Walamitien Oyenan

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a position as a software engineer where my creative, teamwork and technical skills can be used.

EDUCATION

·         Master of Software Engineering, December 2003
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Current GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 

·         Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors, June 2001
University of Lille, FRANCE
Rank: Top 10% 

·         Two-year university diploma in Engineering Science, June 1999
University of Reims, FRANCE

WORK EXPERIENCE

·         Research Assistantship, June 2003 - Present
Department of Computing and Information Science, Kansas State University
ü       Implemented in Java various parallel algorithms for a pipeline simulation.
ü       Designed a GUI in java to create and visualize the simulation.
ü       Provided complete documentations according to the IEEE Software Engineering standards.

·         Research Assistant, Spring 2003
Department of Computing and Information Science, Kansas State University
ü       Evaluated LeJos (java operating system) on Lego Mindstorms robots.
ü       Designed a pattern for time-triggered embedded systems.

·         Web Developer Intern, Summer 2002
AllSystems, Paris, France
ü       Database design: Designed and created a database to monitor hardware and software installed on computers from different LANs.
ü       Web programming: Built PHP-based web pages to access and manipulate the database. Provided different level of security using cookies.

·         Java Developer Intern, Spring 2001
 Fundamental Laboratory of Computer Science (LIFL), Lille, France
ü       Implemented a Java applet to interact via EAI (External Authoring Interface) with a 3D world online for the Spin3D project.
ü       Conducted meetings with a staff of 10 developers from France Telecom R&D to discuss and coordinate different tasks involved in the project.

CLASS PROJECT

·         Web Site Design, Spring 2002
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
ü       Designed and developed a dynamic web site for streaming real-time videos.
ü       Retrieved XML data from the database and display them using XSL.
ü       Installed a web server (Apache) and a streaming server.
ü       Knowledge Involved: JDBC, XML, SQL, Servlet, XSL/XSLT.

COMPUTER SKILLS

·         Programming languages: JAVA, C/C++, Ada, Scheme, Pascal, Assembly;

·         Database:  RDBMS, SQL, ORACLE 8 (PL/SQL, Pro*C, QBE);

·         Internet Technologies: XML/XSL, VRML, HTML, Servlet, Applet, CSS, Flash, Php;

·         Methods and Tools: UML/OCL, Rational Rose Real-Time, Model Checker (Spin, Alloy, Bandera, Esc/Java), Iterative Development, Cost Estimation (COCOMO II);

·         Operating Systems: VxWorks, Linux, UNIX (Solaris), Windows 9x/NT/XP;

·         Artificial Intelligence: Expert systems, A*, Neural Networks;

·         Cryptography: Secret Key (AES, DES), Public Key (RSA), Digital Signatures;

·         Software: Photoshop, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Developer2000, MS Office.

ACTIVITIES

    ·         Vice President – African Student Union, Manhattan, Kansas (2002-present).
    ·         Member of the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (2003-present).