About me

I'm Melvin. Data analyst by trade, and aspiring data scientist/data engineer/software engineer/IT guy.

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I graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology in May 2025 with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. I was originally in a 5 year program and would have gotten an M.S in BME in May of 2026, but I grew to love the analytical and data cleaning side of processing biological signals, so instead I moved over to Rutgers Business School. In May of 2026, I received a Master's in Information Technology and Analytics.

I'm currently a co-op at UPS, working as a data modeler.

In case you're wondering about the plain-jane website, I was inspired by Jeff Huang's "This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web" to create a personal website that attempts to stick to vanilla HTML and CSS as much as possible, in the hopes of making something that will last well into the future (and hopefully not be a pain to maintain).

Projects I've worked on

Home Server

Here is a picture of my home server where I run all my homelab stuff. You're looking at an Intel Core 2 Duo E7400, nVIDIA 9400 GT (512 MB), and 8 GB of DDR2 RAM (enough for a house these days).

Picture of my home server

GPU Upgrade

It was more than due for an upgrade, so I snagged a used Radeon Pro W5500 (8 GB) off eBay for around $70 shipped all the way from Las Vegas.

Picture of my new Radeon Pro W5500

Upgraded Server

Here's a picture of the upgraded server with the new GPU installed.

Picture of my home server with new GPU installed

Unfortunately, the W5500 wasn't outputting any video when I plugged it in. I guess the issue is the motherboard being too old (circa 2008) to support a modern GPU. The PCIe slot was only 2.0 so it was a long shot anyway.

Second Upgrade

I ended up shelving the W5500 for a while, but then I saw a beautiful deal on eBay and once again couldn't resist.

Picture of my new CPU/Motherboard/RAM combo

Here's the new setup! An Intel Core i5-9400, B360m Motherboard, and 8 GB of DDR4 RAM. The new motherboard did the trick, and now I've got a decently powerful GPU for my homelab.

MoVES-MLUI

Or as my capstone team and I took to calling it, the OMAPP. Below is a brief video that my team made to explain the operation of the hardware and software of the project. There's also a slideshow if you want to take a look.

Skills I've picked up recently

  • ERWIN Data Modeler
  • Python
  • sk-learn
  • keras
  • numpy
  • pandas
  • R
  • SQL
  • Entity Relationship Diagrams
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • LightDash
  • dbt
  • YAML
  • Qlik
  • SiSense
  • Databricks
  • How LLMs work under the hood and the history of machine learning development

    • What I'm learning right now

  • GCP
  • Azure DevOps
  • Stardog, and knowledge graphs in general

    • Things I'd like to work on some day

  • SnowflakeDB

    • Hobbies

  • Playing around with linux
  • Trying out Neovim plugins
  • Spinning up docker containers on my home server/NAS/Backup Server
  • Softmodding things I have around the house (I've already done the Wii, a DSi, and my Kindle)
  • My book club (we mostly read fantasy, sci-fi, and mysteries). My favorite book thus far has been Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Right now we're reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy.