Christine Veras, Ph.D.
Director

Welcome to experimenta.l.!

This lab is a dream come true. If you are passionate about animation and enjoy discovering new techniques to explore connections between the physical and digital animation processes, this is the lab for you. Reach out and let us know how you would like to contribute to this space.

Affiliated UTD Faculty

past and present collaborators

Dr. Chandramallika Basak (Cognition and Neuroscience / BBS)
Dr. Salena Brody (Psychology / BBS / Assistant Director Center for Teaching and Learning)
Dr. Carol Cirulli Lanham (Sociology / BBS / Assistant Director Center for Teaching and Learning)
Dr. Heidi Cooley (Critical Media Studies)
Assoc. Prof. of Practice Hal Gupta-Fitzgerald (Sound Design)
Dr. Catherine Parsoneault (Music / Visual and Performing Arts)
Dr. Ravi Prakash (Computer Science / ECS)
Assistant Prof. SV Randall (sculpture)
Dr. Nils Roemer (Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies)
Dr. Siham Raboune (Neuroscience / BBS)
Dr. Katrina Rushing (Music Theory)
Assoc. Prof. of Instruction Monika Salter (CG / stop-motion)
Dr. Rainer Schulte (Center for Translation Studies)
Assistant Prof. of Instruction Chris Treviño (Theatre)
Dr. Shilyh Warren (Film and Documentary Studies)

External Collaborators

Prof. Guido Devadder, LUCA School of Arts, Media Archaeology (Brussels/Belgium)
Dr. Davy Mooney, UNT College of Music, Jazz Studies (Texas/US)
Dr. Jorgelina Orfila, Texas Tech University, Art History (Texas/US)
Dr. Francisco Ortega, Texas Tech University, Graphic Design / Animation (Texas/US)
Dr. William Javier Cuervo-Bejarano, UNIMINUTO, Agroecological Engineering (Zipaquirá/Colombia)
Prof. Bárbara Bibiana Pinzón Pinto, UNIMINUTO, English as Foreign Language (Cundinamarca/Colombia)
Dr. Pricila Veiga dos Santos, UNESP, Food Technology (São Paulo/Brazil)
Official Aardman Academy partnership (Fall 2023 to Summer 2024)
Mark Simon Hewis, director of the Aardman Academy (Bristol/UK), facilitator of our ongoing study abroad collaboration with the Aardman Academy

Lab Participants

Fall 2024

Mahsa Abri
Logan Acton
Allanah Ahr
Leland Buckingham
Anisha Chaudhary
Alissa Clarke-Gaar
Colton Dillard
Mickey Dolphin
Holly Evans
Meredith Frazier
Connor Goodrich
Mozhdeh Khamsehnezhad
Bridget Kleiner (Bass Student Assistant)
Kenneth Maithya
Roberta Maschiarelli
Eliana Nark
Diamond Nguyen
Katherine Norris
Margaret Ridley
Caroline Rodgers
Mariana Rodriguez
Trinity Sencindiver
Chloe Serimontrikul
Mikhail Smirnov
Baotran Vo
Audrey Wass
Dillon Weaver

Spring 2024

Eliana Nark
Katie Richards
Mariana Rodriguez
Sarah Romero
Margaret Ridley
Adolfo Olguin
Allanah Ahr
Anisha Chaudhary
Raquel Piantino
Mozhdeh Khamsehnezhad
Grace Bruns
Brody O’Brien
Ana Villarreal
Eesha Muddasani
Natalie Homsher
Dillon Weaver
Shaghayegh Ashouri
Baotran Vo
Joseph Gutierrez

Fall 2023 – R&D Group

Martin Cho
Mickey Dolphin
Nick Mahoney
Eesha Muddasani
Zarah Najmi
Katherine Norris

Sring 2023

Logan Acton
Anisha Chaudhary
Martin Cho
Heidi Cooley
Mira Dali
Jennifer De Leon
Grace Denner
Mickey Dolphin
Daniel Fernandez
Zahra Jafarpour
Mozhdeh Khamsehnezhad
Ahmad Khoshniat
Paul Koroma
Anish Kusupati
Nick Mahoney
Eesha Muddasani
Zarah Najmi
Raquel Piantino
Andrei Subochev
Ana Villarreal
Lorin Wood
Benjamin Wu
Vajihe Zamaniderkani
Lyn Zhang

Fall 2022 – R&D Group

Sofia Andujar
Martin Cho
Rebecca Cisneros
Elham Doust-Haghighi
Rachel Finkelstein
Hannah Hadidi
Jacqueline Hinojosa
Danny Laboda
Nick Mahoney
Eesha Muddasani
Zarah Najmi
Bryce Sheehan
Kirstin Stevens Schmidt
Ana Villarreal

Spring 2022

Mubashir Ali
Elmira Bagherzadeh
Jared Beltran
Martin Cho
Elham Doust-Haghighi
Suvash Gupta
Hannah Hadidi
Emily Hersker
Scott Huddleston
Danny Laboda
Jennifer De Leon
Nicholas Mahoney
Eesha Muddasani
Zack Nguyen
Gerardo Reyes
Marcelo Rocha
Rifat Siddiqui
Bryce Sheehan
Hayden Staples
Kirstin Stevens Schmidt
Ana Villarreal
Benjamin Wu

Fall 2021

Danny Laboda
Martin Cho
Zack Nguyen
Melya Bounds
Eesha Muddasani
Kirstin Stevens Schmidt
Jennifer De Leon
Elmira Bagherzadeh
Gizem OktayElham
Doust-Haghighi
Hamida Khatri
Nathan Carroll
Sha Huang
Michael Bentley
Suvash Gupta
Arianna Meisetschlaeger
Maria Montilla Romero
Nicholas Mahoney
Vy Lam
Bryce Sheehan
Benjamin Wu
Austin Whittle
Bonnie Abbott
Marcelo Rocha
Gerardo Reyes
Emily Hersker
Wigen Ly

Spring 2021

Kirstin Stevens Schmidt
JackHarrison
Austin Sewell
Elham Doust-Haghighi
Naznin Sultana
Mayson Bray
Philip Martin
Xochitl Juarez
Maria Montilla Romero
Tuoc Nguyen
Rachael Drury
Vy Lam
Gina Rattanakone
Neda Ghassemi
Sara McClanahan
Emily Banditrat
Marcelo Rocha
Angelica Gonzales
BrianHunt
Martin Cho

Fall 2020

Brenda Mendonza
Hannah Hadidi
Kirstin Stevens Schmidt
Taylor Green
Elmira Bagherzadeh
Elham Doust-Haghighi
Heidi Cooley
Philip Martin
Bryce Sheehan
Martin Cho
Shawntel Rogers
Parker Ott
Zack Nguyen
Yueh-Jung Lee

Student Facilitators

Anisha Chaudhary

Collaborator 2023/2024

Mozhdeh Khamsehnezhad

Collaborator 2023/2024

Logan Acton

Collaborator 2023/2024

Gizem Oktay

Research Assistant 2021/2022

Hamida Khatri

Collaborator 2021

Elham Doust-Haghighi

Collaborator 2020/2021

Kirstin Stevens Schmidt

Collaborator 2020/21/22

Zack Nguyen

Designer 2021

Melya Bounds

Editor 2021