I graduated from Augustana College in 2022 Magna Cum Laude with my Bachelor of Arts. I double majored in Data Anlaytics and Computer Science with a minor in Geology. Before college I worked various jobs in retail and customer service. Through college, I worked as a Computer Science Tutor and Geology Lab Proctor. I also worked for Sedona Technologies as an IT Helpdesk Intern. After graduation, I started with the US Army Corps of Engineers as a Computer Scientist in the Geotech branch. I continue to work there to this day. I excel at employing creative solutions to streamline tasks and data pipelines, analyzing and mining datasets to gain insightful information, and creating tools that ease the jobs of others. Employing my geology background, I am also able to research and advise on various geotechnical engineering questions. Further, I am currently heavily involved with leading drone flights and drone model post processing to provide updated and accurate imagery of our nation's infrastructure to the Corps of Engineers.
Programming Languages: Python, JS and Node.js, Java, R, SQL, MATLAB, C, Web Development (HTML/CSS/PHP/js), VBA/Excel Macro, git
Certifications: USACE SUAS Drone Pilot, PADI OW Diver, CPR & First Aid
Awards: Dean's List (2018-2022), Al-Khazarmi Society Member
Notable Software Experience: ArcGIS Pro, Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik Sense, ContextCapture, Pix4D, RStudio, VS Code, Github/Sourcetree
This page contains examples and results from various projects I have worked on. All of the examples were completed from 2018 to current either as part of a class, research project at Augustana College, personal interest, or related project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In each folder you will find a README.md file that explains the project scope and file contents. I continue to work on many similar projects for USACE whose project data is not hosted in this repo, and I will be happy to explain my current endeavors upon inquiry. Below are short descriptions of the projects included:
- Bedrock & Surficial Mapping GIS: Bedrock mapping includes manual identificaiton of bedrock units using ArcGIS Pro. Included are map, cross section, and explanation of rock units. Surficial mapping includes manual identification of surficial deposits and erosion using LiDAR data in ArcGIS Pro.
- Big 5 Personality Analysis & Modeling: Analysis of personalities from a Big 5 Personality dataset to predict a personality given answeres to survey questions. Analysis and modeling completed through Python notebooks and PowerBI.
- Butterfly Analysis: Analyzed butterfly populations over a given timeframe. Employed Excel and R programming for all visualizations, computed statistics, and T-tests.
- Earthquake Analysis & Modeling: Gathered USGS data along San Andreas faultline to gain insight of earthquake intervals and occurence. Modeling and earthquake predition efforts done in Python notebooks.
- Transaction Data Analysis & Modeling: Data Analytics Senior Inquiry. Given a scrubbed transaction dataset for one account at Augustana College, an in depth analysis and data understanding was completed. Further, hand coded rules were employed to predict whether each transaction was normal or abnormal. All analysis and modeling completed in Excel, Tableau, and Python scripts.
- Benac Knickpoint Formation: Reaseach project and paper completed in fulfillment of a Geology minor.
- Benac et. al. Recent Trend in Software Development: Low-Code Solutions: Published paper concerning the prevalence and increase of Low Code software development solutions. Presented at the Future Technoogies Conference in 2021.
- Thompson et. al., NFTrig: Published paper exploring the utilization of NFT and blockchain technology for mathematic education.
Power BI (pbix) Documentation Generator - 2026: Python scanning utility to extract structured documentation from a Power BI (.pbix) file for review, auditing, and developer oonboarding.
National Park Passport Stamp SVG Generator - 2025: Website where a user can select a National Park and customize an exportable SVG passport stamp for download.
Koop-Provider-OpenGround - 2023: API data provider and GIS translation for OpenGround Cloud geotechnical boring data to be accessed in ESRI GIS viewers. This solution acts as a middleware live connection between APIs which creates a more efficient workflow and culmination of data in one accessible location.
Koop-Output-Table - 2023: Allows option to output Koop data translations to a searchable HTML table.
Panama Canal Infographic - 2023: Given a large dataset of salinity measurements taken during a full lockage at Agua Clara Lock in the Panama Canal, we utilized several R packages to read through the data and create an SVG based data-driven CSS keyframe animation.
USACE MVR Approved Riprap Sources Web Map - 2023: Created an online web map that shows USACE MVR approved quarries on a map, and configured the map to have useful tools which made searching for information exponentially easier.
Contact: benacryan1+github@gmail.com