Daniel Villa
Engineering And Mathematics Research And Development
Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Villa is an engineering researcher and applied mathematician with eight years of experience modeling climate change impacts on critical infrastructure while working at Sandia National Laboratories. Trained in mechanical and computational engineering (Rice University, Purdue), he blends physics-based modeling with software development to produce robust, testable tools for infrastructure resilience. His open-source contributions include backend development and QA for the EPA-compatible WNTR water network simulator, where he implemented multi-point pump curve fitting and extensive unit tests to harden hydraulic simulations. Based in Texas, he focuses on translating research into practical simulations that inform disaster mitigation and design decisions. Colleagues value his combination of rigorous numerical methods and attention to software quality—an uncommon mix that helps bridge academic models and operational tools.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Rice University1/2 to a masters degree, Computational Engineering, 1/2 to a masters degree, Computational Engineering at Purdue University
Spanish
Github Skills (9)
simulations10
simulation10
pandas10
water10
unit-test10
python10
modeling10
numerical-analysis9
scipy8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
USEPA/WNTR
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
An EPANET compatible python package to simulate and analyze water distribution networks under disaster scenarios.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:19 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's commits primarily focus on enhancing the functionality of multi-point pump curve fitting and testing within the water distribution network simulation package. They implemented and tested new methods for handling and processing pump curve data, ensuring the robustness of the hydraulic simulation engine. The contributions extend to unit tests, incorporating diverse datasets to validate and verify the new curve fitting features, including edge cases. Bug fixes to tank volume curve implementations are also present.
simulatepower-systemsmodeling-toolpythonepanet
sandialabs/MEWS
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 4 reviews, 155 commits in 1 year 6 months
extremeextreme-weatherscenariosimulationsimulator
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