Chris Bradel
Scientist, Survivability at NAVSEA Warfare Centers (NSWC/NUWC)
Reston, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Bradel is a computer scientist with nine years of experience building software for autonomy, computer vision, and survivability engineering, currently contributing to NAVSEA Warfare Centers. He combines applied research—formerly as a computer vision research engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory—with hands-on product work from a decade of freelance game and systems programming. Chris has published and presented technical work, mentored interns, and actively maintains open-source projects in the low-power and maker communities, bringing practical embedded experience with platforms like Arduino. Outside formal roles he created a popular multimedia series (12k subscribers, 4.5M views), demonstrating skills in storytelling, production, and community engagement that inform his user-centered approach to technical problems. Based in Reston, VA, he thrives at the intersection of robotics, game design, and special effects, translating research ideas into deployable prototypes. Colleagues describe him as a curious, versatile engineer who blends creative media instincts with rigorous scientific practice.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at George Mason University
Github Skills (36)
switch10
app-manager10
gamepad10
openframeworks10
controller9
nintendo9
menu9
3ds8
homebrew8
handheld8
source-port8
sfml8
cpp-library8
glfw8
in-progress8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Chrscool8/Peanut-Mod
Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:3 releases, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
Ragnarok9x/Bananas-Mod
Jan 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:1 release, 13 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 7 months
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