Director at USC Viterbi School of Engineering China Office
China
- Current
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- Director, China Office at USC Viterbi School of Engineering
- Past
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- Founder and Chair at Project:Possibility
- Software and Video Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Campus Ambassador at Sun Microsystems
- Business Systems and Applications Engineer at Peter R. Thom and Associates, Inc.
- IT Specialist at UCLA Human Genetics
- Education
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong / Fudan University
- University of Southern California
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
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Christopher Leung’s Experience
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Director, China Office
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
(Higher Education industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
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Founder and Chair
Project:Possibility
(Computer Software industry)
February 2007 — January 2009 (2 years )
• Established a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower individuals through development of accessible, innovative open source technology
• Launched academic programs that bring together, educate, and inspire software developers and persons with disabilities in issues of accessible computing
• Garnered financial, logistical, human and technology support from organizations including Mozilla, Sun Microsystems, Google, and the University of Southern California -
Software and Video Engineer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(Government Agency; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
March 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 4 months)
• Lead developer, Phoenix IPRW: NASA's press release management system for digital media products from JPL's Phoenix Mission
• Codeveloper, Jyperdrive: robotic simulation and visualization component for Maestro, NASA’s mission operations software suite
• Author, DIAL-PRO: digital asset management system for JPL's Solar System Visualization project
• Dozens of other software and digital media projects
Awards:
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Science Planning and Execution - Phoenix, 2009
• NASA Recognition Award, Phoenix Visualization, 2007
• NASA Team Bonus Award, Internet2 Implementation - Phoenix, 2007
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Development+Test - D-RATS, 2006
• NASA/JPL Spot Award, Outstanding Achievement - Odyssey 2006
• NASA/JPL Spot Award, Beyond the Call of Duty - Cassini, 2005
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Exceptional Service - MER, 2005 -
Campus Ambassador
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2007 — May 2008 (6 months)
• Promote Sun open source at the University of Southern California
Awards:
• Sun Microsystems Campus Ambassador of the Month, May 2008 -
Business Systems and Applications Engineer
Peter R. Thom and Associates, Inc.
(Automotive industry)
August 1999 — August 2005 (6 years 1 month)
• Engineered accident reconstruction analysis web tools
• Developed production and marketing tools infrastructure -
IT Specialist
UCLA Human Genetics
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
October 2001 — July 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Christopher Leung’s Education
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Shanghai Jiao Tong / Fudan University
Language Study , Mandarin Chinese , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
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University of Southern California
Master of Science , Computer Science , 2005 — 2008
Awards:
• Senator of the Year, USC Engineering Graduate Student Association, 2008
• Order of Arete, Member, USC Student Recognition Award, 2008
• Leadership Award, USC Office of International Services, 2008
• 1st Place, USC Google-All-Nighter Coding Competition, 2008
• 2nd Place Academic, USC Webfest, 2008
Activities:
• Director of Technology, International Students' Assembly
• Senator, Engineering, Graduate & Professional Students Senate
• Senator, Computer Science, Engineering Graduate Student Association
• Member, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Advisory Board
• Member, USC ACM Executive Board -
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science , Computer Science and Engineering , 2000 — 2004
Awards:
• 1st Place, UCLA OpenGL Animation Competition, 2004
