Derrick Chambers
Research Engineer at INERIS
Spokane, Washington, France
Summary
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Top SchoolDerrick Chambers is a research engineer with 11 years of applied experience bridging mining engineering, geophysical research, and software development for occupational safety. He works with the CDC’s mining program and recently joined INERIS, combining field-focused domain expertise with production-grade code contributions. Derrick has a PhD in Geophysical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and substantial hands-on mining experience dating back to internships and degrees at the University of Utah. An active open-source contributor, he improved core memory and reference handling in the widely used ObsPy seismology toolbox, demonstrating attention to low-level robustness that complements his research on mine safety. Based in Spokane but internationally engaged, he brings a rare mix of operational mining knowledge, seismological software skill, and public-health driven research.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysical Engineering at Colorado School of MinesThe University of Utah
Spanish
Github Skills (7)
memory-management10
seismology10
object-oriented-programming10
python10
data-structure9
data-structures9
testing8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
obspy/obspy
Jan 2017 - Jan 2022
ObsPy: A Python Toolbox for seismology/seismological observatories.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:52 reviews, 330 commits, 71 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Derrick primarily focused on modifying and refactoring the `ResourceIdentifier` class. They added new features such as deep copy support, garbage collection handling, and parent scoping. These changes involved core aspects of object referencing and memory management, crucial for the seismology toolbox. The user also addressed and fixed several related bugs.
seismologypythonsciencetoolboxdata-center
niosh-mining/obsplus
Oct 2018 - Oct 2022
A Pandas-Centric ObsPy Expansion Pack
Contributions:17 releases, 11 reviews, 207 commits in 4 years
seismologypythonexpansionobspypack
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