Stories
Meet our graduate students and learn about their research.
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Grad Student Spotlight Reese Muntean
My research, broadly, explores how we embed values into technology. I am interested in the intersections of technology and traditional knowledge, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, digital repatriation, ethics, sustainability, and materiality.
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Alumni Spotlight Audrey Desjardins
Audrey received her Ph.D. from SIAT in 2016. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Next generating drawing systems in VR
I explore how people draw in virtual reality to inform the creation of user interfaces that allow everyone to create accurate shapes and precise strokes.
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Speculating on everyday computational things
Doenja Oogjes’ PhD research speculatively explores new kinds of relations that might form among people, things, and their everyday environments
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Erick shares his graduate experience
Erick Oduor received his Ph.D. from SIAT in 2015. He is currently a research scientist at IBM Research Africa located in Nairobi, Kenya. In this graduate alumni spotlight, Erick reflects on his experience at SIAT and offers advice to current graduate students.
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Designing VR for Self-Transcendence
Alex Kitson is investigating how to design for virtual reality that supports self-transcendence–decreased self-salience and increased feelings of connectedness to others and one's surroundings.
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Rethinking VR for the benefit of society
SFU Innovates staff sat down with Mirjana Prpa to talk about her aspirations and what drives her to change her field.
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Rui shares his graduate experience
Rui Pan shares his experiences as a SIAT graduate student.
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Exploring VR for the health sector
Graduate student Xin Tong explores the use of virtual reality (VR) for the health sector.
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