Andrew Kitahara
Materials Engineer, Staff
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Kitahara is a materials engineer and staff researcher who applies computer vision and machine learning to advance microstructure analysis, blending nine years of hands-on lab experience with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon. He has transitioned academic innovations into applied research roles—through a Carnegie Mellon postdoc and positions at the National Institute of Aerospace and Analytical Mechanics Associates—focusing on automated characterization and data-driven materials insight. His background includes instrumentation and LabVIEW development for thin-film photovoltaics and in-situ substrate control, giving him rare fluency across experiment, automation, and ML model development. Based in Newark, NJ, he excels at turning complex microscopy data into actionable materials understanding, often bridging the gap between fundamental research and practical engineering applications.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Materials Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Materials Engineering at Iowa State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (2)
python4
machine-learning4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
holmgroup/NextGenFellows
Jun 2020 - Jun 2021
A repository for NextGen Fellows 2020 at Carnegie Mellon University with Elizabeth A. Holm
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
pythoncarnegie-mellon-universitymachine-learningnextgencarnegie-mellon
arkitahara/neu_vgg16_example
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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