Blake Telfer

+1 (731) 431-0697
brtelfer@memphis.edu

Projects Showcase

2020 US Ultra-Marathon Performance

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Split Data Cleaning String Manipulation
  • Implemented rstrip(), lstrip(), contains() and split operations on marathon data
  • Developed standardized cleaning pipelines for inconsistent data entries

JSON Extraction

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Python JSON Data Parsing
  • Utilized json, flatten_json, and json2txttree libraries for complex data extraction
  • Created optimized pathways for nested JSON structure navigation

Olympic Athletes Data Cleaning

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Python Pandas RegEx
  • Performed conditional string alterations across large datasets
  • Implemented regex patterns for pattern matching and transformation

Customer Segmentation Analysis

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Python Seaborn Matplotlib
  • Created interactive visualizations for complex datasets
  • Developed dashboard-ready figures for research presentations

Sales Data Analysis

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Python Pandas Market Analysis
  • Conducted market basket analysis using advanced grouping techniques
  • Identified product associations through transactional data clustering

Contoso-100k Analysis

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SQL Data Analysis Business Intelligence
  • Analyzed a 100,000-row retail dataset to uncover sales trends and patterns
  • Developed SQL queries to extract meaningful business insights
  • Created visualizations to communicate findings to stakeholders

Job Market Analysis

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SQL Data Analysis Market Research
  • Examined job market data to identify trends in SQL-related positions
  • Developed queries to analyze salary ranges, skill requirements, and job locations
  • Provided insights for career development in data-related fields

End to End Engineering Performance Analysis

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SQL PgAdmin4 Market Research
  • Created a pseudo database to simulate a real world raw data
  • Automated the cleaning process and split the cleaned data into two tables
  • Used psycopg2 and sqlalchemy to send pandas dataframes into a Pgadmin4 Postgresql database
  • Used to_sql() to query the resulting databases with SQL

Technical Skills

Programming

Python R
Excel Formula HTML/CSS
MySQL RegEx

Research

Literature Reviews Project Management
IRBs APA 7th Ed.
SPSS NHST

Tools & Libraries

Pandas, NumPy, SciPy Jupyter, VS Code
Articulate Storyline Adobe Captivate
Zotero Power BI

Collaboration Tools

Office 365 Google Suite
Teams Zoom
GitHub Trello

Work Experience

Research Collaborator

Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis
Aug 2022 – Apr 2025
  • Developed and managed intelligent tutoring systems
  • Conducted background literature reviews for multiple projects
  • Performed data analysis and interpretation

Graduate Research Assistant

Optimal Learning Lab, University of Memphis
Aug 2022 – Jan 2024
  • Troubleshooting learning systems
  • Assisted in creation of new studies and learning content

Data Science Intern

Institute of Intelligent Systems
Summer 2022
  • Converted Jupyter notebook tutorials from Python to R code

Education

University of Memphis

August 2022 - August 2024

Master of Science – Psychology

  • Focused on research design, statistics, and cognitive science.
  • Completed courses such as Research Design & Method, NHST Statistics, and Bus. Artificial Intelligence.

University of Memphis

August 2018 - August 2022

Bachelor of Arts – Psychology

  • Graduated with a focus on general psychology and research methodologies.
  • Completed courses such as General Biology, World Art, and Statistics.