Résumé

Alexander Fatemi-Badi

845 Walnut Spring Lane,
State College, PA 16801
814-308-4011
alexfatemi@gmail.com

Education

Drexel University, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

  • BS in Game Art and Production, Graduated with Honors June 2015 (GPA 3.54)
  • MS in Digital Media, Graduated December 2016 (GPA: 3.60)
  • Thesis on Using Independent Development Tools to Make Interactive Projection Dome Experiences
    • Compiled and assessed current research on interactive dome experiences
    • Examined existing tools and developed new tools for developing interactive dome experiences
    • Built a proof-of-concept interactive dome experience to test for strengths and weaknesses

Work Experience

Penn State – Center for Immersive Experiences, XR Application Developer, August 2019 – Present

  • Developing various VR and web applications for use in education and research across various colleges at Penn State.

WPSU Penn State, Multimedia Developer, February 2018 – August 2019

  • Tasked with converting old educational Flash games to modern standards
  • Porting assets to Unity and writing new code
  • Creating both mobile compilations of the games and standalone web versions.
  • Developing a new educational game to add to updated collection

Inner-City Movement/ Theatre 7000, Multimedia Specialist, March–August 2014

  • Modeled and animated 3D environments and characters for display on projection domes
  • Edited together live footage with 3D renders to create instructional videos
  • Consulted on development of current and future digital media projects and websites for company
  • Created animated video presentation for existing static comic
  • Enhanced and edited images and layout on company website

Activities

Drexel Anime and Gaming Organization, Officer, 2012-2015

  • Video Game Chair from 2012-2015, Vice President in 2015
  • Organized weekly gaming events for an average of 30 students
  • Acted as liaison with other clubs to organize video game related events
  • Collaborated with executive team on organizing and running general club events
  • Maintained club social media page

Artistic Skills

  • 3D Art: Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting
  • 2D Art: Photo Editing, Vector-based Art, Flash Animation, Digital Painting, Orthographic Drawing
  • Other: Video Editing, Digital Special Effects, Story-writing, Concept Design, Character Design

Technical Skills

  • Software: Unity, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max; modo 701; Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Flash, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Dreamweaver), Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
  • Languages: C#, C++, Actionscript 3, XHTML, Java

Honors and Awards

Drexel University Dean’s Scholarship, 2012-2016