CHRISTINA R. VILLARRUEL

Present Address
Mount Holyoke College
3207 Blanchard Student Center
South Hadley, MA 01075
(413) 493-5060

Permanent Address
20639 Ellen Ct.
Livonia, MI 48152
cell: (717) 448-5187
crvillar@mtholyoke.edu
Education

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Candidate for Bachelor of Arts, May 2006
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Cumulative GPA: 3.79/4.00
GPA in Major: 3.82/4.00
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Honors

Mount Holyoke Leadership Award
Sarah Williston Scholar
National Dean's List
National Hispanic Scholar
Michigan Educational Assessment Program Merit Award
Who's Who Among American High School Students

2002-2006
2005
2002-2003
2001-2002
2002
1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002
Related Courses
  • Data Structures
  • Computer Systems & Assembly Language
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Theory of Computation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Indept. Study in Computer Security
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Graphics
  • Operating Systems
  • Indept. Study in Virtual Reality
  • 3-D Animation & Modeling
Skills

Programming Languages: C, C++, HTML, OpenGL, and Assembly. Familiarity with Basic, Java and Lingo.

Software Experience: Visual C++, Borland, CodeWarrior, Maya, Blender, Hash Animation Master, Dreamweaver, Director, Gimp, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Finale, Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Office.

Related Experience

ITR Undergraduate Researcher in Virtual Reality, Mount Holyoke College, 2004-present
Work with an eye tracker to improve realism of 3-D scenes with attention driven rendering and depth-of-field effects. Created small computer network between the eye tracker's host machine and the graphic rendering machine. Program heavily in C++ and OpenGL. Further Information

Student Web Technology Consultant, Mount Holyoke College, 2003-present
Teach workshops on Dreamweaver, Excel, Web Site Planning and Design, Photoshop and Digital Editing. Provide user support to faculty and students, monitor the Special Projects Computer Lab (for advanced academic assignments) and resolve software problems. View Workshop Evaluations

Undergraduate Researcher, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Summer 2005
Created 3-D computer graphic models and researched visual perception of uncertainty information in a spatial/temporal graphical browser for data related to the Earth.

CASA Undergraduate Researcher, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Summer 2004
Programmed and designed the "CLIMANIC" software for the National Science Foundation's CASA (Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere) Engineering Research Center. View Poster

Computer Liaison, Mount Holyoke College, 2002-present
Maintain computer lab for resident hall of 100+ students, trouble shoot basic software and hardware problems for students' personal computers.

Toys 'R' Us 'R' Zone (electronics) Salesperson, Livonia, MI, Summer 2003
Worked register, handled money, executed computer data entry, phone calls, guest assistance, trained new employees, presented "How to Sell" lectures.

Metro Computer League Co-President, Livonia, MI, 2001-2002
Created monthly competition problems for teams to solve in C++, evaluated efficiency of code, organized events, handled pubic relations.
Further Information

Activities

Stained Glass Club - Instructor, Mount Holyoke College, 2004-2006
Teach weekly workshops on glass design, cutting, coppering, and soldering.

Baroque Recorder Ensemble, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2002-2004
Perform Renaissance and early music on soprano recorder.

Bellatrix Librarian, Mount Holyoke College, 2002-2003
Science Fiction & Fantasy Student Organization.
Updated inventory, organized collection.

Languages Fluent in English; familiar with basic Spanish and Japanese.
Interests Designing web pages, encoding TI calculator games, stained glass work, performing classical and early music on flute and recorder, reading science fiction novels, performing in and attending theatre.

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