Summary
Sam Moran is a data engineer at Sandia National Laboratories with eight years of experience blending systems engineering, materials science, and data management to support high-consequence research. After starting as a safety assurance engineer, he led materials data management using Granta MI and did hands-on research in metal additive manufacturing before moving into data engineering and modern data stack work. He designs data tools, processes, and strategies for a materials science center and is actively growing expertise in cloud-native analytics on Microsoft Azure. Sam’s background in mechanical engineering (PhD) and his cross-domain experience give him a rare combination of deep domain knowledge and practical data engineering skills that help translate complex experimental systems into reliable, auditable data workflows.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering at University of Tulsa
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute