Summer SIP Showcase: UAT students present industry innovations
The Summer 2020 Student Innovation Project (SIP) Showcase was held on Tuesday August 18, 2020, via Zoom. Led by Art Direction Professor Dapzury Valenzuela, 33 UAT students presented their SIP’s as faculty and staff attended virtually.
UAT SIPs are similar to a state school’s master’s thesis, but these student ventures also become the leading projects in their portfolios when they graduate and enter the workforce.
“Graduating students in programs that range from Virtual Reality and Network Security to Robotics and Game Design showcased their innovative projects,” said Valenzuela, “and the UAT Student Innovation Project Showcase continued its tradition of pushing the boundaries of technology.”
“I’m so proud of the hard work and perseverance of our students and the creative prototypes that exemplify our mission to innovate. They reached a long-term goal, produced an outcome, and gained skills they can directly apply towards the industry they aspire to work in,” Valenzuela said.
“As we continue to grow through these unprecedented times, it becomes more apparent that technology will continue to impact our lives and our SIP Showcase is a great platform for UAT students to share their ideas for the future,” Valenzuela said.
“Projects include a mobile app that allows users to locate roommates safely, a new approach to startup fundraising that fosters empathy, a smart house project, an AI art asset assistant, an AR puzzle mobile game, a game simulator that helps to train managers on human interaction, a game mechanic that promotes teamwork within MMO games, a web browser plug-in that automatically scans for malicious malware, an air quality monitor, and a biometric wheel for safer vehicle usage, as well as a dynamic UI that changes in real-time in accordance to a player’s mental state, just to name a few,” added Professor Valenzuela.
The following are the video presentations from the SIP fair:
Addison Buettner, Game Design
YouTube Link: Bunkie
Stefani Johnson, Business Technology/Web Design
YouTube Link: UAT Marketing Summit Process Improvement
Kavione Hart, Business Technology/Digital Video
YouTube Link: The Laronda Hart Foundation
Christopher Picozzi, Business Technology
YouTube Link: Smarter Smiths
Bailey Nielsen, Business Technology/Web Design
YouTube Link: CADworX
Diamondnique Crawford, Advancing Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence
YouTube Link: Deep Dive
Joey Selamat, Advancing Computer Science
YouTube Link: Project C: Command & Control
Wyatt Dooley, Advancing Computer Science
YouTube Link: SumarizeApp
Ke’Ondrae Mell, Robotics & Embedded Systems
YouTube Link: the Redefined SmartHouse Project
Kaulana Lee, Virtual Reality/Game Design
YouTube Link: Escape Room AR
Jacquelynne Heiman, Game Design/Game Programming
YouTube Link: Boss Simulator
Sarah Baumann, Game Design
YouTube Link: Elevated
Dylan Chapman, Game Design
YouTube Link: Project Hectate
Nathan Silva, Game Design
YouTube Link: Fight the Feeling
Austin Meadowcroft, Game Design
YouTube Link: SnapShot
Jonathan Campbell, Game Art & Animation
YouTube Link: Animated Shader Interaction
Desiree Macias, Game Art & Animation
YouTube Link: Dynamic UI Asset Swap
David Schafers, Game Art & Animation/Advancing Computer Science
YouTube Link: HARP, 3D (3D Human Anatomy Program)
Frederick Hunt, Game Programming
YouTube Link: Hidden in Reality
Angela Robinson, Game Programming
YouTube Link: Unity Force: Progressive Combo Fighting
Logan Boenig, Digital Video
YouTube Link: The Modular Golly
Thomas David Austad, Network Security/Network Engineering/Technology Forensics
YouTube Link: H@x0rd Bot, the Educational Toolset
Jackson Nestler, Network Security/Technology Forensics
YouTube Link: SpookySOC
Nicholas Bazzoli, Network Security
YouTube Link: Voomerang
Bryce Clifford, Network Security
YouTube Link: Hacklemesh Security
Nicolas Reecer, Network Security
YouTube Link: Browser Guardian
Christopher Froebe & Jacob Silva, Network Security
YouTube Link: Windows Issues No More
Tyler Walling, Network Security
YouTube Link: eNVIROkONNECT
Marvin Hugley Jr., Network Security
YouTube Link: The Bio Wheel
Shawn Bellmore, Network Security
YouTube Link: NetGen
Emmett Rohrbough, Network Security
YouTube Link: NetGen
Taylor Leavitt, Network Security
YouTube Link: Bike Buddies
Congratulations to all students who presented! All of us at UAT are proud of each of you who demonstrated mastery of your degree through creative and properly executed innovations. And although graduating is already an exciting outcome, the SIP winners are as follows:
Most Market Ready
Escape Room AR by Kaulana Lee
Most Inventive
Smarter Smiths by Christopher Picozzi
Best In Show
Bunkie by Addison Buettner
Viewer’s Choice
The Redefined SmartHouse Project by Ke’Ondrae Mell
To all participating SIP students, we are confident that you are well prepared to become leaders and innovators in your fields.
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