Michael Shields
Professor at The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Shields is a Johns Hopkins professor and computational mechanics researcher specializing in uncertainty quantification for complex, nonlinear engineering and physical systems. With dual undergraduate degrees in physics and civil engineering and a PhD from Columbia, he blends deep theoretical expertise with practical experience from industry and national labs, including a stint as a research engineer at Weidlinger and early work on post-Katrina structural assessments. He has led academic labs since 2013, earned NSF CAREER, DOE Early Career, and ONR Young Investigator awards, and also runs UQuant, Inc., translating probabilistic methods into applied engineering solutions. Uncommonly for an academic, he is a serial entrepreneur and founding director of an export-focused Ghanaian produce company, reflecting a commitment to applied impact and development. Based in Baltimore, he brings over a decade of focused research in stochastic mechanics to interdisciplinary problems in materials, structures, and physics.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Physics, B.S., Physics at Loyola University ChicagoPh.D., Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Ph.D., Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia EngineeringGrand Rapids Catholic Central High School
Github Skills (14)
stochastic10
probability10
parameter-estimation10
mathematical10
uncertainty10
hpc-applications10
uncertainty-quantification10
curve-fitting10
sensitivity-analysis10
python10
toolbox10
monte-carlo10
modeling10
probabilistic10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SURGroup/UQpy
Dec 2017 - Oct 2022
UQpy (Uncertainty Quantification with python) is a general purpose Python toolbox for modeling uncertainty in physical and mathematical systems.
Contributions:4 releases, 8 reviews, 421 commits in 4 years 11 months
pythonstochastic-processpython-toolboxmathematicalparameter-estimation
SURGroup/UQ_algorithms
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
data-structures
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