Program is made available to university students in Rzeszow and Poznan, Poland
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) recently sent a group of twelve students and three professors to Poland to teach college-level classes in computer graphics to university students in Rzeszow and Poznan.
During the four-week long program, students completed projects in visual and digital design and gave demonstrations of computer graphics technique. This is the 4th year the School has participated in this program.
“This is a great opportunity for our students to share what they’ve learned with other students around the globe. It’s a great learning experience for them and a real benefit to the Polish students,” said Kevin Marshall, director of Computer Graphics Technology at the School.
Students were chosen to participate in this program based on a submission process consisting of a resume review, personal interview and level of technical expertise in their field of study.
Accompanying the students were Marshall, Dr. Mark Bannatyne, chair of the Computer Graphics Technology department, Dan Baldwin, assistant professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Zeb Wood, graduate assistant. While in Poland, the professors were invited to give four public lectures in Poznan at the College of Communication and Management. The topics of the lectures included: “Using the Computer to Define Reality: Computers in Forensic Research and Criminal Investigation", "Using the Computer's 3D Environment to Teach Different Subjects", “Current Trends in American Illustration for Art and the Entertainment Industry", and “Cross Cultural Understanding of Animation.”
The Department of Design and Communication Technology will begin the DCT Laptop Program in Fall 2008. For more information, view the ART/INTR and CGT handouts, or visit http://www.dctlaptops.com for more information.
GDS is a student centered distance learning environment that focuses upon service learning within a global setting. It operates in a manner that dismantles separate silos of academic activity and integrates differing disciplines and countries into a unified whole.
Teaching: GDS teaching activities are directly incorporated into the classroom curriculum (to avoid what has been coined as the tyranny of the curriculum) and extend into international educational communities by means of direct travel or remote connections.
Research: GDS has also spawned several research endeavors. These have been initially tied to disaster mitigation and sustainable solutions to community rebuilding. Our work has taken us into the aftermath of the tsunami (Indonesia and Thailand) and Hurricane Katrina (New Orleans). We have also worked on ventilation problems of Papua residents as well as computer simulations of office lighting environments (USA and Indonesia). Currently our research has led us to Thailand where we have been looking at the impact of computer aided drafting upon the design and teaching of traditional Thai architecture as well as the use of bamboo in cold climate residential structures.
Service: Our service component is ever present. We avoid working within an academic vacuum and have worked with communities around the world. IUPUI students will be working on a large sustainable community in southern Indiana this Fall term as well as the detailed design of residences in New Orleans. In doing so, we partner with a select group of industry partners that oversee the projects as they are directly implemented into the respective communities.
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