Alan O'cull
Research Software Engineer at Purdue Envision Center
Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolAlan O'cull is a Research Software Engineer with eight years of experience building graphical tools, real-time simulations, and game-focused pipelines, currently contributing to Purdue's Envision Center. He blends technical art and game programming skills—using engines like Godot, Golang, GIS-to-GLTF pipelines, and graphics techniques such as barycentric coordinates—to create interactive RF simulation and visualization systems for private 5G. At BATS Wireless he led asset and map production, rapid in-engine location workflows, and recreated field scenarios for validation testing, showing a knack for turning domain-specific problems into practical visual tools. A Purdue Animation & Interactive Technology graduate and former SIGGRAPH chapter president, he pairs research and community leadership with hands-on delivery. Outside work he brings a creative, outdoorsy perspective as a self-described tech artist and avid deer enthusiast, which informs his practical, detail-oriented approach to visual systems.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects, Bachelor's degree Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects at Purdue University
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Github Skills (67)
game-development10
godot10
game-engine10
gdscript10
rust10
blender10
open-source10
plugin9
python6
documentation6
panic3
mcfunction2
capistrano2
upstream2
timesheet2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
arocull/Shepherd
Nov 2019 - Oct 2022
A top-down game about a shepherd and his flock of sheep.
Contributions:4 PRs, 115 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 11 months
flockgamesheeptop-downtop-down-game
arocull/BoneJuice
Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
Armature Utility Plugin for Blender
Contributions:11 releases, 29 commits, 2 PRs in 11 months
armatureblenderbonespluginpython
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