Gavin McCarthy-Bui

Software Engineer, Game Designer, VR/XR Researcher

About

I’m Gavin McCarthy-Bui, a Junior at Tufts University studying both Computer Science and Sociology. XR/VR programmer & researcher at the Tufts IDEA Human Factors Lab, and engineer on the Tufts Solar Car Team.

Skills

Programming Languages:

  • C/C#/C++

  • HTML/CSS/JS

  • PHP/SQL

  • Python

  • Assembly (Basic)

Software, Tools and Skills

  • Node.js (Heroku) & NOSQL (MongoDB)

  • Unity & UnityXR

  • Web Development (SiteGround)

  • Github & Linux

  • Arduinos and Circuitry

  • Team Collaboration/Management, Agile Methodology, Experiment Design

Projects

The Adventures of Sir Dentist

"The Adventures of Sir Dentist" is a small, Single-Player, Action Platformer that follows the Misadventure of Sir Dentist. I worked as a Game Developer on this eight-week project with Joshua Cortez, Varleen Biketi, Joe-Ansel Puplava and Sloan Woodberry.

Project Owlhead: Tufts Human Factors Lab

The Objective of the Owlhead Project is to research methods of practically and (mostly) non-nauseatingly expand a persons field of vison. This project aims to achieve this by experimenting in UnityVR. I act as a Software Developer and Engineering Manager for the Owlhead team by shaping our teams production pipeline while also continuing to work with my team as a VR/XR researcher and developer.

Tufts Solar Car Team

The Tufts Solar Car Team Objective is to build a fully functional solar powered car to race in the World Solar Challenge. As of Fall 2024 we are in the assembly stage, taking the designs and components we have been working on and bringing them to life. In this project, I’ve been responsible for integrating the Vehicle Control Unit in C and designing the overall “control center” of the car in tandem with the greater team.