Chris Alexander

Master of Robotics student, with additional interests in Systems Engineering, Cybernetics and Computer Science.

Extensive software development experience in financial services, search, social media, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Extremely competent technical writer for academic papers and reports, technical and code documentation, news and blogs.

Strong presentation skills on a wide variety of technical and non-technical topics.

1. Programming
2. Engineering
3. Software Development
4. Systems Integration
5. Technical Presentations
6. Interoperability
7. Technical Writing
8. Photography

• Clustr

  • July 2008 to July 2010
  Team Members: Chris Alexander

  A full implementation of the Huddle.net APIs to provide access to the services on iPhones and mobile devices. Worked with Huddle designers and developers to improve the application and provide feedback on the API.

• Agatha's Appeal

  • 2009 to 2009
  Team Members: Chris Alexander

  Designed and implemented the website for Agatha’s Appeal, a fund started to raise money for a children’s charity; this included working to a specific brief at short notice, with an agile engineering approach.

• ARNIE Robot System

  • September 2010 to May 2011
  Team Members: Chris Alexander, Stefan Dunn

  The ARNIE robot is a MEng group project. As one of four participants I was responsible for the systems integration, anthropomorphic motion generators, intelligence systems and general software development on a robot designed to pass the Olympic Flame.

• Project Origin

  • June 2011 to July 2012
  Team Members: Chris Alexander

  Origin is a mobile robot project aiming to enable low-cost personal robotics with the use of the Xbox Kinect device.

• UK Finalist, Imagine Cup

  Microsoft UK
  • 2008

  Software Design section UK finalist for the Imagine Cup student technology competition.

• 2nd Place, UK Finals, Imagine Cup

  Microsoft UK
  • 2009

  2nd place in the UK finals of the Software Design category in the Imagine Cup student technology competition.

• Prize Winner, IBM Student Mainframe Competition

  IBM
  • 2007

  Prize winner in the annual Student Mainframe Competition organised by IBM

• Winner of Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SVC2UK) Appathon 2011

  Silicon Valley comes to the UK
  • November 2011

  Winner of the SVC2UK appathon with team A&Express, an app for finding how you can get non-emergency A&E care by not only finding you the closest hospitals but also how quickly they will give you care based on their average and live waiting times.
  
  Prizes included visit to Downing Street for award ceremony and meeting David Cameron.

• Best Engineering Student (Part 1)

  University of Reading, School of Systems Engineering
  • 2008

• Winner, Speed Trials, Lego Mindstorms Hackathon at SXSW 2012

  Google Developers
  • March 2012

  Google hosted an all-day hackathon with Lego Mindstorms kits at SXSW 2012. The challenge: build a remote controlled robot that could conquer the Lego and Android inspired obstacle course when put up against other teams. My robot beat teams from iFixit, GeekDad / GeekMom and more.

• Grade 6 Clarinet

  • ABRSM
  • 2005

• Grade 6 Theory of Music

  • ABRSM
  • 2006

Websites:

• Personal Website

Interests:

Robotics, programming, gadgets

Groups and Associations:

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  Big Data News
• 
  Friends of DrinkTank
• 
  Kusiri Cloud Beta
• 
  Nao Robots

• MEng Robotics, Systems Engineering

  The University of Reading

  • Cybernetics and its Application (SE1CA5)
  • Computer and Internet Technologies (SE1EB5)
  • Electronic Circuits (SE1EA5)
  • Engineering Mathematics (SE1CB5)
  • Programming (SE1SA5)
  • Software Engineering (SE1SB5)
  • Space Robotics (CS2R7)
  • Introduction to Algorithms (CS2T7)
  • Control and Measures (CY2A7)
  • Systems and Robotics (CY2C6)
  • Neurocomputation (CY2D7)
  • Microcontrollers (CY2H6)
  • Digital Circuit Design (EE2C2)
  • Engineering Applications (SE2P6)
  • Robot Systems (CS3Y7)
  • Machine Intelligence (CY3B9)
  • State Space (CY3C2)
  • Virtual Reality (CY3F8)
  • Modern Heuristics (CY3G2)
  • Non Linear and Optimal Control (CY3H2)
  • Machines in Motion (CY3J8)
  • MEng Group Project (SE3P9)
  • Law and Management (SE3S10)
  • Social, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Engineering (SE3Z10)
  • Advanced Control (CY4A2)
  • Advanced Neural Networks (CY4C9)
  • Manipulator Dynamics and Haptics (CY4J9)
  • Mind as Motion (CY4B2)
  • MEng Research Project (SE4RP11)
  • Research Studies (SE4RS11)
  • Swarm Intelligence and Artificial Life (CY4F8)