BENJAMIN C. ELGIN
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http://www.cs.unc.edu/~elgin/  http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~belgin/

Home Address:                            Work Address:
180 BPW Club Road Apt C-11               3rdtech Inc., P.O.Box 248
Carrboro, NC 27510-2557                  Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0248
(919) 960-0764                           (919) 929-1903

OBJECTIVE: Not currently on the market.

EDUCATION:
Aug 98-     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
May 00      Computer Science department
( on  ) *   M.S. in Computer Science, May 2000
(leave) *   Research Assistant in graphics/walkthrough group under Dr. Brooks
        *   Teaching Assistant for Rendering course under Dr. Lastra,
	     Virtual Worlds course under Dr. Fuchs and Robinett
        *   Graduate level course work in Graphics, Virtual Worlds,
             Algorithms, Parallel, Adv Architecture, Adv Rendering
        *   Undergrad classes in Japanese language
Sept 94-    Harvey Mudd College                 Claremont, CA
May 98  *   Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree, with high honors
        *   Cumulative GPA:  3.74/4.0   In-Major GPA: 3.88/4.0
        *   Course work in C++, Prolog, ML, Ada, OpenGL-based programming,
             Graphics, Networking, AI, OS, Arch, Vision, Music
        *   Worked on Paracel clinic project team to develop software which
             performs text search refinement based on user feedback.
        *   TA/Grader work for intro CS courses.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
May 00-     3rdTech, Inc.                           Chapel Hill, NC
present     Software Engineer
        *   Work on software and system engineering for HiBall optical
             tracker, a large C++ project with custom hardware
Summer 97   Media SuperCollider,                    Marina Del Rey, CA
            Software Developer
        *   Worked on programming and design of networked Java applications
        *   Head programmer for development stages of communications product
        *   Work included coding in the areas of both graphics and networking
Summer 95,  Washington University in St.Louis,          St. Louis, MO
Summer 96   Consultant
        *   Worked on programming and design of educational software
        *   Concentrated in graphic design, particularly 3D rendered graphics

HONORS:
        *   6th Place Team, Regional ACM Programming Competition
        *   National Merit Scholarship Recipient
        *   Harvey Mudd College Dean's List:  S95 through S98
        *   Harvard Book Award, Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction

COMPUTER SKILLS:
        *   Extensive experience with MacOS, WindowsNT,
             UNIX (BSD, Solaris, IRIX). Some experience with Windows95/98
        *   Extensive programming experience in C/C++, Java, OpenGL, HyperTalk
        *   Familiar with MSVC++, CVS, emacs, other developement tools

OTHER INTERESTS and ACTIVITIES:
        *   Carolina Otaku Uprising (Japanese animation club) 1998-present
        *   Society of Women Engineers, 1995-98
        *   Instruments played: piano, trumpet

REFERENCES:
        Available upon request.
                                                last updated 08/29/00