I'm a computer engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently I am on a co-op with BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina. I graduated from Warwick High School in 2010 and I expect to graduate from Pitt in fall 2014.
Most recently, I programmed in C for my systems software course. The final project was a simple multithreaded web server. Previously, I have used Java for coursework, and I have also written websites using PHP. I have a good knowledge of HTML and CSS from my experiences coding websites (see projects section and this site itself).
At Pitt, I am helping out with shows regularly (see projects section). The lighting console I have worked most with is the ETC Ion. I have been involved with technical theatre since high school where I programmed and ran the lighting console for three years.
My interest with photography started when I bought my first digital camera. Now, I'm taking pictures with a Canon 60D and my trusty S95. I'm mostly interested in architectural and landscape photography. Some of my photos are posted at 500px and Flickr. A few of my photos also make an appearance in the background of this page.
Directed by Ben Kaye, this student lab production explored the environment that led up to the Columbine shootings. I was the projection designer for the production.
Projection design for the show was a challenge. I spent countless hours creating videos in After Effects and readying the cues for playback with Isadora and QLab.
It was very rewarding to work closely with such a talented production team. The amazing John Ryan served as the lighting designer, and fellow technology enthusiast Barry Arons served as the sound designer.
I served as the assistant lighting designer for this main stage show put on by the Pitt Repertory Theatre in the fall.
As the ALD, I managed lighting paperwork, programmed the lighting console, and helped design projections using a program called Isadora. On top of that, the projections were triggered by UDP strings sent from the lighting console over a network to an Arduino.
I designed this website for Dr. Richards' dental practice in my hometown of Lititz, Pa.
Since the site is written in PHP, I incorporated a few nifty features including a system for patients to submit cancellations and a way for the staff to post announcements at the top of the main page.
One of my first sites, I wrote this website for an internet programming class in high school.
Despite the class's insistence on teaching ancient and depreciated HTML techniques, I managed to create a standards compliant page using CSS.
I'm particularly proud of the little bowling score calculator that I built using javascript. Checking for input errors was pretty arduous.
You are currently looking at the third iteration of this website, which was a Christmas break project for me. I put a bit of effort into animating elements of this site. It was an enjoyable way to learn some things about Javascript. Like Dr. Richards' site, I used Mootools, a great javascript framework.
I have also archived my past sites here for posterity's sake:
You may email me at alnomnomex@alexblanck.com