Lucas Spangher
AI ML Research Engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolLucas Spangher is an AI/ML research engineer with nine years of experience at the intersection of machine learning and clean energy, currently working at Google and a visiting scientist at MIT. He combines production ML engineering—building RL HVAC controllers and forecasting systems—with deep domain expertise in energy systems developed through NSF- and ARPA-E-funded fieldwork designing solar microgrids and founding Brazil’s first urban green energy cooperative. A Berkeley PhD and Angier B. Duke Scholar, Lucas has a track record of publishing and presenting energy and hydrogen research at major venues and translating models into deployed software (from neural architecture search to custom loss functions). Notably, his background spans hands-on hardware and community work in India and Brazil to scalable ML for building controls and grid forecasting, reflecting a rare blend of field experience and research-grade modeling. He rows, rock climbs, and plays cello, a reminder that his analytical rigor is paired with discipline cultivated outside the lab.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Statistics at Duke UniversitySummer Study, Victorian Literature, Summer Study, Victorian Literature at Oxford University, New CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Smithtown High School East
Italian, Spanish, French, Hindi, Kannada, portoguese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
optimization10
in-progress9
reinforcement-learning9
parallel9
pytorch9
java9
python9
machine-learning9
ray9
deep-learning8
energy8
hyperparameter-optimization8
tensorflow8
water8
llm8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lucas-spangher/transactive_control
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Projects in progress
Contributions:124 commits, 2 PRs, 109 pushes in 1 year 5 months
javajavascriptin-progress
utkarshapets/microgrid-RL
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:56 commits, 7 pushes in 1 month
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