Jack Strickland

CGI & Animation Instructor at Lavner Education

Designed and delivered a Blender curriculum to help students build animation portfolios. Covered modeling, UV unwrapping, texture painting, rigging, keyframing, lighting, and rendering.

Photogrammetry Research Intern at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF

Implemented a Python workflow to create Gaussian Splat data from a video input with minimal code, while adhering to security and network restrictions of a naval base. Conducted research on photogrammetry methods to improve the shipyard's geospatial data capture and display. Created an instructional workflow enabling team members to generate photorealistic virtual twins of ships and submarines.

Engineering & 3D Innovations Intern at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF

Shadowed mechanical and electrical engineers in a naval engineering environment, contributing to planning yard modernization. Built a 3D CAD library of ship and piping components using Autodesk Inventor. Implemented a VR-annotation workflow for engineers to view and annotate 3D models.

Engineering & 3D Innovations Intern at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF

Shadowed mechanical and electrical engineers in a naval engineering setting to support modernization for the US Navy. Created a parametric 3D CAD library of ship and piping parts using Autodesk Inventor. Implemented a system in Elysiu m Info Points for engineers to view and annotate 3D CAD models in virtual reality.

3D Modeling & Animation Competitor at SkillsUSA

Participated in WA state 3D modeling and animation competition (placed first) and competed at the national conference twice, demonstrating proficiency in 3D modeling and animation workflows.