Matthew Pennington

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Blending Nuclear Energy Expertise with Data Science

Merging the logic of engineering with the magic of programming to solve intricate technical dilemmas.

NJ, USA

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About me

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Uniting Engineering & Code: My Story

From the foundations of Chemical Engineering to the complexities of Nuclear Power, and now delving into Data Science and Development, my journey has been fueled by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and continuous learning

An Engineer at Heart

My foundation in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University anchored me to the core principles of systems, processes, and efficiency. This engineering mindset propelled me to tackle some of the nuclear industry's most demanding challenges, from managing critical systems within plants to leading troubleshooting teams with agility and precision.

Coder by Skill

As the digital age unfurled its potential, I saw an opportunity: the marriage of engineering thought with the versatility of code. With certifications in Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing, I embarked on a mission to harness the transformative power of data science. Whether it's deploying neural networks for accurate forecasting or leveraging Python to monitor plant parameters, my coding abilities have consistently elevated the standards of technical problem-solving.

Driven by Real-world Challenges

It isn't just about the theoretical for me. The real thrill lies in applying these skills to tangible issues. Predicting frazil ice formations, designing advanced alarm systems, or extracting vital information from narrative logs — each challenge is a testament to the synergy of engineering and coding in action.

Today, as I further my academic endeavors with a Master's in Data Science from NJIT, my commitment remains unwavering: to bridge the worlds of engineering and coding, driving operational excellence through data.

Join me as I continue to shape a future where technical challenges meet their most innovative solutions.

Finally, some quick bits about me.

  • B.E. in Chemical Engineering
  • Masters Data Science (in progress)
  • M&D Analyst
  • Like time learner!

Skills

The skills I’m excited to bring to your next project!

Python

Tensorflow

C#

Java

Javascript

React

Next.js

Node.js

PI AF

SmartSignal

System1

MSSQL

Power BI

Tableau

Figma

Git

Experience

Here is a quick summary of my most recent experiences:

Monitoring & Diagnostic (M&D) Analyst

  • Nuclear Analyst for all PSEG Nuclear sites
  • Monitor plant parameters and initiate action on degrading trends
  • Utilize advanced pattern recognition software and custom built applications to identify trends
  • Utilize coding skills to automate various processes throughout plant

Feb 2017 - Present

System Engineer

  • System manager for numerous critical systems
  • Routinely lead troubleshooting efforts on emergent equipment issues
  • Engineering supervisor during refuel outages, providing managerial guidance, technical instruction, and safety briefs for engineering staff

Aug 2012 - Feb 2017

Project

Some of the noteworthy projects I have built:

Frazil Ice Prediction preview

Frazil Ice Prediction

  • Developed a highly accurate logistic regression model for predicting frazil ice formation and its impact on water pump operation
  • Integrated historical data and NOAA sources to provide up to 48-hour forecasts, surpassing existing methods
  • Continuously refining the model by incorporating additional variables and implementing live data acquisition for proactive risk mitigation and smooth operations

Python

Machine Learning

Scikit learn

DBOFS

Deployment

Steam Flow Degradation Detection preview

Steam Flow Degradation Detection

  • Steam flow indication is a critical parameter in Nuclear, requiring immediate action if outside of normal
  • This requires expensive coordination of many departments
  • This cost can be very high if calibration is required unexpectedly during a weekend shift
  • Model developed to identify as early as possible when steam flow indication is beginning to degrade
  • This gives immediate notification to the operating crew, allowing precious time to plan calibration

Python

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

LSTMs

Data Mining

Natural Language Processing preview

Natural Language Processing

  • Nuclear engineers must keep track of when and how often critical safety equipment is rendered unavailable
  • Historically, this has required many man-hours to review human generated narrative logs to manually identify and track when relevant equipment is listed as out of service
  • NLP techniques utilized to read narrative logs and automatically keep track of unavailability time

NLP

Python

Data Mining

Deep Learning

Machine Learning

Get in touch

What’s next? Feel free to reach out to me if you are looking for a developer, have a query, or simply want to connect.

mattpdrexel@gmail.com

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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY NOTICE

Last updated August 04, 2023



This privacy notice for __________ ("Company," "we," "us," or "our" ), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ( "process" ) your information when you use our services ( "Services" ), such as when you:
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at __________.


SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

This summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our  table of contents  below to find the section you are looking for.

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with __________ and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about  personal information you disclose to us .

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.

Do we receive any information from third parties? We may receive information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources. Learn more about  information collected from other sources .

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about  how we process your information .

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about  when and with whom we share your personal information .

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about  your privacy rights .

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Want to learn more about what __________ does with any information we collect?  Review the privacy notice in full .


TABLE OF CONTENTS



1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short:  We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

In Short:  Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:


3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

5. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at __________.

8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short:  You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
 
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or  UK data protection authority .

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner .

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section " HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? " below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

9. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

10. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.).

11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at __________  or contact us by post at:

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13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a  data subject access request .
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