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education Carnegie Mellon University Masters in Entertainment Technology Candidate (Graduating May 2010) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Bachelor of Science | Computer Science: Software Systems Current overall GPA:  3.9 / 4.0 skills Computer Languages Expert in C++, Java Proficient in VBA, SQL Familiar with LISP, C#, Python Software Expert in Adobe Photoshop Proficient in 3D Studio Max Familiar with Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects experience Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summer intern with the Applied Software Engineering Research (ASER) group Text-based Event Analysis and Mapping System Engineered a Java desktop application for mapping and managing event information Designed the user interface and application functionalities June 2008 to August 2008 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Teaching assistant | Fundamentals of Computer Science (CPSC 150) and Digital Logic (CPSC 305) Instruct introductory computer science students in Java Assist digital logic students in designing and understanding circuits Provide one on one tutoring for students Grade all lab assignments for both classes August 2007 to May 2008 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summer intern with the Applied Software Engineering Research (ASER) group Project title: "Using TFIDF Anomalies to Cluster Documents on Subject Matter" Investigated possible areas of research and formulate hypothesis Performed research on dimensionality reduction of the document clustering task Produced and presented a poster and presentation summarizing the work accomplished Produced a technical report for internal publication During this internship I became particularly familiar with several machine learning techniques as well as certain Natural Language Processing tasks. Please view my research website to become familiar with the specifics of my research: http://www.csm.ornl.gov/Internships/rams_07/websites/w_stcharles/ June 2007 to August 2007 Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear (TVAN) Summer Intern | Software Engineering Worked with managers to fully determine user specifications Designed and implemented work management database and GUI using VBA and Microsoft Access This application is currently used at Sequoyah, Watts Bar, and Browns Ferry nuclear plants. July 2006 to August 2006 Bedrock Web Design and Hosting Co-founder | owner/ operator Designed and implemented web pages for customer needs. Designed company/ individual/ organization logos. Recorded company financial transactions. June 2005 to August 2007 societies & honors IEEE-CS chairperson for the 2006 - 2007 & 2007 - 2008 academic years Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Honors Society Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society University Honors Program  :  Brock Scholarship B.C. Chic Day Award 2006:  "To the outstanding freshman or sophomore computer science student" Lavern Thompson Memorial Award 2007:  "To the outstanding female computer science student" Dean's list:  Fall 2004 - Spring 2008 Awarded scholarship to attend the Richard Tapia Diversity in Computing Conference -2007