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Ziad Ewais

Ziad Ewais

Pittsburgh, PA, US

 

About 

Currently a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, finishing my master's in Computational Design. Worked as a multimedia developer at Cultnat, Egypt.

Specialized in 3D architectural visualization and animation using 3Ds Max, Maya and Rhino. I have also obtain new programming skills which I use to develop parametric designs in Rhino Script, Python in Maya and Max Script. I'm also proficient in developing virtual realities using Panda3D game engine, and I have some iOS programming skills for iPhone and iPad.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Research Assistant

Web developer for NFS LEED project

Jan 2012 - current
 

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Teaching Assistant

Teaching assistant for Adv. 3D AutoCAD, Revit and 3Ds Max.

Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
 

Omar Kadi Architect, Makkah, SA, Senior Architect

Senior architect designing and developing various architectural projects.

Feb 2009 - Apr 2010
 

Center for Documentation of Culture and Natural Heritage - CultNat, Gîza, EG, Senior Multimedia developer

Digital restoration of ancient Egyptian monuments, temples and artifacts. Creating educational movies about ancient Egypt and Egypt through times.

Oct 2005 - Feb 2009
 

Education 

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Masters, Computational Design

Aug 2010 - current
 

Alexandria University, Alexandria, EG, BArch, Architecture

Sep 1999 - Jul 2004
 

Awards 

Fulbright Foregin Student Award, Grant

A grant to obtain my master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University

2010
 

Best Animation Award, 1st Place

Digimedia conference, Cairo, Egypt. Winning movie "Dawsha fel Warsha"
https://vimeo.com/36564441

2005
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills