
Graduate Research Assistant at Dept. of Visualization
Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Graduate Research Assistant at Dept. of Visualization
Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
Designer & developer with over seven years of experience. Experimental artist, enthusiastic about collaborative art and fixed media. Keen on typography and type design. Also experienced in music composition, rock & experimental guitar, drum & music programming. Interested in projects that are truly unique, non-conventional involving 2D/3D animation, graphics, video and sound.
Web 2.0 technology, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery; Adobe Suite, Flash ActionScripting; FLStudio, GarageBand, Adobe Audition; Rendering/Shading: Maya, RenderMan (RSL); Painting and sketching.
(Higher Education industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Develop and maintain website for Viza 658 class of Fall 2009. Maintain the wiki page for Generative Art. Research assistance to Philip Galanter in university funded art projects. Design & develop personal site for Galanter.
(Higher Education industry)
February 2009 — July 2009 (6 months)
Design brochures, handle department newsletters, postcards. Brand & identity redesign, web design and graphics.
(Architecture & Planning industry)
October 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Design & develop an interactive multimedia educational application using Flash 7, for Architects and Administrators, teaching concepts & principles to improve their architectural designs and management system to foster resident interaction with nature.
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)
August 2007 — October 2007 (3 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)
Logo redesign, web site redesign/upgrading using standard web 2.0 technologies, xhtml/css2, UI, backend support, develop flash media player
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Freelance web site design, web application developement, web site UI, brand identity development, media, interactive content, art, music, animation
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
September 2006 — February 2007 (6 months)
Web application development using ASP, online quiz, stock simulation game, Web design
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2006 — February 2007 (7 months)
Website with static information of the placement cell and a criteria based student profile search. Developed with ASP & CSS/XHTML.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
November 2006 — January 2007 (3 months)
Website for Synergy 2006 - 49th Annual Convention of NASA. Design and development of website using web 2.0 technology, backend managed with MySQL and ASP.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)
September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)
Design concepts, photoshop production of images, digital paintings, photo manipulation, cartooning, sketching, assistance in all stages of printing from concept to production
MS , Visualization , 2007 — 2010 (expected)
BE , Computer Science & Engg. , 2002 — 2006
Handled many design projects within campus, designed posters, flyers, brochures etc. Designed and provided artwork for the college yearbooks from 2003-06. Conducted graphic design classes for students.
Played electric guitar for the band 'Antariksh' from 2003-05. Conducted guitar classes for students.
PUC , 1998 — 2002
Actively participated in painting competitions and won over 75 prizes; secured the 3rd place at the state level art competition, Karnataka. Authored a book - 'Dinosaurs', 1999 published by HRPA, Manipal.
1991 — 1997
Actively participated in art competitions and won several prizes. Participated in sports, music and dramatics. Exhibited paintings at the school at various occasions.
new technology, design concepts, animation, photography, digital art, music band, lead guitar, vocal performance
VizLab
* Best web design - 2000, Forensic Medicon, Manipal
* Outstanding Achievement - Art, 1999, MPUC, Manipal
* Outstanding Achievement - Art, 1997, MKEP, Manipal