Ken Newcomb
Controls Engineer at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolKen Newcomb is a seasoned controls engineer with over three decades in industrial automation and more than 11 years managing complex utility plant controls at Purdue University. He specializes in administration, programming, and troubleshooting of distributed control systems (DeltaV, Allen-Bradley, GE MarkVIe/EX2100) and SCADA/PI historian integrations for boilers, chillers, turbines, and campus utilities. Ken blends hands-on field experience—from panel design and plant commissioning to vendor specification review—with data analysis and regulatory-compliant documentation. A former Navy sonar technician and automation specialist in manufacturing and pharma, he brings disciplined systems thinking and a practical, model-driven mindset summed up by his GitHub motto: "All models are wrong, but some are useful."
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS EET, Industrial Automation, Avionics, BS EET, Industrial Automation, Avionics at Purdue UniversityIndiana Honors Diploma, Indiana Honors Diploma at Salem High School
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Github Skills (22)
jekyll-theme8
jekyll8
classification-model6
regression-models3
python3
registers3
machine-learning2
bitcoin2
machine-learning-algorithms2
duckduckgo2
mozilla2
bit2
protect2
blockchain2
web-search2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
KenNewcomb/Topologist
Jul 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:63 commits, 30 pushes in 7 months
KenNewcomb/LJ-Argon
Dec 2014 - Jun 2021
Contributions:64 commits, 29 pushes, 1 comment in 6 years 8 months
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