Matan Freedman

Master's of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.)

Queen's University, 2021
Environmental Engineering
My research in the environmental engineering department involved applying advanced data analysis (machine learning) to improve the remediation of chemical spills. During my studies I took advanced data analytics courses where I learned Python, machine learning and artificial best practices, and applied these techniques to large data sets.

Trichloroethene (TCE) is a common groundwater contaminant and has been around since the early '50s. Bioremediation is a "new" remediation technology that uses bacteria to degrade the TCE contamination. There are many problems that can occur during bioremediation, and my research aims at simplifying the visualization and analysis.

See a Dash app describing one of my research papers here.

Bachelor's of Applied Science (B.A.Sc)

Queen's University, 2018
Civil Engineering
In undergrad I completed my engineering degree with a focus in environmental engineering. I completed an undergraduate thesis with a focus on stray gas migration in groundwater (i.e., oil and gas research). In the summers I did undergraduate research as well as worked as an Asset Manager at Parks Canada.

Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization

Software Development

Rhombus Power, Inc. is a software company that builds web applications for a variety of clients. At Rhombus I developed full stack web applications for internal use. I developed skills in PHP (CodeIgniter), Apache, JavaScript, AWS (EC2), Git, and Linux. My work focused on data visualization where I used both backend technologies (MySQL, PHP, Linux) and frontend technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) to build dynamic and interactive web applications.

Examples of my work include data visualization dashboards (highcharts.js, plotly.js, datatable.js), map visualizations (leaflet.js, mapbox.js), and incorporating MFA technologies internally.

Red Alert Housing, Inc. (RAH) is a housing platform for students and landlords to hold each other accountable using a review system. At RAH I was a Data Scientist and Developer. I used Python (scrapy, BeautifulSoup4) to scrape public data and build predictive algorithms for rental prices. I also built the frontend and backend systems to display my work and can be seen here.

At GSI Environmental, Inc. I worked on a variety of environmental engineering consulting projects. My work included building custom toolkits (Excel, VBA), analyzing sampling data (Python, Excel), and conducting groundwater sampling programs at industrial sites.