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To find an full time position as game engineer and user interface developer.

• 05/2010

  MET in Entertainment Technology Center

  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Randy Pausch Award, 2010.

• 07/2007

  MS in Multimedia Engineering GPA:3.8/ 4.0

  Nation Chiao–Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan

  • Reseearch focusing on computer graphics.

• 06/2005

  BS in Computer Science and Information Engineering GPA:3.77/4.0

  Nation Chiao–Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan

  • Dean's list.

• 09/2010 - 12/2010

  Web Developer / Game Programmer

  ETC, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Built a website with online gameplay for Click!Online project, which is the winner of Digital Media and Learning Competition, which is sponsored by MacArthur Foundation.
  • Designed and implemented the STEM-based educational game for Click!Online project.

• 06/2010 - 08/2010

  User Interface Programmer

  ETC, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Built a website with online gameplay for Click!Online project, which is the winner of Digital Media and Learning Competition, which is sponsored by MacArthur Foundation.
  • Designed and implemented the STEM-based educational game for Click!Online project.

• 01/2010 - 04/2010

  Game Engeineering Internship

  Schell Games, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Implementing new game feature for Disney online game – Pirates of the Caribbean, by an open source game engine, Panda3D, and Python.

• Fall 2009

  Darkstar

  • Built a framework for massive-multiplayer online game (MMOG) by using Panda3D and a networking software platform Project Darkstar, which is an open source project of Sun Microsystems.
  • Delivered a working package that adding networking capability to Panda3D with Project Darkstar.
  • Performed the usability testing for Project Darkstar, focusing on scalability and stability.

• Spring 2009

  TaoMasters

  • Designed and implement the user interface for TaoMasters, which is a strategy role-playing game.
  • Made the board game as prototype for play testing purpose, and coordinated a 10-people playtest.

• 2006 - 2007

  Augmented 3D Object in Painting by Example–based Texture Synthesis

  • Designed and implement the framework to apply a 2D painting style to a 3D object, immersing the 3D object into 2D image by example-based texture synthesis and color transform technology.

• 2005 - 2006

  Two–Stage Particle–Based Fluid Simulation on GPU

  • Implement the environment map with Fresnel effect to render transparency fluid.
  • Using C++, OpenGL, and OpenGL Shading Language.

• 2004 - 2005

  Interactive Fire Rendering Using GPU

  • Implement a fire simulation system on GPU based on cellular automata.
  • Simulation including the buoyancy, viscosity, pressure, and external force of fluid.
  • Using C++, OpenGL and Cg.

• Fall 2009

  Human-Computer Interaction Methods

  • Learned all fundamental and essential methods, including exploring user requirements, generating ideas, and evaluating products in HCI area.
  • Designed an online collection manage system, also prototyped and evaluated the system.

• Spring 2009

  Programming Usable Interface / Programmer

  • Designed and implemented four interface prototypes by Action Script 3.0, using Flex and Flash.
  • Coordinated user test, conducted heuristic evaluation and wrote usability aspect reports (UAR).
  • Presented design concept and result of final delivery in class.

• Fall 2008

  Building Virtual World 2008 / Programmer, Sound Designer

  • Built five interactive worlds in two-week cycle with a four-person multi-disciplinary team using Python and Panda3D.
  • Implemented an experimental interaction in Head-Mounted Display platform and design sound effect.

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