Edward Colón
Bowie
Summary
Doctorate in Physics with 20 years of experience in high performance computing systems. Expertise in multiple high-level programming languages, workflow packages, and visualization tools. Led a team of researchers and developers on diverse projects, focusing on code infrastructure for numerical weather prediction models and real-time mesoscale analysis systems.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Physical Scientist III
Lynker
08.2022 - Current
- Created the initial workflow design for the future implementation of High Resolution Rapid Refresh-based 3D-RTMA system and served as a code manager for the subsequent development process.
- Created and maintained data archives and a graphical portal that were essential for executing retrospective experiments used to assess changes in analysis skill during development.
Senior Scientific Programmer
IMSG
06.2010 - 08.2022
- Served as the task leader for the infrastructure/external support group composed of 8 NCEP/EMC developers working on the fulfillment of customer requirements including developing, testing, and refining mesoscale, global, and ocean models with the goal of integrating improvements into production systems.
- Involved in the initial development of the NOAA Environmental Modeling System (NEMS) including the unification of physics and dynamics cores from the Non-hydrostatic Multiscale Model on B-grid (NMMB) and Global Forecast System (GFS) development codes into a single structural framework.
Scientific Programmer
SAIC
05.2007 - 06.2010
- Completed a project which expanded the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model / Non-hydrostatic Mesoscale Model (NMM) infrastructure to include changes in data structure, index ordering while maintaining bitwise compatibility with forecast results derived from conventional index ordering schemes.
- Ported several components of the EMC-developed Hurricane WRF model onto the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Cray XT3/4 platform in order to determine the degree of scalability achievable on large HPC system.
Education
Ph.D. - Physics
Howard University
Washington, DC05.1999
M.S. - Physics
Howard University
Washington, DC05.1995
B.S. - Physical Sciences
University of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD01.1990
Skills
- Workflow tools expertise
- Coding compliance
- Programming languages proficiency
- Version control management
- AI/ML applications
Accomplishments
My contributions to the developing 3 Dimensional - Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (3D-RTMA) helped to fast track the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) decision to implement the system.
Affiliations
- American Meteorological Association
- American Geophysical Union
Certification
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Course Certification
Timeline
Physical Scientist III
Lynker
08.2022 - Current
Senior Scientific Programmer
IMSG
06.2010 - 08.2022
Scientific Programmer
SAIC
05.2007 - 06.2010
Ph.D. - Physics
Howard University
M.S. - Physics
Howard University
B.S. - Physical Sciences
University of Maryland College Park
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