University of Advancing Technology students create 26 new tech innovations
At the University of Advancing Technology (UAT), student projects are a state school’s equivalent of a master’s thesis, and end up being leading projects in the student’s portfolio when they graduate and enter the workforce. This semester, UAT students created 26 new tech innovations!
For students, the goal is to continue to build technology that entertains, educates, connects and protects. This semester’s projects included a PC rhythm game, a goal-setting app, a customizable 3D garment interface, a digital course for content creators, an alternative login solution based on steganography, a discord bot for reporting cheaters, a stealth game that flips the traditional role of lighting to offer new perspectives, a secure flash drive that uses your phone for authentication, a physical server protector, a multi-player AR game, a reading log book light for kids, an object detection program for international travel and a detachable cover for shopping carts to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, just to name a few!
These projects exemplify what UAT stands for, innovating for the future. The hard work students do on their projects makes each SIP Showcase a proud moment for faculty and staff who are grateful for the opportunity to lead and guide these aspiring technologists.
Learn more University of Advancing Technology’s Spring 2021 Student Innovation Project (SIP) Showcase below.
Tyrease Teer | Project Roft
Project Description: A PC rhythm game that challenges one’s keyboard literacy.
Degree Major: Game Programming
SIP URL: http://miijii.weebly.com/project-roft.html
Zachary Lloyd | Interactive Spawn System
Project Description: Spawn system is directly impacted by preferences set by player and player position.
Degree Major: Game Programming
SIP URL: https://zacharylloyd.weebly.com/sip.html
Takota Berry | Hikari no Yami
Project Description: A stealth game that flips the traditional rolls of light and dark that offers the player a unique perspective of both how they see themselves, and the world around them.
Degree Major: Game Programming
SIP URL:https://sites.google.com/view/portfolio-takota-berry/sip
Mickyl Rodriguez | Retro Forge
Project Description: Pixel-based fighting game that allows the players to fully customize various aspects of their fighters within an evolving system that increases the resolution and customizability.
Degree Major: Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://mickyl0804.wixsite.com/website/about
James Cortezano, Katelyn Jensen and Ethan Dean | GoalMania
Project Description: GoalMania is a goal setting app with dress-up assets to help motivate the user to complete their real-life goals within games rewards. The app also keeps tabs on the user’s accomplishments to displays what they’ve completed along with notifications of pending goals.
Degree Major: Katelyn Jensen – Game Art & Animation, James Cortezano – Game Art & Animation, Ethan Dean – Game Programming
SIP URL: https://katelynjensenartist.weebly.com/goalmania.html
Alina Iovita | Custom 3D
Project Description: A web interface of 3D character garments that can be customized by the user for purchase.
Degree Major: Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://alinaiovita.wixsite.com/portfolio/innovation-project
Joseph Chilton | Triad Pursuit
Project Description: Triad Pursuit is a team-based racing game that competes for points using asymmetrical gameplay.
Degree Major: Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://josephchilton.weebly.com/sip.html
John Balog | Voodoo Doll
Project Description: Voodoo Doll is an on-screen UI element and an accessibility option for Action/Hack’n Slash players to more easily make use of limb targeting lock-on mechanics.
Degree Major: Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://grayjhon289.wixsite.com/portfolio/student-innovation-project
John C. Pratt | Contextual Object Weathering
Project Description: A system in which objects in a game world can be interacted by various weathering effects and how to achieve them. The system will showcase the effects of wind and water weathering.
Degree Major: Game Art and Animation
SIP URL: https://johnsartroom.weebly.com/sip.html
Ruth Luis | Mechanics Mirror
Project Description: Integrate real-world players as key assets into multi-player AR gameplay through the use of the front-facing camera.
Degree Major: Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://ruthf10.wixsite.com/ruynis/art-work
Jonathon Sherwood | Helter Skelter
Project Description: Helter Skelter is a system that encourages player creativity by allowing them to assemble their character’s body parts in any combination in order to solve different puzzles and challenges.
Degree Major: Game Design, Game Programming & Advancing Computer Science
SIP URL: http://jonathonsherwoodportfolio.weebly.com/sip.html
Kady Morse | Songbird Mansion
Project Description: A single-player horror level in which the player must stay calm. If the player becomes stressed, the environment they are in will change drastically. With the use of synesthesia noises, what they hear can guide the player down the right path.
Degree Major: Game Design
SIP URL: https://kadymorse.weebly.com/student-innovation-project.html
V. Greffin | Freedom of Movement MOBA
Project Description: The Freedom of Movement MOBA takes the MOBA genre and introduces the idea that players can move in any direction, creating a new experience for MOBA fans, new and old.
Degree Major: Game Design
SIP URL: https://vgreffinportfolio.weebly.com/student-innovation-project.html
John Leddon | The G.R.I.P.
Project Description: The G.R.I.P. is an innovative solution to help mitigate the spread of germs though a detachable, and easy to clean handle for shopping carts.
Degree Major: Advertising Art
SIP URL: https://penpointgraphics2u.wordpress.com/sip/
Daniel Rosca Leal | SIP Social Media
Project Description: An innovative digital course that walks content creators through the steps for converting their content to other social media platforms.
Degree Major: Business Technology
SIP URL: https://danleal.wixsite.com/sip1
Dawson Greeley | LinuxTKS
Project Description: LinuxTKS is a simple to use toolkit that features elements such as file change and SSH connection detection.
Degree Major: Network Security
SIP URL: https://dawsongreeley.com/sip
Danny Ghazal | Log BOX
Project Description: Log Box is an innovative login solution that utilizes the principles of steganography to make logging into applications safer and easier.
Degree Major: Network Security
SIP URL: www.dannyghazal.weebly.com
Cordell Ruzewski | Ghost Drive
Project Description: A secure flash drive that uses your phone for authentication.
Degree Major: Network Security
SIP URL: http://www.dellbox.info/sip.html
Kyle Stecki | HomeVul Scan Bot
Project Description: Discord bot for reporting cheaters in video games and network security education.
Degree Major: Network Security
SIP URL: https://www.kylestecki.com/sip.html
Gregory Pacheco and Andrew Sturgeon | Serve Save Protection
Project Description: Serve Save Protection gives server rooms physical protection along with software like firewalls. This protection is going to be similar to bank or store protection where you push a button and metal walls are deployed on the windows and doors for physical protection. In this case, a Kevlar sheet will deploy and protect the server.
Degree Major: Andrew Sturgeon – Network Security; Gregory Pacheco – Robotics & Embedded Systems
SIP URL: gregorypachecosite.wordpress.com/sip/
SIP URL: https://andrewsturgeon99.wixsite.com/portfolio/sip
Amanda Grose | Animookites – The Booklight with a Brain
Project Description: This project aims to create a different kind of booklight; specifically, booklights that are shaped like animals that can keep track of minutes read. The product will also feature a reading log app.
Degree Major: Robotics and Embedded Systems, Game Programming, Game Art & Animation
SIP URL: https://agrose071479.wixsite.com/website-1
Alejandro Salas | Tecam
Project Description: Tecam is an Object Detection program responsible for recording, analyzing, predicting, and displaying estimated wait times of the commercial vehicle lanes in Tecate, Mexico port of entry.
Degree Major: Advancing Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
SIP URL: https://salas10alex.wixsite.com/salasportfolio/sip-1
Edwin Edwin | Interial
Project Description: A smart stock analytics platform that utilizes Machine Learning technology to analyze real-time stock market data to help investors.
Degree Major: Artificial Intelligence
SIP URL: https://edwinkys.com/
James Guillory | Spider Swarms
Project Description: Spider Swarms focuses on making the spider robot move through edge scanning video feed from its camera.
Degree Major: Advancing Computer Science
SIP URL: https://jamesguillory23.wixsite.com/website/shedule-1
Brittney Tollison and Tyler Denton | Programme Facile
Project Description: Programme Facile is poised to disrupt an antiquated ballet industry with a simply, user-friendly web interface that allows users to easily create a schedule and manipulate it based on their needs. An added feature is the replacement of a dancers who cancel allowing the Instructor to fill the position in real time.
Degree Major: Advancing Computer Science
SIP URL: https://britolli.wixsite.com/brittney-tollison
Russell Pickney, Jr. | Tower Defense Tactics
Project Description: Tower Defense Game
Degree Major: Advancing Computer Science
SIP URL: https://pickneymoo.wixsite.com/portfolio/sip
Congratulations to all students for your excellent work!
Find photos and more at https://www.uattech.com/spring-2021-sip-showcase.