Curriculum Vitae

Interested in working on a project with me?  Have a look below to see what I've been doing these last few years.  Feel free to drop me a message about anything at all.  

I'm really friendly to talk to :)

Details:

Name: Damien Kee
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Contact:  Contact Me 

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy (Robotics), University of Queensland, 2007
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical, Mechatronics minor) - University of Queensland, 2001

Positions Held:

Director - Domabotics, 2004 - Present

• Technology workshops for over 2000 Students and 200 Teachers annually
• Workshops and presentations held extensively throughout Australia as well as the USA, UK and Jordan  
• More information - http://www.domabotics.com  

Chair - Rescue Technical Committee, RoboCupJunior International Committee, 2009 - Present

•  Manage the development and modifications to the RoboCupJunior International Rescue league rules
•  More information - http://rcj.robocup.org/rescue.html

Chair - RoboCup Junior Australian Committee, 2009-2011

• Oversaw RoboCup Junior activities throughout Australia 
• Project Manager, 2007 RoboCup Junior Australian Championships
• More information - http://www.robocupjunior.org.au 

Editor in Charge - The NXT Step, 2011 - Present

• One of the leading blogs providing news and information about the LEGO Mindstorms NXT platform
• More information - http://www.theNXTstep.com 

MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP) - LEGO, 2009 - Present

• Provides support, feedback and community engagement with LEGO to improve the MINDSTROMS platform 

Moderator and founder - LEGOEngineering mailing list, 2008 - Present

• Over 700 teachers globally contributing ideas, lesson plans and assisting newcomers to the area of robotics in education 
• More information - http://groups.google.com/group/legoengineering/ 

Recent Projects

Author - Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: NXT   More Information  

Author - Datalogging Activities for the Busy Teacher   More Information

Author - Making Music with the NXT   More Information

Co-Author - Our Coral Reefs, WeDo Activity book   More Information

Contributor - Educate NXT Teacher Resource book More Information

Author / Project management - RoboCupJunior International, Rescue Rules (volunteer)  More Information

Web Design - Savoyards Musical Theatre website and online ticketing system (volunteer, to be released)

Technical Reviewer - The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book by Laurens Valk    More Information

Technical Reviewer - The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming by Terence Griffin   More Information