Brendan Geels
Geomagnetism Engineer at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Golden, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Geels is a Geomagnetism Engineer with 13 years of engineering experience combining mechanical design, data acquisition, and numerical analysis to improve field instrumentation and energy systems. At USGS he develops modern field data acquisition systems that enhance the quality and availability of geomagnetic data, building on prior work as a systems engineer and mechanical engineer in thermal energy storage and renewable energy research. He is proficient in MATLAB, Simulink/Simscape, SolidWorks (including Simulation and Flow), Python, and Excel VBA, and has a track record of validating complex transient models with global optimization and large dataset processing. Brendan excels at rapidly forming holistic system views that link hardware, controls, and data analysis, and he enjoys both team leadership and independent technical ownership. Based in Golden, Colorado, he brings practical lab and field experience—from concrete thermal storage experiments to geomagnetic observatory deployments—alongside a Master’s in Engineering Systems and a hands-on shop background.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering (ABET Accredited), Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering (ABET Accredited) at New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Engineering Systems, Master’s Degree, Engineering Systems at Colorado School of Mines
English
Github Skills (65)
effort10
exchange10
perl-module10
django9
webservice9
blockchain9
django-rest-framework9
api8
ansible8
python8
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perl8
webservice-client8
upstream8
bootstrap8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
GlobalNOC/GRNOC-WebService-Client
Nov 2016 - Mar 2019
GRNOC::WebService::Client Perl Module
Contributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 4 months
webservice-clientwebservicewebapplicationphpknockoutjs
bgeels/OESS
Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 2 months
effortexchangenationwideemergeindiana
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