Summary
Derek Mar is a materials and process engineer with nine years of experience applying materials science to aerospace, renewable energy, and environmental challenges, currently driving lab-scale process development and qualification at Boeing. He combines hands-on expertise with composites, polymers, thin films, and ceramics with practical quality engineering—using data mining and statistical sampling to close nonconformances and improve manufacturing quality. His background spans academia and national labs, where he developed methods to predict polymer degradation in seawater and studied vitrification of nuclear waste, reflecting a strong experimental and analytical skillset. Expanding beyond the lab, Derek is building structural design and data science chops, holds advanced certificates in structural analysis and engineering leadership, and maintains a pragmatic, problem-solving approach showcased on his GitHub.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Master of Science - MS Materials Science & Engineering, Master of Science - MS Materials Science & Engineering at University of Washington Materials Science & Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Certificate Leadership Principles for Engineers Scientists and Researchers , Certificate Leadership Principles for Engineers Scientists and Researchers at MIT Professional Education
High School, High School at Ingraham High School
cantonese/taishanese, English, Japanese