Merit logo white
  • Have a Merit Page?
  • Sign In or Use Email
Photo?1456366298
Merit star white Follow
4 ▸
Education
0 ▸
Activities & Affiliations
2 ▸
Work Experience
Current
Rochester Institute of Technology
Major
Computer Science
Hometown
Oceanside, NY
Affiliations
  • Rochester Institute of Technology

Follow Matthew’s Progress

Matthew Crocco
Matthew Crocco has extensive knowledge of Java, the JVM and the Java Memory Model and has released several Java based project ...more
Photo?1456366298
Matthew Crocco has extensive knowledge of Java, the JVM and the Java Memory Model and has released several Java based projects and has experience in contributing to various Open Source repositories such as Minecraft Forge (an in-depth modification utility for the popular game Minecraft) and LibGDX ( a Java game development framework). Having participated in FIRST Robotics Competitions in the last two years of high school, where he was a the sole programmer and later President leading the design and development of competitive robots who competed in the SBPLI Regional Competition. Now he is a Programmer Mentor helping other teams and has developed an extension and abstraction layer to make development and innovation easier in FIRST Robotics. Before choosing to study Computer Science, Matthew Crocco focused on scientific research particularly in the area of genetics and microbiology. Through a school program he took an internship at LIU Post under, the then Head of Biology, Dr. Theodore Brummel where he conducted research on the effects of nutrition and genetics on aging and fitness in the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Education

Ritlogo
Rochester Institute of Technology is emerging into one of the world’s most innovative, agile, diverse and forward-thinking universities. At RIT, we forge greatness by being different.
  • College
    Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Location
    Rochester, NY
  • Website
    http://www.rit.edu
  • Merit icon medium filled Verified by Rochester Institute of Technology
9
Dean's List (4)
  • Matthew Crocco makes the Dean's List at RIT

    Matthew Crocco, who is studying computer science , made the Dean's List for the spring semester at Rochester Institute of Technology. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's ...
    Spring 2017
    Merit icon medium filled Verified by Rochester Institute of Technology
    Expand ▾

  • Matthew Crocco named to RIT Dean's List

    Matthew Crocco was named to the RIT Dean's List for the fall 2016-2017 semester. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.4...
    Fall 2016
    Merit icon medium filled Verified by Rochester Institute of Technology
    Expand ▾

  • Spring 2016 Dean's List

    Congratulations on making the Dean's List! Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.
    Spring 2016
    Merit icon medium filled Verified by Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Fall 2015 Dean's List

    Congratulations on making the Dean's List! Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.
    Fall 2015
    Merit icon medium filled Verified by Rochester Institute of Technology
Matthew has not added any Education updates yet.

Awards & Recognition

Matthew has not added any Awards & Recognition updates yet.

Activities & Affiliations

Matthew has not added any Activities & Affiliations updates yet.

Work Experience

Work experience

Rochester Institute of Technology


  • Student Lab Instructor
    January 2015 - Present
    Led a group of Computer Science 1 students through a series of lab activities involving Python and Rochester Institute of Technology's own Python library, ritlib. Held tutoring hours where students could come to me seeking assistance with particular problems, teaching critical and logical thinking as well as in-depth problem solving using computers. Graded lab assignments according to a rubric with certain grader discretion and met with Professor to discuss lab and grading rubric weekly.
Photo?1456366298 Added by Matthew
Work experience

Freelance


  • Programmer
    June 2013 - Present
    Offered my services as a general purpose programmer to various small game development teams and other miscellaneous application development teams.
Photo?1456366298 Added by Matthew
Copyright © 2018 Merit Pages, Inc. • All Rights Reserved. • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • Opt Out