CURRENT RESEARCH

CCTAD BRANDING PROJECT 

Principal Investigator: Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.

Collaborators: Caleb Jones, Graduate Assistant; Ji-Sun Kim, Graduate Assistant; Jason Knowles, Graduate Assistant; Kunmi Otitoju, Graduate Assistant

Timeframe: Fall 2006 - present

Description: Project designed to tackle branding of the CCTAD initiative, including logo design, documentation templates, Internet presence, and seamless integration with Virginia Tech's latest "Invent the Future" initiative. Comprehensive online resources devised utilizing latest technologies, including Adobe Flash, dHTML, Javascript, CSS, and iFrames. Focus on maximum cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility and end-user transparency, including ability to view pages using plain HTML format.

Status: Planning • Design • Development • Testing • Finishing

 


Timeframe: Summer 2007 - present

Description: Joint DARC and CCTAD project to imagine, design, construct, and install an interactive art piece for the Art Museum of Western Virginia, located in Roanoke, VA. The theme of the peice is 'evolution'.

Status: Planning • DesignDevelopment • Testing • Finishing

 


AMHDI 

Aural Matrix Haptic Display Interface
$32,000 CLAHS Dean's grant (PI) (fall 2006)
$20,000 ISCE Summer Scholars grant (PI) (summer 2007)
Team: Ivica Ico Bukvic (PI), Dr. Francis Quek (Collaborator), Dr. Denis Gracanin (Collaborator)
Students: Trevor Robinson, Vladimir Smirnov, Nicholas Winter


STAKEHOLDERS project 
 

Team: Dane Webster (PI), Ivica Ico Bukvic (CO-PI)
Students: David Cuffee III, Ashton Snelgrove, Dane Webster's Animation Class


SMILE project 
 

$ 1,200 Internal grant (spring 2007)
$20,000 ISCE 2007 Summer Scholars grant (CO-PI) (summer 2007)
Team: Carlos Evia (PI), Ivica Ico Bukvic (CO-PI)
Students: AJ Coppa, David Cuffee III, Trevor Robinson, Vladimir Smirnov