Objective To obtain a challenging position in the computing field which involves problem solving skills, software development, and/or computer simulations and visualization.

Education

Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (1997 - 2000)

• Computer science major, Physics minor
• GPR to date: 3.54
• GPR in major: 3.66
• Honors student

Research

2000 - present: Research in eye tracking in a virtual environment to improve quality of inspections in aircraft.

1998 - present (Honors Thesis): Working with Dr. Robert E. Jamison on isomorphisms of various types of spanning trees.

1996 - 1997 (Senior Thesis): Research on image fusion of various modalities (CT, MR, SPECT, PET, infra-red), specifically on readability and comprehensibility of output (presented at the 1997 South Carolina Junior Academy of Science).

1995 - 1997: Research on efficiency of one-dimensional wavelet-based image compression as compared to four-pass interlacing (presented at the 1996 South Carolina Junior Academy of Science, the 1996 South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and the 1997 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium).

1994 - 1995: Research on loading speeds of various graphic formats (presented at the 1995 South Carolina Junior Academy of Science and the South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium).

Work experience

Federal Government, McLean, VA, 1999 -
Position: Co-op

• Worked in a secure environment which requires confidentiality of information
• Contributed from previous knowledge and knowledge gained on the job to design and implement circuits for use in a video distribution and video conferencing network.
• Learned to adapt and work with a team consisting of managers, engineers, and technicians to complete above tasks.  Substituted for and took responsibilities of the lead video engineer for half a summer tour (about five weeks).

• Designed a system to allow internal order requests to be processed electronicly.
• Composed HTML and wrote various CGI interfaces.
• Wrote C programs that made use of inter-process communication, GDBM databases, sockets, and abstract data structures.
• Installed and maintained a web server on an i486 Red Hat Linux box and on a SGI Webforce Indy.

Programming experience

2000 - present: Mesa-GLC (a font library compatible with SGI's GL character renderer)

• Original author and maintainer.

2000 - present: GTK Bookmark Editor

• Original author and maintainer.

1998 - present: Console Telnet for Win32

• Updated the source code to be almost fully vt100 compliant.
• Added mouse support and support for config files.
• Took over the project in July 1998 as project maintainer.

Awards received

• Dupont Project Award - awarded for work in virtual reality on a three-dimensional model of MC Escher's Another World II.
• Eagle Scout