Lucian Eckert-dean is a UW Informatics student and Program Manager with a decade of hands-on experience building accessible, community-focused technology from servers to embedded devices. At North Seattle College he led workflow and media center improvements—deploying Linux servers, a Raspberry Pi real-time transit display, and barcode-based equipment tracking—to help students and the public access information faster and more reliably. He’s contributed full-stack enhancements to the widely used Godot engine, improving editor UX and animation tooling, and brings practical experience with Python, JavaScript, C++, Java, Arduino/ESP32, and home IoT. Lucian combines technical breadth with program leadership and a clear passion for civic infrastructure data, aiming to make local systems more transparent and actionable for everyday users.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics at University of Washington
Associate of Science - AS, Associate of Science - AS at North Seattle College
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:11 reviews, 8 PRs, 35 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Lucian contributed to the Godot Engine by implementing new features and improvements to the editor and GUI elements. They added functionality to the PopupMenu, including icon modulation, and incorporated custom color support for project folders within the file system dock. Additionally, they enhanced the animation editor by enabling node selection upon clicking in the timeline and refined the replication editor to allow property addition via the Enter key. These changes spanned multiple areas of the engine, indicating a full-stack contribution.
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Lucian Eckert-dean - Program Manager at North Seattle College