PAKAWAN THONGTANG

Fairfax, VA ۰ Pakawanthongtang@gmail.com ۰ (571) 307 0998 ۰LinkedIn۰ Portfolio

EDUCATION
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA Aug 2020 – Aug 2022
MASTER OF SCIENCE - DATA ANALYTICS ENGINEERING GPA 3.87
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, PATHUMTHANEE, THAILAND 2013 – 2017
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
RELATED PROJECT
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Detecting Aircraft Deviations in Oceanic Airspace Summer 2022
• Collaborated with a group of five teammates and sponsors from the FAA to detect
potential loss of separation events between aircraft in oceanic airspace
• Developed and maintained Python code to achieve accurate detection
• Tested the algorithm on large datasets in AWS (S3, Sagemaker)
• Created Tableau dynamic dashboard showing potential loss of separation events to
maintain operational success for the organization
Classification of Online Customers using RFM Analysis Spring 2022
• Collaborated with a group of three teammates to classify groups of customers
• Applied data pre-processing and RFM analysis on transactions datasets
• Built classification models using R programming which performed better than 90%
accuracy
EXTRACURRICULAR
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Participated in Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon 2022 Jan 2022 – Feb 2022
• Collaborated with a group of four teammates to predict the energy consumption of
each building by its characteristics and weather variables
• Conducted data exploration, and pre-processing techniques
• Built machine learning models by using Python libraries (NumPy, pandas, SciPy.stats,
scikit-learn)
• Performed hyperparameter tuning to improve the model’s performance
Participated in Virginia Datathon 2021 “Addressing Hunger Through Bits and Bytes” Sep 2021
• Collaborated with a group of six teammates to address hunger problems in Virginia
• Aggregated data of food environment and food supports in the United States from
several sources using Python
• Created visualizations for data mining using Tableau

WORK EXPERIENCE
INTERTEK TESTING SERVICE (THAILAND) LTD. Feb 2018 – Sep 2019
Test Engineer
• Operated the test on electronics appliances according to IEC and TISI standards
• Evaluated test data and issued test reports to clients through strong attention to
detail and expert organization to increase client satisfaction by 10%
• Demonstrated testing process to the auditor to expand the scope of the company
SKILLS
• Proficient in Python • Excellent Microsoft Excel
• Familiar with R • Machine learning
• Familiar with SQL • Strong Problem-solving
• Tableau • Good Collaboration