Aaron Rubin is a licensed geotechnical engineer and lecturer with over 15 years of experience bridging academia, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD from UMass Amherst and teaches courses from soil mechanics to finite element modeling, grounding classes in real-world projects like dam safety, railroad testing, and geothermal HVAC design. His interdisciplinary collaborations across electrical engineering, geoscience, and even classics inform a research focus on resilient infrastructure, thermal soil processes, and novel GPR applications. Aaron has six years of industry consulting at CDM Smith, practical in situ testing experience, and a side venture—co-owning a specialty cheese shop—that reflects his knack for translating technical rigor into accessible, everyday contexts. He also contributes to open-source front-end tooling, improving UX for widely used Vue2 datepicker components.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the `vue2-datepicker` component, enhancing its functionality and usability. They added features such as the `disabledDays` and `notBefore/notAfter` props, enabling users to customize date selection restrictions. Further enhancements included adding a `showYearNav` prop and updating the default values to functions. These changes focused on expanding the component's flexibility and addressing specific user requirements.
Easily attribute the creator / last updater of a Laravel model in your database.
Contributions:1 review, 20 commits, 1 PR in 7 years 3 months
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