Thomas Warfel
Research Engineer, Electrical And Computer Engineering at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Warfel is a research engineer blending 11+ years of hands-on R&D in electrical and computer engineering with a clinical background as a board-certified diagnostic radiologist and thoracic imaging fellow. Based at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, he develops real-time machine vision and remote sensing algorithms—currently focused on stereo thermal bird tracking, millimeter-wave surface characterization, and synthetic-data generation for robust vision systems. His career uniquely spans embedded and circuit design, device drivers for hard real-time systems, and medical imaging informatics, reflecting PhD-level expertise from Carnegie Mellon and an MD from the University of Pittsburgh. He has a track record of prototyping deployed clinical systems (speech-integrated reporting, anonymizing PACS) and translating imaging research into practical tools. Licensed in WA, OR, and PA, he intentionally shifted from full-time clinical practice to pursue projects that leverage both medical and engineering depth while enabling better work–life balance. Notably, he combines low-level hardware design experience with modern machine learning approaches to tackle sensor fusion and registration challenges.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MD, Medicine, MD, Medicine at University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineBS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. LouisPh.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityIndian Hill High School
Spanish
Github Skills (35)
cpp8
opencv8
computer-vision8
hashmap7
cmake7
python7
hash7
teensy6
arduino-library5
multithreading5
concurrent5
nvidia4
opencore4
arduino4
concurrent-programming3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tewarfel/nestedvm
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:23 commits in 7 days
tewarfel/RayTracerChallenge_1
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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