On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Aurélien Marion wrote:

> I'm Aurelien MARION. I'm a student in engineering at the university of 
> Brussels, Belgium.
> I'd be really interested on working with you this summer through Google 
> Summer of Code.
> Two projects particularly caught my attention : Astronomical units and 
> Celestial mechanics particle system.

Thanks for the introduction, Aurélien, and welcome!  Those are both very 
interesting and useful projects.

> Concerning the second project, I've already done a physics-based game in 
> space and I'd love to take this a step further.

So the important aspect for that project is to build upon the existing 
simulation code started last year (src/libged/simulate), implemented by SOCIS 
student Abhijit Nandy.  He implemented a great "simulate" command that utilizes 
the Bullet Physics Engine and it's the framework to build upon going forward.

> I've read the applications guideline. I'll send mine in by this week-end.

Excellent, look forward to reading it!

> Do you have any tips on preparing my submission?

Lots of suggestions detailed here:  
http://brlcad.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code/Application_Guidelines

Other than that, for students that have the time, I highly recommend everyone 
interested in working on BRL-CAD write up two proposals just so you don't have 
to worry about others proposing the same idea.  Quality is still better than 
quantity and a good patch is better than no patch, but it sometimes helps to 
include a secondary interest.  If we get to know you and like you but someone 
else has a much better proposal, it's nice to have the backup.

The ordering I'd suggest is 0) introductions/questions, 1) strong complete 
primary proposal write-up, 2) strong source code patch ideally related to what 
you're proposing (optional but it's a huge vouch of your abilities), then 3) 
secondary proposal write-up. 

> P.S If this e-mail was inappropriate, sorry for any inconvenience. Please let 
> me know.

It's not inappropriate in the least bit.  Everyone who has yet to introduce 
themselves on the list should do so.

Cheers!
Sean


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