Kien Nguyen
E: kientn@iastate.edu
P: 515.708.8537
W: kien-nguyen.com
COMPUTER SCIENCE SOPHOMORE AT
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
www.linkedin.com/in/
kientrungnguyen/
EDUCATION
Iowa State University - B.S. Computer Science
GPA: 4.0/4.0, Expected Graduation: May 2016
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant – Fall ‘13 – Spring ‘14
CS228 – Data Structures – Spring ‘14
- Monitored discussion forum. Prepared and
graded projects and exams. Held office hours.
CS207 – Funds. of Programming – Fall ‘13
- Created weekly quizzes and sample exams.
Research Assistant – Fall ‘13
Collected bytecode files of games or applications
that ran on both Android and Windows Phone.
Tutor – Spring ‘12
Tutored 15 students in both Calculus and ObjectOriented programming for 8 hours a week.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT
PROJECTS
Hackathons:
PennApps ‘14 – At Univ. of Pennsylvania
(coming month)
HackTech ‘14 – At CalTech – Created
SecondEye – Tracking Motion Web App
Startup Weekend Des Moines ’13 – Won 1st
Place for BricKIT.co LEGO Mosaic Web App.
ISU Hackathon ’13 – Created Splash web app.
SecondEye (HTML/CSS/Javascript)
Protect your privacy when somebody walks over
your back while you are working on your
computer. Check it out here:
http://lookout-proxy.appspot.com/
Brickbuilders (Javascript)
Turn an uploaded image into a LEGO mosaic
Check it out at http://www.brickit.co
Politics Fun (Python)
Create Vector and Matrix classes – Use dotproduct to compare Voting Records
Paintbot Robot War (Java)
Create strategies for robots to compete with one
another in a 15x15 grid by shooting paint balls
University Database (Java, SQL)
Use Java Database Connectivity to host SQL
commands & take advantage of high level
language to tackle school database
Club Involvement:
Computer Science/Software Eng. Club
Vietnamese International Students Association
Information Insurance Student Group
Game Development Club
Origami Club, Badminton Club
Coffee Tea English
Community Outreach:
Iowa FIRST LEGO League Championship ‘14
Computational Thinking Workshop Volunteer
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Conceptual: Object-oriented Programming,
Data Structure, Algorithms, Statistics, Database
Management
Programming: Advanced Java, Python,
HTML/CSS, Javascript (jQuery), SQL, XML,
C/C++
Software: Eclipse, Aptana, Notepad++, Sublime
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
1st place at Startup Weekend Des Moines ‘13
International Incentive Scholarship ‘13
Tuition Assistance Grant ‘13
Dean’s List Recognition ‘12 – ‘13
1st place; Paintbot Robot War tournament for
freshmen Java Competition ‘12
1st place, weekly ACM Problems solvers ‘13