Kyle Shepherd

Technical Skills Categories

Laboratory Equipment

Rice University

•Scanning Electron Microscope
•Load Frame
•Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
•Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS)
•X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
•X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
•Zetasizer
•Ultracentrifuge

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

•Resonant Ultrasonic Spectroscopy
•Nanoindenter
•Microindenter
•Optical Comparator
•Digital Microscope
•Electron Backscatter Diffraction

Engineering Design

NCEES Exam

•Concrete Formwork
•OSHA Compliance
•Earthwork Estimation
•Scheduling
•MUTCD Standards

Rice University

•Structural Statics
•Structural Dynamics
•Reinforced Concrete Design
•Foundation Engineering
•Steel Member Design
•Hydraulic Engineering
•Corrosion Science and Engineering
•Environmental Engineering
•Engineering Economics

Animal Handling

Satin Angora Rabbits

•Coat Maintenance
•Trick Training
•Health Checks and Medication Application

Hardware

Home Workspace

•Wanhao PowerSpec 3D printer
•Soldering Station
•Multimeter
•Dremel
•Hand Drill
•Circular Saw
•Miter Saw
•Sewing Machine

Rice University

•3D Printing
•Laser Cutter
•Plasma Cutter
•CNC Mill
•Drill Press

Knox Makers

•MIG Welding
•Bandsaw

Finfrock

•Concrete Casting and Finishing
•Rebar Tying and Pretensioning

Houston Habitat for Humanity

•Pneumatic Nailgun

Computer Programming

Python

•NumPy
•SymPy
•Tensorflow
•PyTorch
•Matplotlib
•SciPy
•ImageIO
•F2PY, Numba, C wrapping
•pyserial
•SQLite3
•Requests
•Flask

Numeric Languages

•Lua
•MATLAB
•Fortran
•C++

Hardware Description Languages

•Verilog
•VHDL

Hardware Specific Languages

•Arduino
•G-Code
•V+

Markup Languages

•LaTeX
•HTML
•CSS
•JavaScript

Software Packages

OS environments

•Windows
•Linux

Content Generation

•SpringRTS Engine (BAR105 fork)
•Stable Diffusion
•LLaMA

Design and Visualization

•AutoCAD
•Sketchup
•OpenSCAD
•PrusaSlicer
•Abaqus
•Paraview
•Wings3D
•Blender
•Inkscape

Microsoft

•Word
•Excel
•Powerpoint