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Dan Dao
Dan Dao
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Faculty, Game Design, Richland College
History with DCCCD
Richland College’s dean of information technology from 2004 to 2006
Instrumental in developing Richland’s Digital Forensics program
Educational Background
Bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology, University of Texas at Dallas
Master’s degree in computer science, University of Texas at Dallas
As a graduate student, wrote PC role-playing games and networked his neighborhood for multi-player games
Related Professional Experience
Current research and development project is XNA Game Studio Express and DirectX
Works in the e-commerce industry to develop secure codes that can withstand repeated attacks to test applications for security flaws
Software programmer for Nortel and Ericsson Telecom Corridor corporations in the mid 1990s
Wrote his first “Hello World” program at the age of 12 using Basic programming, a procedural language, before shifting to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with game programming languages in C++, Java, Unreal Scripts, Flash Action Scripts and Python
Areas Taught
Interactive Simulation and Game Technology
Cyber Security
, including Digital Forensics
Game Development Using C++
Advanced Game Programming
Game Simulation Programming
Programming Fundamentals
Unreal Engine 4
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