education  
9/02 - present

M.I.T. Media Lab Cambridge, MA
M.S.in Media Arts and Sciences with theTangible Media Group
expected June 2004

9/91-6/96 Stanford University Stanford, CA
B.S. Engineering Product Design
Senior Project Shaken not Broken: Earthquake Safe Display System for Museum Objects
B.A. Art History
Senior Seminar Paper Disseminating Futurism: Avant Garde Objects, Contemporary Issues - The Late Works of Giacomo Balla

Coursework: 3-D design, mechanical engineering and structural mechanics, drawing and rendering, graphic design, history of art, architecture and design, physics, calculus, material science, electrical engineering and computer science
1/94-5/94 Centro Linguistico de Brunelleshi Florence, Italy
Intensive Italian Language Curriculum
6/01-8/02 San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
Fine art courses
   
computer skills
Mac and PC Experience
High level languages: C++ (basic level), Lingo, HTML, currently learning Java
Software: Interactivity: Director, Flash, MAX, Nato
Video: Premiere, Aftereffects, Final Cut Pro, Media Cleaner, QuickTime Pro
Graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark, NIH Image,
Sound: SoundEdit
Web: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Frontpage, BBEdit, Fetch
CAD: Vellum, Minicad
Other: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Acrobat
 
 
 
hardware and electronics skills
Experience
with:
A variety cameras (still, digital, analog), projectors and monitors Integrating interfacing technologies with the EZI/O board and basic circuit board design and construction Configuring a variety of devices including switches, potentiometers, sensors and motors
   
machine shop skills
Tools: Mill (CNC), lathe, LaserCamm, table saw, band saw, router, chop saw, drill press, Tig and Arc welding, various sanders and grinders, hand tools, sand blaster, sandcasting
Materials: steel, aluminum, bronze, wood, acrylic, delrin, polyester resin, rubber, various foams
   
languages
italian:strong command
spanish: working knowledge
french: beginniing
 
travel
extensively in Europe, U.S.A., Africa, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey and Morocco