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• Coordinated with members of art and design teams to implement physics-based gameplay and graphical features on Dark Void, Quantum Conundrum, and other unannounced projects.• Significantly improved the robustness of the existing Unreal Engine 3 game physics by modifying the engine to track minimum penetration depths, and used this information to handle penetrating collisions.• Integrated additional features of PhysX into the code base, including physical material properties and contact modification functionality, and leveraged them for gameplay and visual purposes.• Implemented several graphical effects, such as particle system behaviors, post processing techniques, and attribute texture mapping, as well as provided support for animation teams.• Headed technical support for Quantum Conundrum’s downloadable content, including build packaging for all platforms.• Developed a tunable weapons system for a networked multiplayer game.• Fixed bugs extensively throughout the code base.• Wrote technical documentation for variously implemented features.• Designed levels for puzzle-based games using Unreal Engine 3’s editor.

• Supported the development and testing of hydrodynamic numerical modeling codes for use in simulating the structure of and plasma flow in the solar corona.• Participated in the TRACE (Transition Region And Coronal Explorer) investigation, planning observing sequences and analyzing sets of observations.• Provided technical assistance to other staff in accessing and analyzing raw and processed data.