Casey O'Donnell

Current

• Athens Chapter President at Georgia Game Developers Association
• Assistant Professor at University of Georgia
• Member at IGDA Albany Chapter

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Past

• Research Assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Independent Researcher at Vicarious Visions
• Senior Software Engineer at Avatech Solutions

• Software Engineer at 3D Pipeline
• Research Fellow at NASA/JPL

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Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Drake University

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Connections

153 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Casey O'Donnell’s Summary

I began my academic life as a computer scientist and mathematician, started studying computer graphics, that led to 3D scientific visualization work for JPL, was snatched up by a game company in La Jolla, worked on 3D sound systems for N64, PS1, PC, Mac, Linux until it('s clients) went bust, tried graduate school in CS, wasn't happy, worked for an Autodesk subcontractor (and general design automation company), put people out of work with automation tools, got tired of that, and with the help of a Marxist feminist and a sociologist found "STS" as a (un)discipline, got in, studied Open Source Software development for a while, got tired of it, did some pilot research studying work at a video game company, that company got bought by Activision, and decided to study "the game industry" in the US and India. Simple right?

Casey O'Donnell’s Specialties:

anthropology, corporate anthropology, video game development, video game tools development, design automation, open source software, design

Casey O'Donnell’s Experience

• Athens Chapter President

  Georgia Game Developers Association

  (Computer Games industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

• Assistant Professor

  University of Georgia

  (Computer Games industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Member

  IGDA Albany Chapter

  (Computer Games industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Research Assistant

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2003 — May 2008 (4 years 10 months)

  2005 - 2007 - Editorial Assistant for "Cultural Anthropology" Journal
  2004 - 2005 - T.A.
  2003 - 2004 - Software Developer for Culturally Situated Design Tools

• Independent Researcher

  Vicarious Visions

  (Public Company; Computer Games industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years )

• Senior Software Engineer

  Avatech Solutions

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; AVSO; Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years )

• Software Engineer

  3D Pipeline

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 2 months)

• Research Fellow

  NASA/JPL

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year )

Casey O'Donnell’s Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  PhD. , Science and Technology Studies , 2005 — 2008

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MS , Science and Technology Studies , 2003 — 2005

• Drake University

  BS , Mathematics and Computer Science , 1997 — 2001

Additional Information

Casey O'Donnell’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Casey O'Donnell’s Interests:

anthropology, corporate anthropology, video games, writing, reading, coding, camping, hiking, ice hockey, working out, roller blading

Casey O'Donnell’s Groups:

University of Georgia (UGA), American Anthropological Association (AAA), Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA), Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

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•    Drake University Alumni (2,000+)
•    Game Developers Conference®
•    IGDA Albany Chapter
•    Association of Internet Researchers
•    New Media Alumni -- UGA
•    The TeleArts DV Rebellion
•    IGDA Tools SIG
•    TEDx PeachTree
•    IGDA Atlanta
•    SIEGE

Casey O'Donnell’s Honors:

NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant (Award #0620903) - "Playing the New Economy: Video Game Development in India and the United States."
Change the World Challenge Award, for work on Virtual DJ
Aerospace States Agency Award
Iowa Space Grant Consortium Grant - For cooperative work with NASA/JPL

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