Son Pham-ba
Research Software Engineer at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSon Pham-ba is a Research Software Engineer based in Lausanne with a decade of experience at the intersection of mechanics, numerical modeling, and scientific software. Trained as a mechanical engineer and PhD researcher at EPFL, he has developed and contributed to open-source simulation tools (MD, DEM, BEM, FEM), packaged research software for reuse, and created web apps to showcase open research datasets. He blends hands-on numerical modeling and experimental work—ranging from tribometer tests to confocal and SEM imaging—with software engineering practices like code review and project management. Known for bringing creativity, efficiency, and rigor to research software, he also mentors and teaches, enabling broader adoption of computational methods across his faculty. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex experimental calibration workflows into reproducible, deployable software artifacts that accelerate collaborative research.
10 years of coding experience
Docteur ès Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Docteur ès Sciences, Mechanical Engineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
French, English
Github Skills (27)
cursor10
animation10
psd10
plugin10
neovim10
noaa10
smooth10
snowfall10
neovim-plugin10
console9
measurements9
earth-observation9
reproducible-research9
satellite-data9
windows9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
sphamba/Computer-Scientists
Feb 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
EPFL-ENAC/gpm_api
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) API to download and read data lazily into xarray.
Contributions:178 pushes, 34 branches, 3 comments in 1 year 8 months
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