Professional Experiences

Summer 2004, 2005, 206: Visiting researcher at NCSU Center for Digital Entertainment.

2003-present: Department of Computer Science, Millsaps College

2000-2003: LiveWire Logic, Inc., Research Scientist developing an intelligent customer self-help agent that responds to text questions.

1998-2000: Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Assistant Professor.

1994-1998: North Carolina State University IntelliMedia Initiative, Graduate Research Assistant.

1992-1994: North Carolina State University Precision Engineering Center, Graduate Research Assistant.

Fall 1990: Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS), Los Alamos National Laboratory, semester internship. Developed 3D visualization of molecular orbital iso-surfaces under the direction of Dr. Antonio Redondo.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1998.
"Real-time Generation of User and Context-Sensitive Three-Dimensional Animated Explanations."
Supervising professors: Dr. James C. Lester and Dr. Woodrow E. Robbins.

M.S., Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1994.
Thesis title: "Computer Simulation of a Theoretical Model for Contour Grinding." Supervising professor: Dr. Woodrow E. Robbins.

B.S., Honors Baccalaureate, Department of Computer Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiaina, 1992.
Honors Thesis title: "A Hypermedia System for the Authoring of Scientific Journal Articles."
Supervising professor: Dr. Dennis Moreau.