Juan Acosta
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJuan Acosta is an urban scientist and adjunct professor with eight years of experience modeling the complex social and infrastructure interdependencies that shape cities. Combining a PhD in Civil Engineering with hands-on skills in machine learning, GIS, and visualization, he translates research at the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks Lab into practical tools for sustainable urban planning. His background spans academia, national lab collaboration at Argonne, and applied consulting, giving him a rare ability to move from theoretical models to policy-relevant analysis. Based in Chicago, he has led development teams and taught graduate courses while contributing to interdisciplinary research that uncovers nonobvious urban dynamics across mobility and infrastructure networks.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Transportation and Highway Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Transportation and Highway Engineering at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago
Github Skills (14)
conda10
forge10
conda-forge9
del9
smithy3
computational-fluid-dynamics1
lattice1
hydrodynamics1
mechanics1
spin1
cubing1
x-plane1
quantile1
dos1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jugacostase/BRTCellAutomaton
Aug 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 4 months
jugacostase/gtdownloader
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:1 release, 75 pushes, 1 tag in 7 months
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