School and more school:
- Learned to read at age three at a small private school in Trinidad
& Tobago. Self defense, the teacher was mean. However, the
island is beautiful and the people friendly.
- Second grade through high school in Hawaii.
Yes, it was great growing up there.
- Certification, Drafting Technology, Nixon-Clay College, Austin,
TX. So I could support myself.
- A lot of credits (144) in the
College of Architecture, University of
Texas at Austin.
- But actually finished up in the
College of Engineering (68 credits) at UT Austin, with a
Bachelor of Science in ,
1988. (212 credits total)
- Learned to drive in Boston, 1995.
- Master of Science, Human/Environment Relations, Facility Planning
& Management Concentration, Department of
Design & Environmental Analysis, in the College of Human
Ecology, at Cornell University, late 2006 (yes, got
to!). Advisor: Alan Hedge. Thesis.
- G2 101, (http://www.gensym.com),
January 1999. For my MIT thesis.
- Brahms, a simulation language owned by NASA, Nov-Dec 1999.
For my MIT thesis.
- Master of Science, Information
Technology Focus, Engineering Systems Group, Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, June 2000 (done!). Coursework in software
engineering and business-oriented information technology, research
regarding simulation systems applicable to human/environment relations
issues and so-called "intelligent" buildings. Advisor: Steven Lerman. Thesis.
MIT Coursework: (60 credits)
GPA 4.5 (scale 0-5)
1.00/1.968 - Introduction to
Computers & Engineering Problem Solving
1.120 - Information Technology Project: Collaborative Software Engineering
1.124 - Computer Aided Engineering I
1.125 - Software Architecting, Design, and Development
1.146 - Engineering Systems Analysis
1.147 - Design for Product Realization
1.964 - Computational Design Studio
1.969 - Programming in Multi-Media Environments
1.969 - High Performance Structures Project (Teaching/Advising)
15.531 - Introduction to Technological Innovation Management (Sloan
School of Management)
15.564 - Information Technology I (Sloan School of Management)
Cornell Coursework: (60 credits)
GPA 3.78 (scale 0-4)
DEA659 - Facility
Planning/Management
DEA660 - Environment and Social Behavior
DEA650 - Programming Methods in Design
ILR510a - Statistics for Social Science I
ILR510b - Statistics for Social Science II
DEA656 - Research Methods in Human Environment Relations
DEA653 - Psychology of Workplace Design, Plan/Manage the Workplace
CRP609 - Real Estate Marketing and Management
CS417 - Computer Graphics
CS790 - Independent Computer Science Research
Misc. academic stuff (awards,
etc.)