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of 2004 A-H: Chia Cheng, Richard Colvin, Ruth Comley, Ryan Dixon, Jon-Paul Dumont, Ira Fay, Cecile Galea , Reagan Heller, Hunter Howe J-M: David Jimison, Benjamin K. B. Johnson, Serena Lam, Eugenia Leu, Patrick McKiernan, Eben Myers P-S: Corey Revilla, Bob Rost, Gabriel Sabourin, Benjamin Smith, Thomas Smith, Christopher Spiller T-Z: Jessica Trybus, Greg Weider, Jason Yeung, Sam Yip, Jichen Zhu |
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| Chia
Cheng Projects: Job Status: |
As a child growing up in this era, my passion for architecture, music, moving pictures and online game constantly brought me into contact with cutting edge media technology. During my architectural studies in Tunghai university, I became fascinated by new possibilities brought by CAAD (Computer aided architectural design), and devoted considerable efforts to exploring the complex relationship between architecture and new design medium. After graduating from university, I entered the ROC Naval architecture department in order to fulfill my two years military service. Upon receiving military discharge, I found an editorial position at Taiwan Architecture magazine, where I was devoted to bring in the digital design process to architectural practice. I also have worked in an architecture studio, SURV, and an exhibition design company, Uniplan, using digital media in real practice. I dream of integrating new digital design techniques and architecture into a unified system. Entering the ETC, I hope to further develop the coherent territories of digital medium and the virtual world. |
Richard
Colvin |
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Ruth Comley |
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| Ryan Dixon is a 2002 graduate of Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama with a major in directing. Some of his most recent work includes the Pittsburgh premiere of Michael Frayn's COPENHAGEN and the upcoming film BAQ-132. Most recently for the ETC Dixon directed the interactive theatre piece THE VIRGIN ISLAND. In association with The Mellon College of Science and Firefly Entertainment Dixon was the producer and co-writer of MIXED RECEPTION, an educational interactive muder-mystery that teaches chemistry to high school and college students that will be released nationally this summer. | |
Jon-Paul
Dumont Projects: Job status:
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A seventh-generation Texan, he began studying visual journalism in high school and was the first to be awarded Texas High School Journalist of the Year based on work in visual journalism, informational graphics and design, not the traditional reporting or photography. Jon-Paul went on to study journalism and computer science at Indiana University and to learn from internships at the Dallas Morning News and Sun-Sentinel. During the summer of 1998 he was selected to study as a visual journalism fellow at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. His background in journalism, graphic design, computer science and team management help him in his role as producer, designer and project manager. |
| Ira
Fay Projects: Job status: |
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Cecile
Galea Projects: |
Cecile is both a traditional and digital artist
and also has a background in Computer Science. Originally from Paris,
France, having lived for two years in London, and eight years in New
York, Cecile has had her share of traveling. She comes to the Entertainment
Technology Center with hopes to combine her interests in the Arts and
Sciences to create innovative forms of entertainment. She wants to one
day move to sunny California and work as an artist in the field of interactive
entertainment. |
| Reagan
Heller Projects: Job status: |
Reagan enjoys battling the undead, and her heroine is Jill Valentine. |
| Huntington
Howe Hunter's
Resume (doc) Projects: Job status: |
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| Ted
Hung Projects: Job Status:
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| David
Jimison |
David decided to attend the ETC in order to
expand his understanding past desktop computing, particularly towards
interactive edutainment devices. Outside of school and work, David's
current interests include: electronic music, biofeedback, and the
Situationist International movement. |
| Benjamin
K. B. Johnson |
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Serena
Lam Projects: |
Serena received
her Bachelors' degree in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon
University |
| Eugenia
Leu
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| Patrick
McKiernan Projects: |
For the past 9 years Patrick has been working as a consultant to international museums to create 3D CG archeological reconstructions. Patrick has also taught computer modeling for the Carnegie Mellon Architecture department's pre-college summer program for the past 6 years. In his spare time, he enjoys: Ultimate Frisbee, Biking, rollerblading and watching A LOT of movies. |
| Eben
Myers Projects: Job status:
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Corey
Revilla Projects: Job Status: |
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| Bob
Rost
Bob's
Resumé (pdf) Projects: Job status: Past internships: |
At the ETC, Bob has worked to design and implement various new applications for real-time optical motion capture. He has created two musical instruments in this environment and has worked with the Mo'Jox team to create several games and input devices using the motion capture system. Recently, Bob has been working on the Digiwaxx project, engineering the back end software and handling technical issues for a digital music distribution system. In his spare time, Bob develops games for the 8-bit NES console. His game Sack of Flour, Heart of Gold is currently the most advanced homebrew NES game available. In addition to his NES development, Bob also researches computer graphics, and he is working hard to create a commercial-grade 3d game engine named Harold. |
| Gabriel
Sabourin Projects: |
Over the past few years Gabe has been a Teaching Assistant for courses including Building Virtual Worlds, Freshman and Junior drawing studios, as well as tutoring numerous 3D modeling, 2D graphic, and web design programs. Originally from way upstate New York (roughly 20 min for the Canadian boarder), this guy loves the outdoors almost as much as Maya Unlimited. Besides cycling and rollerblading, Gabe loves his Halo and rainy days with nurbs. Give him a call or drop him a line, but you better count on the two of you playing racquetball sometime. |
| Benjamin
Smith Projects: Job Status: |
His wise older brother recognized this and came up with a plan; "Ben, we should travel the world." The two brothers decided to leave New York City with the little money they had saved, and set out for South East Asia in search of adventure. Over the next year, the two explored the ancient ruins of Cambodia, sailed the Mekong River through Laos, fly-fished the crystal clear streams of New Zealand, surfed the beaches of Vietnam, and hiked to Base Camp of Mt Everest. Through this time Ben realized the firm significance of utilizing his artistic roots into the future. He found out his younger brother Tom was applying to the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon. The idea of artists and technologists working together towards a common creative objective greatly interested Ben. He decided to also apply. Now teamed up with yet another brother, Ben
and Tom live and work together in Pittsburgh where they find themselves
in the same grade for the first time? and continue to receive weekly
phone calls packed with good advice from their wise older brother,
who now attends Business school in Australia. |
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Spiller Projects: Job status: |
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Before coming to the ETC, Jess graduated from Cornell University in 1999 with majors in English and Theatre. She then worked in Hollywood, San Francisco and Pittsburgh. Along with graduate school, Jess is participating in Leadership Development Intitiative (Leadership Pittsburgh), a program that seeks to promote leaders committed to positive change in this region. Jess hopes to use her ETC education to help bolster entertainment technology ventures in the Western PA region. Personal interests include exercising, cooking and traveling. |
Greg
Weider |
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| Jason
Yeung Projects: Job Status: |
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| Sam
Yip Projects: Job Status: |
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Zhu Projects: |
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About
the ETC -
Admissions
- Curriculum
- Projects |
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Gutenberg’s
invention of the printing press transformed people’s living
by making available vast stores of knowledge. In the present day,
the rapid development of computers and the internet is bringing about
a fundamental change in the structure society, culture, and knowledge
itself. 
Originally
from Louisiana, Richard recently graduated from Washington University
in St. Louis with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Robotics.
He is specifically interested in artificial intelligence, mobile robotics,
and computer graphics. Although he's always loved art, his undergraduate
engineering studies left him with little time for such pursuits. Richard
sees the ETC as the perfect opportunity to learn more about graphics
and design and their integration with technology. He's looking forward
to exploring the educational applications of video games and new "high-tech"
toys. In his spare time (which is often non-existent), Richard enjoys
movies, drawing, skiing, video games, and Legos.
Ruth Comley
Jon-Paul
comes to the Entertainment Technology Center after two years as a
graphics reporter for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
A
born Navy “Brat”, Reagan C Heller came to the Entertainment
Technology Center in hopes to use her experience with visual and interface-related
design, along with a passion for digital art; to create new and informative
experiences. Incorporating the skills of painting, modeling, and De-Zine
with the most modern of technology, she may just yet pull it all off.
Ever
since he played his first adventure game, The Secret of Monkey Island,
Ted has been intrigued with the ability for computers to act as a
medium for artistic expression and creative storytelling. At the age
of 13, Ted picked up his first programming book and taught himself
how to program. Later, he created several shareware screensavers and
was amazed when people were actually willing to pay money for them!
Ted began to realize that programming itself was an artform: the computer
was an infinite block of stone, and the code was the chisel. Having
interned at Intel, Microsoft, and Evans & Sutherland, Ted is still
looking for his "dream job." He has always wanted to create
programs that people enjoy using. Besides programming, Ted's other
interests include origami, anime, ping pong, snowboarding, traveling,
and the occasional extreme sport. Ted graduated from Duke University
with a B.S. in Computer Science and a certificate in Neuroscience.
David
has spent the past three years as the Chief Multimedia Engineer for
The Cutting Corporation, where he does research and development for
various companies and organizations including AOL Time Warner and
The Library of Congress.
Ben
Johnson spent his formative years by the frozen lakes of Northen Minnesota,
where bitter temperatures and rabid moose kept him indoors learning
BASIC, and being a "theatre guy." He attended a small liberal
arts school, North Central College, in Naperville, Illinois, earning
a B.S. in Computer Science and Japanese, with minors in Math and The
History of Ideas. While an undergrad, he crossed the ocean to be a
student in and of Japan, ran North Central's arts magazine, wrote
regularly for its much-needed humor magazine, and convinced school
officials to let him design a pencil-and-paper roleplaying game as
an honors' thesis. Ben loves electronic music, scratch, good gaming,
and good curry.
in
2002. Currently she's a first year Maters' student at the Entertainment
Technology Center, pursuing a production career in the Entertainment
Industry.
Having
studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Swarthmore College,
and the Glasgow School of Art, Eben now comes to the Entertainment
Technology Center as a sculptor and digital designer with a year of
workplace experience under his proverbial belt. Eben brings with him
a lifelong love of art and creative experience as well as an almost
lifelong fascination with computers and technology. Fueled by an optimism
in the power of technology and art combined to affect positive change
in the world, Eben looks forward to using technology to create and
shape experiences, while revealing new perspectives on the world in
which we live.
Corey
hails from the small but always entertaining state of New Jersey.
Having discovered computer programming and video games before he discovered
reading, Corey went on to get his B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics
from Rutgers University. After graduating, he remained at Rutgers
as the main programmer for a research project involving creating a
facial animation and speech system. Corey has come to the ETC in order
to start putting his programming skills to use in more artistic endeavors
and to also explore his fascination and love of computer animation.
Gabe
is the name that most call him, and he lives for that extra aesthetic
touch that makes you go "Oooo." After graduating from Carnegie
Mellon in Spring 2002 with a Bachelor's in Industrial Design, Gabe
decided to come directly to the ETC to pursue his dreams of melding
high technology with fresh visual styles in new and entertaining ways
for people of all ages.
After
graduating from the University of Rochester in 1999, Ben Smith lived
in Manhattan making a living as a Digital Designer for two years.
Ben enjoyed the position which so freely let him utilize his artistic
ability, but he also felt that there was more in life to explore.
Jess
is a proud native of Pittsburgh - born and raised a Steeler fan, of
course. 
Greg Weider
