Kyle Shepherd
Staff Geotechnical Engineer at CME Associates, Inc.
Village of Parish, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Shepherd is a Staff Geotechnical Engineer with seven years of civil engineering and research experience, blending field-hardened construction skills with advanced computational methods from a PhD background at Rice University. He develops practical infrastructure solutions—ranging from pump selection for community water systems to repairing pedestrian bridges—while pioneering network reliability algorithms that leverage tensor contraction, ML, and parallel/quantum acceleration. His work spans nanomaterials research for concrete enhancement, molecular simulation analytics, and maintaining flood and infrastructure risk models, giving him a rare cross-disciplinary fluency in materials, mechanics, and data-driven resilience. Actively pursuing NCEES licensure, he pairs hands-on construction experience (pouring concrete, framing) with software and algorithm development, and applies that perspective to mentor teams and run effective meetings. An unexpected thread through his career is a habit of shipping usable tools and web resources himself—he designs his own site and volunteers as a developer for an open-source game—showing a builder’s instinct that extends beyond traditional engineering roles.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at Winter Park High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Civil Engineering at Rice University
Github Skills (10)
lua10
scripting-language10
mechanics10
script10
user-interface10
game-development10
front-end-development10
scripting10
collision-detection9
performance-optimization8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
KyleAnthonyShepherd/spring
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine
Contributions:47 pushes, 10 branches in 2 months
KyleAnthonyShepherd/Beyond-All-Reason
Aug 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:251 pushes, 111 branches in 1 year 1 month
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