2022-2023
Creative Minds
Anne Balsamo
Co-Director
Co-Director of IQ Design at UT Dallas. Her research interests include speculative design methodologies, public interactives, and emerging media art. She and Dale MacDonald are two of the original designers of AIDS Quilt Touch, a web-based interactive browser for the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Dale MacDonald
Co-Director
Co-Director of IQ Design at UT Dallas.
Murilo Paiva Homsi
Research Team Member
Higher Education Teacher - Creative Practitioner - Media Archeologist - Arduino Killer - NewMedia Art Enthusiast.
Anupama Gowda
Research Team Member
First year Doctoral student at the School of Arts Humanities and Technology. Her research is situated in the intersection of creativity, innovation studies and economics.
Rachel Finkelstein
Research Team Member
MFA student in creative practice. Her artwork explores themes of identity, and processes in a multi-layered experimental way. Her approach is conceptual, utilizing photography, images, sculptures, processing software and AR.
Ram Sharath Chandra
Research Team Member
A creative technologist, researcher and educator across the fields of human machine interaction in virtual environments, auditory cognition and sonic interaction design. His research expertise centers around inclusive design processes, cognitive science and machine listening.
Rakesh Reddy Duvvuru
Research Team Member
First year graduate student pursuing his MS in Information Technology Management. His interest lie in the field of graphic designing, photography, and UX/UI designing.
Karthik Sanjay Kothapeta
Research Team Member
First year graduate student pursuing his MS in Marketing at UTD. His interest lie in the field of graphic designing, social media marketing, and competitive gaming.
Nisha Deborah Philips
Research Team Member
First year graduate student pursuing her MS in Computer Science. She is interested in making mundane tasks compelling, which is what drove her to the field of computer science and automation.
Hanah Susan Zachariah
Research Team Member
First year graduate student pursuing her MS in Computer Science. Her interests lie in the field of computer vision, image processing and machine learning.
Emiliano Candelaria
Research Team Member
Senior studying Computer Engineering. His interests lie in microcontrollers and inter-communicating components. He enjoys designing because it gives him a sense of accomplishment when he creates something new.
Ellie O'Neill
Research Team Member
First-year transfer student pursuing her BA in Art, Technology, and Emerging Communication. Her interests include project management, 3D modeling, animation, and VFX in film.
Andrea Rossi
Research Team Member
UTD transfer student and an artist whose concentration lies in Animation and Games. Her interests include the creation & animation of characters and environments via 3D computer graphics applications, interactive experiences & video game development.
Tyler Haws
Research Team Member
Intermedia artist whose work explores the representation of reality in art. He uses audio to sculpt ideas of home and culture from his surroundings. Captured sound can be manipulated to give context to the idea being presented; these short audio ideas capture the life around us.
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Dr. Anne Balsamo
Co-Director
anne.balsamo@utdallas.edu
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