Briefs
Apparel project progressing
Since being featured in the fall 2007 CMU 2010 newsletter, the project titled Exploration of Functional Design Issues that Interface with the Human Body has continued to move forward.
Among the most exciting and project-impacting developments was the hiring of Dana Harder, coordinator of
the body scanner laboratory, who began work in January. Harder is responsible for organizing, collecting, and maintaining body scanner data for use in research projects, including Exploration of Functional Design Issues that Interface with the Human Body.
The new staff position is funded by the CMU 2010 grant.
In addition, project collaborators Tanya Domina, professor of human environmental studies;
Maureen MacGillivray, professor of HEV; Terry Lerch, assistant professor of engineering and technology;
and Patrick Kinnicutt, assistant professor of science informatics in the geology and computer science departments, have delivered presentations related to the project at conferences in Australia, Portugal, Massachusetts, and South Carolina.
Software enterprise involves students
Demand for software development has helped spawn a new
business in the College of Science and
Technology. Paul Albee, computer science professor and director of
the Center for Software Development, is continuing to grow his
student-centered enterprise, which is being funded with the help
of a three-year CMU 2010 grant.
As a campus-based proving ground for programming skills, the center is both churning out innovative results and providing students with hands-on, problem-solving, and project management experiences that real-world employers find so valuable.
Albee has a number of talented students at work putting their coding theory into application on various projects. The group is now working on automating the university’s curriculum proposal process, a project commissioned by Albee and Gongzhu Hu, a colleague in the department.
Steven Ball, a sophomore computer science major, explains his experience as an employee. “Working for
the Center for Software Development has given me a taste of what a software engineer does on a daily basis,” Ball said.
Albee’s ultimate goal is to recruit more student employees, provide services to external clients, and make
the center self-sustaining by 2010.
