Faculty Projects
3D Visualization and Immersion Modules Bridget Baird, Steve Loomis, Andrea Wollensak, '99, '98 students Virtual reality models: "Visualization of Scientific Principles: Integrating Technology into the Learning Process"- National Science Foundation funded project

Virtual Gallery Bridget Baird, Ozgur Izmirli, David Smalley An interactive 3D gallery where users experience objects through eyes, ears, and hands.

Circle of Days David Smalley
A solar calendar/time machine sculpture

Conducting a Virtual Ensemble Bridget Baird, Ozgur Izmirli 3D trackers are used to conduct, in real-time, a virtual ensemble.

William Meredith Poetry Project Bridget Baird, Andrea Wollensak Virtual poetry: 3 poems by William Meredith. A virtual reality environment with sound and spatial text.

Arts on the Line students, faculty, alumni '99 Touch-screen kiosks offer information about arts organizations and events in southeastern CT.

Cezanne Bridget Baird, Don Blevins, David Smalley, Noel Zahler, Lan-lan Wang Virtual reality immersion into a world of changing shapes and sounds; interactive dance/computer performance.

Artificially Intelligent Computer Performer Bridget Baird, Don Blevins, Noel Zahler, students Software for computer accompaniment of a live performer; responds to changes in tempo and to performer mistakes.

2007 Student Projects
Drew Beebe and Amanda Wallas - "Egghead"
Film Project using live action and Animation exploring Daydreaming

Andrew Glenn - "Digital Marionette": Russian literature performance piece incorporating real-time animation and live performance

Ian Leue - "HapticSynth: An Interactive Music Environment"
Interactive, Improvisational musical environment using Force-Feedback and MIDI

Lesley Siegel - "Starr Street - A Multi-Media Representation of Socio-Economic Inlfuences on a Neighborhhood"
Installation art using Photography, GIS data and 3D Design

Nick Socha - "Music Visualization"
Program Analyzing and Visualizing Frequency

2006 Student Projects
Brendan Duffey         
"Maxamillion" - Animated 3D/2D comic book

Nguyet Mai
"Vietnamese Culture" - Web site exploring urban vs. country life in Vietnam

Rory Panagotopulos
"North Broughm Science" - Live action and animated film

Tim DeMaso /Brad Heacock /Will Cook
"Scrap" - Turn-based,computer-based strategy card game

Eric Stepick Ayers
"Sculptichture" - 3D/2D Sculpture in architectural settinG

Hale Ekinci
"Illu-Zyon" - Video and Animation installation exploring dreams and reality

2005 Student Projects
Anna Magliaro - "Integrative Modern Art Gallery"Expanded Gallery experience exploring Modern Art. Explores and instructs on modern artist and techniques. Major- art history

Eve Southworth - "Online Political Meeting Space"Designing a virtual government, called "People States of America", mimicking US government. Participants can vote, discuss, propose legislation to create and modify the virtual government. Major- History

Jeremy Palumbo - "Improvisational Digital Sound Processing".
Designing interactive instrument that plays and manipulate sound in real-time, and interacts with other performers, ambient sound, and computer processed sound. Tool will be designed for novice to expert users, and simulates live DJ experience. Major - music and technology

Jason Feldman   - "Elemental"- Computer Game Generation Project. Program that creates computer games based on user input to design of the game.
Major - Computer Science

2004 Student Projects
Kofi Ampaw "Ear-Con", Virtual Reality Navigation using Sound.
Yubo Bao Haptic Simulation of a Violin Bow
Rachel Grossinger "Abstract Visualization of Altered Perceptions": Film
Ben Insler "Awake" Film incorporating Special Effects and Animation
Jordan Klopf "I Like the Way You Move": Animation of Human Motion/Body Type
Dan McKay "Rhythmic Complexity Composer": Music Education Software
Dessi Peeva Visualization of an Essay, using Virtual Reality, Haptics and Sound
David Strick Animated Film exploring the Evolution of Technology

2003 Student Projects
Terry Guldimann '03 "Sonic Lighting", sound localization of the stage
Francis Stansky '03 "O'Keeffe Paradox", an interactive dance/computer performance
Jeanne Stern '03 "Eye Music", art/music/computer interaction

2002 Student Projects
Deven Sisler '02 "Perspective" An original play which explores the human creative process; includes animation.
Milan Pradhan '02 Interactive dance performance of Bharatnatyam; uses live video; animation; and audio
Eric Mattes '02 "Funland" An original virtual reality, 3D software game.
Robbie Guertin '02 "The Match" A Maya animation of a ping pong match.
Omer Salam '02 - "e-zone" An interactive mathematics web site for middle school students
Alok Shrestha '02- Nepali interactive web site teaching about the Nepali language and introducing a new font
Ben Szlyk '02 - "Infinity 1: Mission to Europa" - Images illustrating a children's book.
Maikang Wu '02 - A game exploring the relationships among haptics (force feedback), vision, and musical tones

1997-2001 Student Projects
Evan Allen '01 Installation exploring time and space, inspired by a personal feeling of displacement. It is about the viewer's experience of traveling within this unusual, unknown, temporary location.

Chris Eramo '01 Creation of bronze sculptures through the use of a 3D modeling package and force feedback.

Teresa Bonillo '00 "Thank Goodness for Glass" A character animation. The original is rendered in Maya.

Ben Robinson '00 "New London: Then and Now" Photographic survey of the city of New London, Connecticut; compares the architecture of New London at the beginning to that at the end of the twentieth century.

Tim Gayhart '00 "knots in wood" A site on poetry with original works. The site includes readings and 3D navigation in VRML.

Matt Maher '00 "Mooncalfe Charlie" Character animation of a lizard encounterning an embarrassiung situation

Janet E. Esquirol '99 "Millenia" On-line catalog documenting the senior art majors for 1999.

Melissa A. Nelson '99 "Regeneration" Visual and acoustic representation of man's necessary sanctuary, Nature.

Ioulia Popenko '99 "Pittoresque" Virtual reality walk-through of a world depicting the lamps of Pittoresque.

Chris North '99 "MIDI Composer" Software program to create original MIDI compositions.

Rebecca Lord '98 "Adinkra" A website portraying the visual signifigance, history and ethnography of Adinkra symbols from Ghana, West Africa.

Chip Beauvais '98 "William Blake" Virtual reality walk-through of "The Poison Tree" from Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

Gill Potter '97 "Virtual Lighter" Virtual Lighter is a Windows computer program for the control of theatrical lighting and special effects.