Kurt Frey
Senior Research Scientist at Institute for Disease Modeling
Linz, Upper Austria, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKurt Frey is a Senior Research Scientist with 11 years of experience applying process simulation and numerical methods across domains from computational epidemiology and vaccine campaign planning to thermodynamics, catalysis, and corrosion. He holds an ScD and MS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and has built physics-informed models at institutions including the Institute for Disease Modeling, Argonne National Laboratory, and Notre Dame. Kurt blends deep quantitative modeling with practical software skills—contributing iOS localization for an open-source GPX tracker—so he can translate complex simulations into usable tools. Based in Linz with a background as a physiotherapist and radio amateur, he brings interdisciplinary curiosity and an ability to communicate technical work to diverse stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
ScD, Chemical Engineeing, ScD, Chemical Engineeing at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Bowling Green High SchoolBS, Chemical Engineering, BS, Chemical Engineering at The Ohio State University
English
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Github Skills (16)
localization10
ios10
watchos9
swift9
xcode9
ui-design8
ios-application7
cross-domain6
ajax6
docker6
android-volley6
coredata6
javascript6
android6
jquery6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
merlos/iOS-Open-GPX-Tracker
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
GPS Tracker app for iOS + WatchOS. Log your tracks without limits and share them; Open source GPX tracker app written in Swift
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Localization/Internationalization Specialist
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Localization/Internationalization SpecialistContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Kurt primarily focused on localizing the iOS application and its WatchOS extension. Their contributions included adding German language support, translating UI strings, and adjusting layout elements for different languages. They also localized the Watch extension, including alerts and user interface elements, and made code changes to handle the localization of core data.
trackergps-trackergpxiosgps
nitricware/wp-latex-theme
Jan 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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