Menion Croll has an undergraduate degree in computer science from Virginia Tech (VT), as well as a master’s degree in computer science from Old Dominion University (ODU). He has almost 20 years of professional software development experience, covering a broad range of topics over multiple research areas. He started out developing combat systems and tactical display systems for NAVSEA. He has experience developing distributed systems, including creating software for unmanned systems to communicate with C2 and simulation systems for live virtual and constructed simulations. He has also integrated hardware control systems and virtual environments for NASA, developed a variety of serious games for training and education, and created applications for the web and mobile devices.
M.S. in Computer Science, 2008
Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA
B.S. in Computer Science, 2001
Virginia Tech (VT), Blacksburg, VA
VMASC, Senior Project Scientist
Suffolk, VA
2009 – Present
VMASC, Project Scientist
Suffolk, VA
2005 – 2009
Combat Direction Systems Acticity, Dam Neck, Scientist
Virginia Beach, VA
2001 – 2005
Developed a teacher training simulation with a simulated classroom and realistic child avatars, to train and evaluate teacher interactions on various metrics, such as behavior correction and language development.
Created a simulation for evaluating cultural responses to robot peacekeepers, with both desktop and VR components.
Integrated the Air Traffic Operations Simulation (ATOS) with both hardware controls for human in the loop simulation, as well as out the window visualization for NASA LaRC.
Developed software for connecting unmanned systems to C2 systems and other military simulations for live virtual, and constructive (LVC) simulation.
