Nelson Chen
Graduate Research Assistant
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolNelson Chen is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant at Rutgers University with a decade of experience bridging computational mechanics, data science, and robotics. His work focuses on differentiable simulation for robotics under co-advisors Mridul Aanjaneya and Kostas Bekris, building on earlier CFD research at UC Berkeley and Northwestern that produced numerical methods to stabilize and accelerate simulations. Prior industry roles as a senior data scientist at WorkFusion and Argo Group sharpened his applied ML and production analytics skills, while R&D internships at Ethicon exposed him to hands-on experimental validation and FEA. Nelson combines deep theoretical training in mechanical and computational engineering with practical data-driven deployment experience, making him adept at turning complex physics models into usable tools for robotics and industry. Colleagues note his ability to move between high-performance numerical methods and scalable data science pipelines—a blend that informs his research direction.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern UniversityStuyvesant High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Rutgers University
Github Skills (9)
statistics7
python6
datasets5
mongodb5
machine-learning5
nodejs4
data-science4
data-analysis4
javascript3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nchen9191/NYC-Data-Science-Academy
Nov 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
CDIPS-Distracted-Drivers/keras-script
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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