes environments.

Work Experience

Senior Data Scientist

Led advanced ML modeling initiatives for innovative manufacturing processes, leveraging High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems, Cloudera Hadoop Big Data clusters, and Dataiku for robust data collection and in-depth analysis. Head of the Automation Team.

Mechanical Engineer III

2019 - 2022
Provided data-driven design and manufacturing strategies for nuclear weapons production, focusing on predictive modeling and data science-supported simulations.

Mechanical Simulation Engineer

Certified design robustness through predictive data analytics; engineered simulation experiments for submarine configurations; and conducted large-scale numerical computations on High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.

Engineer Co-op

NASA

2009 - 2010

Engineer Intern

Academic Research Experience

Research Asssitant

Full lifecycle R&D from computer modeling to wind tunnel testing of functional scaled model

Research Assistant and Pilot

Developed and fabricated lightweight rotor blades and helicopter structure from composites

Education

University of Maryland College Park

2010 - 2014
B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Korea University, South Korea

2013 - 2013
Mechanical Engineering, Semester Abroad

Skills

Simulations
Consulting
Programming: Python, Bash, Javascript, React
Manufacturing Techniques
Experimental Data Collection
Data Analytics
Full Stack App Development
Machine Learning
LLMs
Big Data