Meghan Dooling

What good is an idea if it

remains an idea?
Try. Experiment. Iterate.
Fail. Try again.
Change the world.
Simon Sinek
 Meghan Dooling
4320 Bancroft Valley, Johns Creek, Georgia 30022
megedooling@comcast.net
770.354.6549

Education Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia, Anticipated graduation May 2017
Bachelor of Science, Creative Technologies, Economics Minor
Summer Study Abroad in Limerick, Ireland, May July 2016
3.66/4.00 GPA

Special Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Service Fundamentals, October 2016

Skills Microsoft Office Specialist, Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and 2016, March 2016
Microsoft Office Specialist, Microsoft Office Word 2013 and 2016, November 2015
CompTIA, IT Fundamentals, October 2015
Arduino, Processing, Vectorworks and Sketch Up (CAD Drafting)

Experience HackBerry Lab, Mount Berry, Georgia

Lab Assistant, August 2016 Present
Assist students using technologies in lab including: laser cutter, vinyl cutter, 3D
printers, Arduino, Processing, and other software programs
Organize the tools in the prototyping space and the woodshop and clean the lab

First Year Experience Office, Mount Berry, Georgia

First Year Mentor, May 2015 Present
Guide a group of freshmen with the help of a First Year Seminar Instructor
Ensure first year students have a smooth transition to college

Berry Information Technology Students, Mount Berry, Georgia

Help Desk Technician, August 2014 Present
Help walk-ins with their technical problems on their laptops, tablets, and phones
Answer phone calls of faculty, staff, and students with technical issues and
troubleshoot

Maker Academy, Mount Berry, Georgia

Mentor, January 2015 October 2015
Worked closely with students from Armuchee Middle School teaching concepts
of programming, soldering, 3D CAD design, and prototyping
Taught a lesson on serial processing between Arduino and Processing
Worked for six months learning teaching techniques and developing a lesson plan
 Berry Mens Basketball, Mount Berry, Georgia
Film Manager, October 2013 Present
Operate video camera, burn recordings to DVDs, and upload DVDs to Synergy,
film database
Communicate with other colleges and universities to exchange game film

Computer Science Department, Mount Berry, Georgia

Teaching Assistant, August 2015 December 2015
Assisted students regarding class assignments in Processing
Graded students assignments and gave feedback

Berry College Elementary and Middle School, Mount Berry, Georgia

Art Classroom and Third Grade Student Worker, September 2013 May 2014
Graded students morning work, ensured students on task and managed handouts
Assisted with art projects and organized art supplies in classroom

Leadership Campbell Fellow, Berry College March 2016 Present

Experience Presidential Ambassador, Berry College February 2015 Present
Vice President, Catholic Student Association August 2015 May 2016
SGA Representative, Berry College August 2014 May 2015
Group Leader, St. Brigid Vacation Bible School, June 2011 2015

Volunteer Community Liaison, Year of Service Cottage Berry College August 2016 Present
Experience PSR Teaching Assistant, St. Marys Catholic Church, Rome, Georgia 2015 2016
Dare to Care Event Volunteer, Mustard Seed Communities, 2010 2016
Sustainer, Roswell-Alpharetta Chapter of National Charity League 2010 Present

References John Grout, Professor of Business Administration

jgrout@berry.edu; (706) 238-7877
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW, Mount Berry, GA 30149-5024

Jeff Rogers, Head Coach (Mens Basketball)

jrogers@berry.edu; (706) 236-1733
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW, Mount Berry, GA 30149

Zane Cochran, Visiting Instructor of Creative Technologies

zcochran@berry.edu; (512) 850-5766
2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW, Mount Berry, GA 30149-5024
 Arcade Coffee Table
Arcade Coffee Table is an interactive table which friends can play
arcade games on while hanging out on the couch. Currently, it has
been programmed with one mode, a modified version of Pac-Man!
Arcade Coffee Table has the potential to have four modes, which
could all be different games or interactive designs. It also has
plenty of storage space for books or even board games.

Through the use of 300 NeoPixels (5 meters), which are individually

addressable LEDs, Arcade Coffee Table is able to transform a plain
looking coffee table into an entertaining and colorful game.

The modified version of Pac-Man allows up to four players to play.

The yellow button is Pac-Man, while the blue, red, and green
buttons are the ghosts, respectively. The player who is Pac-Man has
the power to activate the game by pressing the yellow button. Once
the game has begun, players can change direction by pressing their
button once. In order to jump levels, players must press their button
twice in quick succession. Pac-Man will gain the ability to eat the
ghosts, if he gets one of the three randomly placed pink power-ups.
Grab a friend or three and play a round or two of Pac-Man!

Hardware: NeoPixels, Push Buttons, Arduino Uno, Breadboard

Software: Arduino

Appearances: Prototyping Open House Fall 2014, HackBerry Lab

Chill Space
 Maker Academy
I worked closely with students from Armuchee Middle School
for over six months, teaching subjects such as coding, rapid
prototyping, CAD design, 3D printing, and project design. The
bootcamps in the spring semester were followed by a week long
session over the summer full of maker activities and using the
knowledge they learned from bootcamp to build a final project.
As a mentor and through a directed study, I was given the
opportunity to teach my own lesson to all of the students. I
developed a lesson plan that taught serial processing through
Arduino and Processing by using NeoPixels and a coded game
for the users to interact with. My group of middle school students
decided to hack an RC car to be able to control it with hand
gestures.

Hardware: 3D Printing, Soldering, CNC, Arduino, Foamcore

Software: Processing, Arduino, CAD design

Appearances: Atlanta MakerFaire October 2015

 Cutting Edge Designs
Cutting Edge Designs was a partnership with four other students
that operated through HackBerry Lab beginning in August 2016
until December 2016. We started this business as a project for the
Entrepreneurship course at Berry College. The objective of this
business was to give members of the Berry community a
physical product to take home with them. During our five months
of operation, we made a profit of $1,649.72.

The products created and sold included coasters (sold as a set

of four), plaques, and Christmas ornaments. All of the products
were made using Berry College wood from reclaimed trees. The
wood was dried, cut, etched with a laser cutter, and then sealed to
protect against water. There were pre-selected designs available
as well as customized designs.

Hardware: Wood, Band Saw, Laser Cutter, Drill Press

Software: Inkscape

Appearances: Mountain Day 2016

 Chibikart
This is an electric go kart that I built from the ground up with
three other students as a semester long project in the Special
Topics: Vehicles course. This included measuring the 80/20 and
cutting down to different lengths to build the frame, using a
waterjet to cut pieces, and mounting and wiring an accelerator,
brakes, brushless motors, and controllers. After the initial build
was complete, our team did some user testing and then made
modifications to the original components. Improvements we
made included changing the brakes from mechanical to electric,
rewiring motor controllers for increased speed, and adding RGB
LEDs for display and visibility.

Hardware: Brushless motors, electric motor controllers,

aluminum 80/20, rechargeable 12V batteries, numerous nuts and
bolts

Appearances: Rome Christmas Parade 2015 and 2016

 Ski Blanket Rack
For my Senior Exit Exam, I built a blanket rack using a pair of
skis that I had leaning against the wall of my dorm room for a
few months. I have quite a few blankets that crowd up my couch,
so making a blanket rack was something I could definitely put
to use. I had been wanting to do something with the skis, but
hadnt made time to do so, but the Hackathon was the perfect
opportunity. I used 1/2 copper pipe to hold the blankets. I had to
drill twelve holes into the skis for the brackets that hold the pipe.
Although the copper pipe is 1/2 in diameter, it was too small for
the brackets I bought to mount the poles to the skis. Dr. Grout
came up with the idea of putting a little section of PVC pipe on
the end of the pipe to make it fit the bracket perfectly. I alsoadded
LEDs and favorite photos from my past ski trips!

Hardware: Drill Press, Drill, Wrench, Screws, Nuts

Appearances: February Hackathon 2017 (Senior Exit Exam)

 Lab Assistant
As a Lab Assistant in HackBerry Lab at Berry College, my main
tasks include lab upkeep and mentoring students with their
projects. Lab upkeep includes organizing materials in the lab,
making sure students clean up after themselves, and general
cleaning, such as mopping the floors and erasing the boards.
Mentoring students includes helping them brainstorm ideas for
their projects, giving them direction on which technology would
best serve their need, and instructing them on how to use the
technology if needed. I also give tours of HackBerry Lab to
prospective students and visitors.

Hardware: 3D Printers, Laser Cutter, Vinyl Cutter, Soldering,

Arduino, Wood Shop

Software: Arduino, Processing, Inkscape

 Shark Attack
Shark Attack is a game that utilizes sensors, motors, and a bubble
machine to simulate the electric fields that hammerhead sharks
use to hunt. The hammerhead sharks are able to identify electric
fields around their prey hiding in the sand, which is created by
movement. Similar to the real sharks, this game uses PIR sensors
to locate movement and move towards the movement. The goal
of the game is to pop bubbles before they hit you. With the Shark
following you, it is very hard to avoid being hit. This game
combines both fun and education as it gives children an excuse
to run around and play with bubbles.

The PIR sensors read temperatures and when they notice a

difference in the temperature, they know there has been
movement. The output of the game is the rotation of the servo
motors in response to the readings of the PIR sensors and the
hair dryer blowing. We began constructing the Shark Attack
game by repurposing a lazy susan. We used foam poster board
and regular poster board to construct the turntable and the
housing for the sensors. The wheels are made from Lego parts.
We used a laser cutter to make a bubble wand and used a plastic
box to create the bubble reservoir. The arduino starts by
calibrating the PIR sensors and starting the bubble wand to
rotate. It then reads each sensor checking for a change. If a
change is detected the arduino turns on the fan and changes the
servos angle incrementally to the corresponding PIR sensor. If no
more movement is sensed it will turn off the fan. It then repeats
this process.

Hardware: Arduino Uno, PIR Sensors, Blow Dryer, Servo Motors,

Acrylic

Software: Processing, Arduino

Appearances: CSC 235 Open House 2015

 CAD Design
For the Advanced Production course, I learned how to use CAD
software, Vectorworks. For one project, I created a fireplace
(pictured bottom left). I also created a horse barn from scratch
as my final project. I created the layout of a horse barn that I
would one day like to build, with six stalls, an office, a wash-
room, a tack room, and a feed room. I learned how to create
viewports and style sheets of different sections of the drawings
and then added dimensions, so that I could give the file to a
builder and he would be able to build it exactly as depicted in
the CAD file.

Software: Vectorworks 2016

 Power Wheels
Go Baby Go is a program that modifies vehicles for children
with disabilities who would otherwise not be able to drive a toy
ride-on car. Go Baby Go originated at the University of Delaware,
founded by Cole Galloway.

I made modifications to a Barbie Power Wheels Jeep for a young

boy with Spina bifida. Since the boy is not able to use his feet
to hit the gas pedal, I rewired the gas pedal to be connected to a
push button that he could press with his hand.

Hardware: Push Button

Appearances: Student Research Symposium 2016

 Airport Weather Map
This program is a visual display of weather and temperature for
seven major airports on a map of the United States. With this
sketch, we wanted to have a visual representation of the current
weather at major airports in the United States. Data was used
from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations
National Weather Service as well as the Federal Aviation
Administration. To visualize the data, we used a map of the
United States. We then used a sketch Dr. Hamid shared called
map_tagger to place the seven airports in their approximate
locations. The locations were then loaded into the final project
sketch. If the mouse is within a certain distance of the each
airports tagged location, then the weather and temperature for
the airport will appear in the white text box at the bottom of the
sketch. An image depicting the current weather will also appear
in the white box under the weather and temperature text. Using
the map_tagger sketch was straightforward and made it
easier in the long run, so we did not have to hardcode all the
airport locations. It was then also easy to add more airports; we
started out with three and then added more once we got the first
three to work.

Software: Processing
Thank you to my family, friends, pets, and experiences that have
supported and inspired me to always pursue new ideas!
 Your work is going to fill a
large part of your life, and the
only way to be truly satisfied is
to do what you believe is great
work. And the only way to do
great work is to love what you
do. If you havent found it yet,
keep looking, and dont settle.
As with all matters of the heart,
youll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs