Robert Polivka, “Abstract 3D Model Generation Using Generative Adversarial Networks and Mandlebulbs” Mentor: Christopher Willey, Art & Design This research project is based on generated images and how they can relate to each other in 3D space. The goal of…… Read More
Ava Hager and Candice Booker, “Bottle Tree” Mentor: Glenn Williams, Art & Design This project is a re-examination of the bottle tree as a reference to African American cultural identity stemming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola…… Read More
Mary Widener, Garrett Kocourek, Hope Glassel, Mich Dillon, Meghan Berger, and Peter Green, “Breath” Mentor: Nathaniel Stern, Art & Design The numbers surrounding pollution and electronic waste, sustainable energy and climate change are so vast that they are difficult to…… Read More
Heavenly Johnson, “Creating an Immersive Sustainable World: Starting with Hemp” Mentor: Christopher Willey, Art & Design Climate change propels my research to visualize and present sustainable industrial use of the plant Hemp and its use as an alternative energy resource……. Read More
Sophia Hermann, “Divergent Fates” Mentor: Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Art & Design Divergent Fates is a continued project that builds on Professor Kaganovich’s long standing research interests in materiality, ecology, and human impact on the environment. The focus of the research is…… Read More
Anna Emerson, “Ethics and Aesthetics for Virtual Realities” Mentor: Christopher Willey, Art & Design Before 2020, many of us had yet to experience the negative effects of high internet use, extensive screen time, and poor user interface design. But when…… Read More
Katherine Behlke, “Integrating Creativity and Engineering Processes” Mentors: Emily Berens and Christopher Willey, Art & Design Joining technical learning and creativity is something not enough people get to experience. There is so much valuable insight to be gained from merging…… Read More
Emma Horvath, “Visualizing Growth: The Development of Immersive High-Dimensional Information Coordinate Systems” Mentor: Christopher Willey, Art & Design The purpose of my research is to assist Professor Willey with visualizing researchers’ growth by using researchers’ keywords and a 3D coordinate…… Read More