Andrew Head

www.soundcloud.com/andrew-head
Email: amh140@pitt.edu
Phone: (610) 563-5504

Career Interests: Audio design position at game development company

Education: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Honors College Full Tuition Scholar
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
GPA: 3.96

Team Game Creation Society: Composer, Coder (9/10 – present)

Experience:  Fitted musical compositions to game’s ideal environment
 Developed Python audio and rendering scripts
 Added to development of communal creative vision
Intel China Research Center: Applications Team Intern (5/10 – 8/10)
• Created package to implement object localization procedure
• Self-taught functional analysis and mathematics concepts essential
to understanding code components
• Contributed to biweekly progress and brainstorming sessions
Robotics and Automation Society: Team Member (1/10 – 4/10)
• Planned and coded strategies for sumo and line-following contests
• Assisted in mechanical and electrical design of race-winning robot
Vibrations and Control Laboratory: Volunteer (10/09 - 4/10)
• Enhanced indent-test machine’s physical and software interface

Creative University Handbell Ensemble: Director and Arranger (1/10 – present)

Experience: • Led weekly practice and communicated musical goals
• Encouraged group awareness as means to making good music
Thirteen years of musical training
• Nine years of ensemble experience
• Seven years of piano festivals and private instruction
Pittsburgh Electronic Musicians Society: Member (9/10 – present)
• Explored musicianship through work of others
Introduction to Fiction Writing
• Developed awareness of audience and tone

Technical Utilized Garageband and MIDI to write and edit 15+ songs
Experience: Coursework and team assignments in: Intermediate Programming Using
Java, Signals and Systems, Engineering Computing
Programming languages: C++, C, Java, Matlab, Python, Basic, UNIX,
bash, html, Assembly