Steven Dao

• 2513 Seton Ave # 108
• Austin, TX 78705
• +1 (832) 582-0950
• stevendao@utexas.edu

B.A. Computer Science and Philosophy May 2015

The University of Texas at Austin

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Abroad: Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France (Spring 2013)

Engineering Practicum Intern Google, Cambridge, Mass. (May–August 2013)

• Created a GWT/App Engine interface for rejected messages in an airline reservations system
• Worked in Java with a partner to search and filter through a large set of airline data
• Worked in Java with a partner to search and filter through a large set of airline data

Software Developer Intern SnapStream Media, Houston, Tex. (May–August 2012)

• Worked in a team to re-architect a “TV search” web application in ASP.NET MVC
• Developed using C#, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS web technologies
• Retrieved data from and wrote queries for Microsoft SQL Server databases

Animation Intern Missouri City TV, Missouri City, Tex. (November 2010–April 2011)

• Created station identification and advertisement graphics using 3ds Max animation software
• Planned and edited storyboards for animation sequences
• Produced animation projects as part of an independent study course

Wave Simulation Node for Maya C++ (Summer 2013)  View on GitHub

• Developed a plug-in for Autodesk Maya to help with my animation hobby
• Implemented ocean wave simulation algorithm from Tessendorf’s SIGGRAPH course notes
• Used Maya C++ API to create an animatable node with parameters such as speed, amplitude

Linguistic Parser C#/.NET (Spring 2012)  View on GitHub

• Originated from linguistics course assignment dealing with sentence syntax
• Parsed possible phrase structure trees (binary trees) from input sentences
• Built project to be extensible with interchangeable grammars and lexicons

Texas Student Television, UT Austin (Spring 2012–present)

• Production Coordinator, Good Morning Texas (Fall 2012)

Volunteer Usher, Texas Performing Arts (Spring 2012–present)