====== Professional Information ======




===== At A Glance =====
  * **Honors BS in Computer Engineering with minors in French and Computer Science**, June 2004 from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR GPA 3.5 
  * **Level 2 Scientist/Engineer at [[http://www.pnl.gov/|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]].** 2004--present
  * Proficient in Java, C# (for Windows Mobile), PHP, Perl, Windows, and Linux.
  * Highly motivated, creative, and intelligent. Well-rounded, experienced, and quick. Young, energetic, passionate about solving interesting problems, and invested in the success of my projects.
  * I can dance, cook, ski, play softball, racquetball, and disc golf, tell great jokes, make decent jokes, speak French, build anything out of anything, and do things just to see if I can.

===== Work Experience =====
  * **Level 2 Scientist/Engineer at [[http://www.pnl.gov/|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]].** 2004--present
    * Please see my [[projects:work|Work]] page for details about my projects at the Lab
  * Intern at [[http://www.pnl.gov/|Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]] developing software in Java to use hand motions and object recognition for computer/human interaction. 2004
  * Reviewer and contributing writer assisting Dr. Michael Quinn with his book [[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321194349/002-2094124-2848844?v=glance|“Ethics for the Information Age,”]] (reviewing and editing chapters, writing review questions, writing Appendix of resources) 2003
  * University Honors College data administrator (designing and maintaining databases, designing and maintaining website, graphic design, tech support in administration office) 2001-2004

===== Publications =====
Please see the [[projects:writing|Writing page]] for a list
===== Patent Applications =====
  * Application Number: 11/493,503 Methods and Apparatuses for Cross-Ontologial Analytics:  Application Date:  07/25/2006 -- Bob Baddeley, Banu Gopalan, Christian Posse, Roderick Riensche, and Antonio Sanfilippo 
  * Application Number: 11/414,069 Hypothesis Analysis Methods, Hypothesis Analysis Devices, and Articles of Manufacture:  Application Date:  04/28/2006 -- Ryan Hohimer, Stephen Tratz, Patrick Paulson, Bob Baddeley, Andrew Cowell, Michelle Gregory, and Antonio Sanfilippo 
  * Application Number: 11/267,370 Methods of Defining Ontologies, Word Disambiguation Methods, Computer Systems, and Articles of Manufacture:  Application Date:  11/04/2005 -- Alan Chappell, Ryan Hohimer, Stephen Tratz, Paul Whitney, Bob Baddeley, Michelle Gregory, Christian Posse, and Antonio Sanfilippo  

===== Education =====
**Honors BS in Computer Engineering with minors in French and Computer Science**, June 2004 from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR GPA 3.5 

**Honors College Undergraduate thesis:** //“Pushing Pixels: Design of a Useful Web Site”// (an introduction to design and implementation of a web site for a mid-size organization)
== Courses taken include: ==
  * Microprocessor Design
  * Advanced Digital Logic
  * Parallel Programming
  * Ethics in Computer Science
  * Operating Systems (I and II)
  * Electonic Materials and Devices
  * Java Programming
  * C Programming
  * Senior Design Project
  * Computer Architecture
  * VLSI Design
  * 3 years French


===== Activities =====
  * Started Leisure Lab Seminar Series at PNNL to present home hobby projects to peers at the lab. 2006--
  * Innovation Task Force at PNNL, tasked with making recommendations to increase innovation at the lab. 2006--
  * Committee co-lead of [[http://info.sc06.org|SuperComputing 2006 InfoStar]] program. 
  * Committee member of [[http://infostar.sc05.org|SuperComputing 2005 InfoStar]] program. 
  * Committee member of SuperComputing 2004 InfoStar program. Developed web application to deliver instant information about the conference to attendees via PCs, PDAs, and cell phones. 2004
  * Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) engineering honor society member, 2002-2004
  * Presenter at University Leadership Conference (how to efficiently run a meeting), 2003
  * National Residence Hall Honorary member and webmaster, 2002-2003
  * Layout/ editor/webmaster of The Chronicle, the University Honors College student publication, 2000-2003
  * University Honors College Application Essay Reader, 2003-2004
  * Hall Council president and webmaster, 2001-2002
  * Hall Council floor representative, 2000-2001

===== Computer Skills =====

==== Languages ====
Java, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Perl, C, C#

==== Software ====
Web Development (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, MySQL, IIS, Apache), Photoshop, Visual Studio, Eclipse.