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National and International Recognition
Bradley University faculty and departments earned national and international honors in 2008.
2008 ORION Learning Award of Merit. Alice (Experiments) in Wonderland: A Convergent Telematic Performance. Collaborative production of Bradley University Theatre, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando; more than 100 faculty, students, and staff participated on the project. February 2008. Bradley: George H. Brown, director and chair of the Department of Theatre Arts; Jim Ferolo, art director and director of Multimedia Program; Chuck Ruch, associate provost for Information, Resources, and Technology. UW: Gerd Hauck, Department of Drama and Speech Communication chair. UCF: John Wayne Shafer, coordinator of BA studies
Performed simultaneously on the three campuses, Alice (Experiments) in Wonderland: A Convergent Telematic Performance was presented in front of a live audience through the use of broadband computers, 2-D, and 3-D sets with multiple screens and lighting effects. Eleven actors appeared onstage in each venue. For more information, visit www.orion.on.ca/2008awards/alice.html.
2008 Internet2 IDEA Award. The Adding Machine. Collaborative production between Bradley University Theatre, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando, with more than 100 Bradley students serving in a variety of creative capacities. March 2007. George H. Brown, director and chair of the Department of Theatre Arts, Bradley University; Jim Ferolo, art director and director of the Multimedia Program, Bradley University; Chuck Ruch, associate provost for Information, Resources, and Technology, Bradley University; Erich Keil, scene and lighting designer, Bradley University; Becki Arnold, costume designer, Bradley University; Gerd Hauck, chair, Department of Drama and Speech Communication University of Waterloo; John Wayne Shafer, University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre.
Bradley University presented a fully mediatized production of Elmer Rice’s expressionistic play The Adding Machine that integrated virtual scenery, avatar performers, photographs, graphics, sound, recorded video, and broadcast video transmitted over multiple advanced networking systems. This extraordinary creative event encompassed the work of three universities, four outstanding artist/administrators, over 100 student collaborators from seven academic departments, a Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist, and an unprecedented array of the most sophisticated rendering and communication technology ever assembled for an undergraduate theatre production. For more information, visit addingmachine.bradley.edu/
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Ahmad Fakheri, professor of mechanical engineering professor.
The SME Fellow designation recognizes significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Fakheri’s career has been devoted to work in the thermal sciences, academic and professional leadership, and entrepreneurship with his breakthrough contributions in the field of heat exchangers including application of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to heat exchangers.
2008 Best Non-Commercial Software System for Web-Based Education Award. You Teach. Dr. Vladimir Uskov, professor of Computer Science and Information Systems and Dr. Alexander Uskov, IT support and instructor, Computer Science and Information Systems, in collaboration with Adam Byerly, an undergraduate computer science major. International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Congress Center, Innsbruck, Austria. March 16-18, 2008.
You Teach is a Web-lecturing system that is based on state-of-the-art streaming multimedia technology, which enables users from various geographic locations to create and immediately post rich, multimedia teaching materials and learning modules on the Internet. At IASTED, 22 independent international judges from 18 countries evaluated systems and products in the Web-Based Education area.
2008 Best Ph.D. Student Award. Dr. Alexander Uskov, IT support and instructor, Computer Science and Information Systems. IASTED, Congress Center, Innsbruck, Austria. March 16-18, 2008.
Uskov received the award at an international competition of Ph.D. research in the area of Web-Based Education and e-Learning for his dissertation, “Virtual Private Networks and Streaming Multimedia Applications for Corporate Educational Networks.” Students from more than 20 countries participated in the event.
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