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*Name/contact
*Name/contact
Alex Levenson
**Alex Levenson
alev742@gwu.edu
**alev742@gwu.edu


*Timezone
*Timezone
Eastern Time during the school year, Pacific Time during the summer
**Eastern Time during the school year, Pacific Time during the summer


*What kind of projects could/would you mentor?
*What kind of projects could/would you mentor?
Anything physics engine related
**Anything physics engine related
Anything related to games, pygame, olpcgames, graphics, etc
**Anything related to games, pygame, olpcgames, graphics, etc




*How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor? What are your other commitments over the summer?
*How much time could you devote to mentoring? Can you make the especially solid commitment of being a double-mentor? What are your other commitments over the summer?
I'll be working for Google in San Francisco this summer.
**I'll be working for Google in San Francisco this summer.


*What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?
*What relevant coding experience do you have (very briefly, two sentences at most)?
I wrote a couple of physics simulation activities for OLPC last summer. I am a computer science major and have experience as a software developer. Resume: http://student.seas.gwu.edu/~alev742/resume.php
**I wrote a couple of physics simulation activities for OLPC last summer. I am a computer science major and have experience as a software developer. Resume: http://student.seas.gwu.edu/~alev742/resume.php


*What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?
*What relevant mentoring (or related) experience do you have?
I am a computer science tutor here at The George Washington University.
**I am a computer science tutor here at The George Washington University.


*What do you think your role as a mentor would involve? How would you fill it, and why? (3-5 sentences is plenty)
*What do you think your role as a mentor would involve? How would you fill it, and why? (3-5 sentences is plenty)
I would be glad to provide any kind of support I can, from high level software design strategy to code reviews. I would like to focus on keeping the code not only functional but elegant, readable, and scalable - something that's very important as this platform moves forward.
**I would be glad to provide any kind of support I can, from high level software design strategy to code reviews. I would like to focus on keeping the code not only functional but elegant, readable, and scalable - something that's very important as this platform moves forward.


*Anything else you think is relevant.
*Anything else you think is relevant.
Please check out my resume: http://student.seas.gwu.edu/~alev742/resume.php
**Please check out my resume: http://student.seas.gwu.edu/~alev742/resume.php
And also my olpc userpage: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Alexlevenson
**And also my olpc userpage: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Alexlevenson




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