Hello, my name is

Joe Conwell

I am a

cook, coder, and cat-dad

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About Me

I like to think of myself as an open-minded person. The kind of person that tries a different item off the menu each time I go back to a restaurant. I have a background in mathematics and computer science from Virginia Tech, with a minor in philosophy. I was grant funded for a project my team called "EvolutionEd". I am somewhat of an avid cook — I once started a sourdough mother and a kombucha mother (both are now dead, RIP).

Drummer and musician for 15+ years. Professional developer for ~4 years. Professional cook for ~4 years. Researcher for ~2 years.

Libraries and Frameworks

Featured Projects

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VTHacks

VTHacks is an organization that hosts MLH certified hackathons at Virginia Tech. I work on maintaining and building upon their website with a few other developers.

VueJSJavaScriptHTMLCSS

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M3: A Mini Modular Music Player

M3 is a project I started January 2019 after using and feeling dissatisfied with the current webapp music players that were available. It is still in development.

JavaScriptHTMLCSS

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Space Invaders

This project was originally intended as a comparison for Entity Component System vs Object Oriented design in video games. I unfortunately put this on hold while in school last semester.

Love2DLua

Work Experience

ARIES Program

Pathfinder-Applied Researcher

The ARIES team works with virtual and augmented reality to create hands on learning experiences. I first came in contact with the team after my friend Dillon told me about a project he was working on with the team. The CI-SPY project used AR to recreate a, now mostly destroyed, historic black school. I think this sort of material is extremely valuable; any time invested towards creating new ways to learn and solidifying history in a way that may be more digestible is worth it. I currently am working on a few sports simulators where the project aim is to help injured or otherwise benched players refine their tactics.

622 North

Prep Cook 2018-Present

I began cooking here after hearing about, then trying, their delicious food. As I wanted to further improve my knife skills and palate it was a good fit. I've learned, and am mastering, different cuts (e.g. julienne, chiffonade, brunoise), how to manage multiple dishes at once, and American cooking.

Black Hen and Bar Blue

Pantry and Pastry Chef 2016-2017

I began cooking here after a friend offered me an "in" as a cook. I accepted their offer as I wanted to explore a childhood dream, being a cook. It was a lovely job, yet extremely taxing. I learned finer aspects of cooking (e.g. quenelles, plating techniques) and used modern cooking machinery (e.g. sous vides, vacuum sealers). After a year or so I quit and reentered academia to finish my bachelors degree.

WUVT

AM Director & Traffic Director 2014-2016

I began working at this radio station in 2013 in hopes of expanding my musical taste and deepening my musical knowledge. I later was offered the position of Traffic Director. As the Traffic Director I was in charge of a group of 16 individuals who, along with myself, were to create automated, yet tasteful, traffic (essentially playlists) for the station. As the AM Director I was in charge of 40+ individuals who were in the process of training to become certified DJs. During that time I created an online guide to assist DJs when I was not available. This guide is still in use today.

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Let's link up! I try to get back to emails as fast as possible, if you want to reach out: send me a message here or on some other platform.