Patrick Costello

Current

• Computer Science Section Leader at Stanford University

Past

• Academy Instructor at iD Tech Camps
• Lead Designer and Programmer at New Nexus
• Intern at Molecular Devices

• Technician at Radial Labs

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Education

• Stanford University

Connections

8 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Patrick Costello’s Summary

Student studying Computer Science at Stanford University. Experience in many different coding environments, including teaching computer science. Interested in information systems and mobile device programming. As a section leader with the Computer Science department, I have experience working with people and debugging/teaching computer science.

Patrick Costello’s Specialties:

Java, C++, C, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Obj-C, Ruby, Rails, MySQL, XPath, XQuery, XSLT, MATLAB.
Web design, OOP design, iPhone application development.

Patrick Costello’s Experience

• Computer Science Section Leader

  Stanford University

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

  Section leader for the Stanford CS106A, CS106B, and CS106X computer science courses. Duties include teaching a weekly section on Java and/or C++, grading homework and exams, and working at the computer science “LaIR’ helping students code and debug their CS programs. Responsibilities include not only analyzing software correctness and completeness, but also providing useful feedback about good programming style.

• Academy Instructor

  iD Tech Camps

  (Privately Held; Education Management industry)

  June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)

  Instructor at a computer programming camp. The camp consisted of several two-week intensive Java courses for high school students. Responsibilities included planning lessons and activities for students, debugging students’ code, and teaching the core fundamentals of programming methodology. Advanced topics taught included multi-threading, network TCP/IP connections, the Facebook API , and the API for NASA’s open-source WorldWind project.

• Lead Designer and Programmer

  New Nexus

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)

  Designed a virtual world to help teach students the basic concepts of Newtonian physics and projectile motion. Goals included balancing academic value with entertaining gameplay. This work was presented at the Games+Learning+Society conference in 2008.

• Intern

  Molecular Devices

  (Public Company; MDCC; Biotechnology industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  Performed analysis of competing IMAP testing kits using recently discovered phosphodiesterases (mainly PDE-11). This analysis required running multiple assays that tested the binding of the phosphodiesterase to both cAMP and cGMP.

• Technician

  Radial Labs

  (Consumer Electronics industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Prepared parts for prototype kits to be shipped to manufacturing facilities. Wrote Tcl-based software for initializing the electronics during manufacturing.

Patrick Costello’s Education

• Stanford University

  B.S. , Computer Science , 2008 — 2012 (expected)

Additional Information

Patrick Costello’s Websites:

• My Website

Patrick Costello’s Interests:

drama, electronics projects, reading novels, slashdot/ars technica.

Patrick Costello’s Groups:

•    Stanford CS106 Section Leaders

Patrick Costello’s Honors:

The Rotary Club of Menlo Park 2008 Student Achievement Award for Mathematics Beyond Calculus.
Menlo School Senior Academic Honor Society Award, 2008.
Menlo School Creative Arts Department Award for Drama, 2008.
Menlo School History Department Award for Economics, 2008.
Highest Honors 2007, 2008.
AP Scholar with Distinction 2007, 2008.
Faculty Honors, 2007-2008.

Patrick Costello’s Contact Settings

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