Brad Eck
Research Scientist at IBM
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Eck is a research scientist and technical manager with 11 years of experience leading commercial and state-funded technology demonstrations, currently based in Ireland and working at IBM. He combines a PhD in Civil Engineering and strong interdisciplinary training in mechanical and water resources engineering to apply machine learning to industrial physical systems. Brad has led multi-organization consortia and client-focused projects that translate research into patents, publications, and open-source tools. Known for bridging academic rigor with practical deployment, he excels at turning complex process models into robust, field-ready solutions. An unconventional strength is his background in both hands-on engineering and large-scale research program management, enabling rapid iteration from prototype to demonstrator.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech UniversityPhD, Civil Engineering, PhD, Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (43)
cran10
simulation10
unconf10
r-package10
piping10
water10
read-text10
text-files10
risk-assessment10
water-quality10
r9
ord9
docker8
python8
golang8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bradleyjeck/epanet2toolkit
Oct 2017 - Feb 2023
An R package for calling the Epanet software for simulation of piping networks.
Contributions:8 releases, 148 commits, 48 PRs in 5 years 4 months
r-packagepipingcallingepanetsimulation
bradleyjeck/epanetReader
Jun 2015 - Sep 2018
Read text files in Epanet's .inp and .rpt formats into R
Contributions:4 releases, 192 commits, 55 PRs in 3 years 3 months
epanetrread-textformatsunconf
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