Maria Palazzi email Director: The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) Associate Professor: The Department of Design

Current Research Topics William Forsythe's One Flat Thing reproduced Online Interactive Score Project Past Research Projects Suburbia Jane, Diary of a Dinosaur with the Burpee Museum of Natural History, funded by IMLS 3D Virtual Sketch Introductory Biology Project Teaching Winter 2008 Procedural Animation,  Arts Col 763 Spring 2008 Physical and Digital Lighting, Arts Col 754 Mentoring Program Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women Information on MFA Program in Design @ ACCAD Digital Animation + Interactive Media Design Advisees MFA Topics C. Christeson - Combining Methodologies for Generating Innovative Solutions in 3D Animated Character Setups S. Burns - Creating an Educational Tool Utilizing Design Intensities for the Set Design Process of 3D Computer Animation K. Kelley - The Animator’s Eye: An Approach for Observing and Interpreting the Expressive Quality of Movement T. Delman - Collaboration With Children In The Character Design Process For A Short, Animated Film E. Farrar - Animation and Music, Principles for Effective Communication C. Wilson - Art Direction and Scenic Design for a Production of Sleep Deprivation Chamber S Steele - Animation as an Effective Tool for Communication: A Digital Prototype for Midwest Alive