From: "Sci.Virtual-Worlds" Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 16:31:18 -0700 Message-ID: <9507312331.AA09116@fridge.hitl.washington.edu> group sci.virtual-worlds post Approved: scivw@hitl.washington.edu From: Mark Pflaging Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: JOB-WANTED: Virtual Environment Programmer Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 16:36:13 -0400 Organization: The George Washington University, Washington DC Lines: 188 Message-Id: To all prospective employers, I am seeking a full-time position in the area of virtual environments. My resume is attached to this message. For more information, please visit my WWW page cited in the resume. I have experience and an educational background that puts me at the forefront of computer software and hardware development. Any positions that would benefit from my qualifications will be considered. I prefer to work in the Baltimore or DC metro area. Thank you in advance for your attention. - Mark T. Pflaging - - pflaging@seas.gwu.edu - "It is not possible to judge a - (703)-560-2361 - person's life until they are gone." - http://www.well.com/user/mtp2/ - _________________________________________________________________ MARK THOMAS PFLAGING 2305 McGregor Court Vienna, VA 22182 (703)-560-2361 email: 70233.1552@compuserve.com _________________________________________________________________ WORK OBJECTIVE A position in the research and development of hardware, software, and models for virtual environments. EDUCATION The George Washington University, District of Columbia M. S. in Computer Science, expected May 1996 (Current GPA 3.12) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio B. S. in Computer Engineering, May 1991 (GPA in Major 3.24) ACHIEVEMENTS + Created C++ classes for matrix and polynomial algebra, Power Glove input, solid modeling, 3D paths, and Sound Blaster output. + Helped develop an object-oriented scripting language for dynamic virtual reality. + Designed and built a serial interface for Power Gloves and stereoscopic glasses. + Completed courses in Computer Animation, User Interface Design, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Advanced Programming Languages, Compilers. + Led workshops featuring PC-based virtual reality and the Power Glove. + Prototyped an entertaining low-cost laser display. WORK EXPERIENCE ARI Research Fellow (August 1993 - June 1995) Consortium of Universities; Alexandria, Virginia C++, Virtual reality, Device interfacing, and UNIX experience: + Used C++, SGI Inventor, Rend386, 3D Studio, and Virtus Walkthrough software to design virtual and augmented reality experiments for behavioral psychologists. + Interfaced a Virtual Research Eyegen helmet, an Ascension Bird tracker, a Logitech 3D mouse, Power Gloves, 3D shutter glasses, and LCD projection panels to DOS, Windows and UNIX systems, and wrote appropriate drivers. Programmer (April 1992 - December 1992) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Bethesda, Maryland C, UNIX, Database, and CD-ROM experience: + Used C and UNIX to manipulate raw bibliographic data for CD-ROM databases. + Managed computing resources such as disk space, network throughput, and CPU time to provide timely delivery of data. Software Engineer / Consultant (April 1991 - April 1992) Fu Associates; Arlington, Virginia C++, C, Database, and Clipper experience: + Gained expertise with database management, graphical and textual user interface design and report generation in DOS and Windows. ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS + Vice President of the Virtual Reality Alliance of Students and Professionals (1992-1993) + Member of the Association for Computing Machinery + Alumnus of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity + Dean's Honor Scholarship from Case Institute of Technology (1986-1990) _________________________________________________________________ SPECIFIC TOOLS + Languages: C++, C, Pascal, Ada, BASIC, Assembly Language (Intel, Motorola, PIC), Actor, Lex, YACC, Clipper / DBase, SQL, Batch / Shells (MSDOS, UNIX, Windows, VMS) + Libraries: Inventor, Object Windows, REND386, Turbo Vision, Codebase++, pSOS Kernel, limited experience with WorldToolkit and Renderware + Software: Borland C++, Gnu Emacs, 3D Studio, Virtus Walkthrough, Norton Desktop, Microsoft Word, PhotoStyler, audio and video capture tools, numerous communications and network software, FoxPro, LogicWorks, PADS-Logic, Covox Voice Blaster + Hardware: MSDOS, Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh computers; embedded systems; EyeGen and VictorMaxx Head Mounted Displays; Ascension Bird, Logitech 3D Mouse, and Power Glove trackers; NTSC converters; projection displays; Stereoscopic shutter glasses; modems; EPROM burners; multimeters and oscilloscopes; low-power lasers REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS + Garage Virtual Reality by Linda Jacobson, published 1994 by Sams Publishing. See pages 343-7 for a brief biography and description of my involvement in VR. + Virtual Reality Creations by Dave Stampe, Bernie Roehl, and John Eagan, published 1993 by Waite Group Press. See pages 347-51 for a description of a popular virtual world of my own design. + Object Glove: A Power Glove Driver for the PC, published 1994 by the Virtual Reality Alliance of Students and Professionals. This is a 69-page document that I wrote about using my C++ software for interfacing the Glove. + Approaches Using Virtual Environments with Mosaic, by Sandy Ressler of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This document outlines a welding of a WWW viewer and a virtual environment with which I helped. + A C++ Power Glove Driver, by Mark Pflaging, pages 23-6 of PCVR Issue #7 (January / February 1993) published by Gradecki Publishing. + Getting Closer: Virtual Reality on your home PC, by Mark Pflaging, pages 16-7 of Pix-Elation Volume 1, Issue 3 published by the Virtual Reality Alliance of Students and Professionals. PERSONAL REFERENCES Joseph Psotka PERI-BR 5001 Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA 22333-5600 (703)-274-5572 Karin August PO Box 4139 Highland Park, NJ 08904-4139 (908)-463-8787 WORLD WIDE WEB Approaches Using Virtual Environments with Mosaic can be found at: http://nemo.ncsl.nist.gov/~sressler/projects/nav/veMosaic/ veMain.html The Virtual Reality Alliance of Students and Professionals has a home page at: http://www.vms.com/vrasp/ Information on my work at ARI is located here: http://alex-immersion.army.mil/vr.html My own hope page exists at: http://www.well.com/user/mtp2/ COURSES COMPLETED Graduate: Computer Animation, Compiler Design, Object-Oriented Design, Advanced Programming Languages, Microprogramming. Undergraduate: Design Methodology, Senior Project, Computer Design I and II, Operating Systems, Systems Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures, Numerical Methods. _________________________________________________________________