Expected graduation May 2009

Managed 19 NASA Academy interns. Organized trips and events across the country. Set up meetings with the leaders of the space industry.

Implemented joystick support for 3D game engine in OS X and Linux. Programmed iRobot Create to be JAUS compliant (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems). Developed a menu system for a LCD character display.

Worked as a part of a team to develop Java software that finds evidence of retroid agents in genomes. Used Perl and Bash scripts as a system administrator for 4 Unix servers and development machines.

Worked as a part of a team programming a robot in C to map its surroundings with a LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) scanner. The robot was designed to autonomously map its environment and transmit the map data to other robots for navigation.

Tested bluetooth connectivity of wireless barcode scanners. Worked on an automatic test unit for performance evaluation of barcode scanners. Improved a PC based Java program to control the microcontroller on the test unit.

Assembled and configured computer systems, as well as assembled and tested image processing related products.

Worked as an intern at AnthroTronix through the NASA Robotics Academy. Programmed an object oriented PIC microprocessor (OOPic) to interface between motor driver boards, sonar sensors and a PC. Programmed a Java GUI to provide basic control to a robot over a socket connection.