Alex Leone


Alex Leone / about

Alex Leone

I'm currently a Sophomore at the University of Washington in Seattle. I will most likely be majoring in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Math. My hobbies include electronics, programming, rock climbing, slacklining, and machining.

Email: acleone [at] u.washington.edu

Research

Self-Organizing Systems Group   [Winter 2008 - Present]
Robotic Self-Assembly, Synthetic Biology.
I'm currently building a turbidostat for directed evolution.
See "Directed Evolution in Synthetic Biology" in eeK 2009

My Open-Source Projects

Epp - The Everything Preprocessor
Pre-processor/templating system with Python-like indentation.
The Arduino Tlc5940 Library
An Arduino Library for the Texas Instruments TLC5940 LED pwm driver.

Competitions

Yahoo University Hack Day
  • 1st Place Winners! for PacHac - Team "* {text-decoration: blink}" with David Nufer and David Truong
Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
MIT BattleCode Competition
  • Team "Use LaTeX for Her Protection" with David Nufer
Microsoft College Puzzle Challenge
  • Team "3O3 + 3" with David Nufer, Jasper Taylor, and David Truong
UW ACM Programming Contest
  • Team "Can We Have Some Cupcakes" with Justin Harding and David Nufer