I am a computer nerd. I absolutely love writing programs and I am currently enrolled in the University of Oklahoma as a Computer Science major. I am a great team worker and I love working in small groups of people. I have social skills above and beyond most computer nerds, or even most people. I consider myself a very good designer (my father is very artistic) and I have a very real interest in UI design. I have a PowerBook running OS X and I love leveraging the UNIX underpinnings. Some would say, including me, that I am a power user.

I’ve joined a small team of engineers working on an autonomous rover. This project is for research purposes and is funded by Malin Space Science Systems. The project is headed by Dr. Miller, an instructor and former JPL employee. The robot’s brain is a Mac mini and my job entails writing software to get information about the rover’s position and display it on a client computer. This software is also able to control the rover if tele-operation is needed. All of this software is written in Objective-C with some of the rover’s instruction code written in LISP.

Responsibilities include updating and troubleshooting Windows and Mac computers for the entire college of Arts and Sciences. I work with a team of other students and we work extremely well together. I have become very good friends with all of them.

 

For the past couple years I have helped anyone that wants me to with any computer problem they come across. Sometimes, I have to send them to the ‘professionals’, but most of the time I am able to help. I have also done some freelance work for Norman High School, helping with their Newspaper and Yearbook computers (mostly Macs, but some PCs).

 

Mac Users Group: President

University of Oklahoma Robotics Club: Treasurer

Pride of Oklahoma: Trumpet Player

Association of Computer Enthusiasts at Norman High School: Co-founder

Norman High School Botball: Mentor

I am a current student at the University of Oklahoma majoring in Computer Science.

Major GPA: 3.7