ROBERT BURKHARDT
P.O. Box 426164, Cambridge, MA 02142-0021

E-mail: bobwb@juno.com

WORK OBJECTIVE:

Application software development.

SUMMARY:

Thorough knowledge of C++ and strong Java skills — Experience with GUI design, graphics, mathematics, statistics and multi-user, multi-threaded applications — UNIX emphasis with additional Windows experience — Documentation and training skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Tensegrity Solutions, Cambridge, MA, 1981 - Present, Principal
Space frame design and analysis: theory, software and documentation. (C/C++, BASIC, Java, docs, HTML, MathML, VRML, X Window System, MFC, OpenGL, POV-Ray, UNIX, Windows, MS-DOS)

Robert Burkhardt Software Services, Cambridge, MA, 2006 - 2007, Principal
Audio browsing software. Implement design by MIT Media Lab graduate student and interpret capabilities of multi-media libraries. (Java, C++, docs, GUI, XML, JMF, JNI, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Windows)

Lycos.com (Gamesville), Waltham, MA, 1999 - 2002, Software Engineer
Software for Internet games with single and multiple players. Member of software development team of about 10 people. Interface with creative department. (C++, Java, Perl, GUI, HTML, SQL, CVS, UNIX)

Northeastern University (College of Engineering), Boston, MA, 1999, Part-time Lecturer
Developed and taught Intermediate C++ Programming (CT 1311). (C++, training, docs, UML, Windows)

Lowell Institute School (now at Northeastern University, Boston, MA), 1988 - 1996, Contractor
Developed and taught computer programming courses. (C/C++, BASIC, GUI, training, docs, X Window System, Motif, graphics, MS-DOS, Windows, UNIX)

Carvajal, S.A. (Grupo Editorial Norma), Bogotá, Colombia, 1991 - 1993, Contractor
Interactive dictionary parsing and database software. Customer training and support. (C, training, docs, GUI, X Window System, UNIX)

Boston University Metropolitan College, Boston, MA, 1988 - 1989, Instructor
Developed and taught Introduction to Computer Graphics (CS532). (C, training, docs, GUI, X Window System, UNIX)

Computervision (now part of Parametric Technology, Needham, MA), 1985 - 1986, Contractor
Software to interactively display wire-frame snapshots (stored in CGM format) on IBM terminals. (docs, GUI, FORTRAN, GDDM, VM/CMS)

Tufts University (Economics Department), Medford, MA, 1981, Instructor
Developed and taught undergraduate econometrics course. (training, docs, FORTRAN)

Internal Revenue Service (SOI Division), Washington, DC, 1975, 1976, Student assistant
Projected returns filings by type of return and service center. Designed projection models. Enhanced statistical software. (BASIC, TSP)

EDUCATION:

Lowell Institute School (now at Northeastern University, Boston, MA), 1982 - 1986
Certificate in Electronics Technology, 1986. Park Medal. Microprocessor Applications Programming course with hands-on lab involving embedded applications.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1975 - 1980
Graduate student and research assistant, Department of Economics. National Science Foundation Fellow 1975-78. Statistical analysis of time-series and categorical data. Analytical reports on results. (TSP, SPSS, VM/CMS, MVS, matrix algebra, multivariate statistics)

University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, 1973 - 1975
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Economics, 1975. Phi Beta Kappa. Simulation, multiple-regression and course record-keeping software. (APL, BASIC, matrix algebra, multivariate statistics)

Los Angeles Harbor Community College, Wilmington, CA, 1971 - 1973
A.A., Economics, 1973. Alpha Gamma Sigma. Matrix-inversion routine for complex-valued data. (APL, matrix algebra)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

R. Burkhardt, "The Application of Nonlinear Programming to the Design and Validation of Tensegrity Structures with Special Attention to Skew Prisms," Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, v. 47, no. 1 (no. 150, April 2006), pp. 3-15.

John Osgood Field, Robert Burkhardt and George Ropes, "Supplementary feeding in rural Egypt: The health system in action," Food Policy, Vol. 6, No. 3 (August 1981), pp. 163-172.

Robert Burkhardt, John Osgood Field and George Ropes, "Family Planning in Rural Egypt: A View from the Health System," L'Egypte Contemporaine, no. 379 (Janvier 1980), pp. 41-69.

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