User:Jcbc

Julie Christopher, Programming Mentor, FRC Team 1640

2011 was my first season with FRC (and FIRST in general).

Education and Work

• I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science & Engineering from MIT.
• I have graduate degrees in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
  • My area of research was Natural Language Generation.
• I was a Visiting Assistant Professor for the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems, which is now known as the College of Computing and Digital Media, at DePaul University.
  • I taught courses about programming (both in C/C++ and Java), programming language concepts, system analysis and design, and e-commerce technologies.
• I have programmed Websites that use MySQL databases using PHP and Ruby on Rails.
• I am an Adjunct Instructor (part-time) at Delaware County Community College, teaching Introduction to Computer Science and Introduction to Information Technology.

Control Team Information

The Control Team consists of the Electrical and Programming sub-teams. The Control Team is charged with providing motor controllers, sensors, and programming to enable the robot to meet competition goals.

("The Amazing Machine", The Franklin Institute)