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NSF CAREER award supports Danielle Szafir鈥檚 data-visualization research

April 6, 2021

The National Science Foundation has awarded Danielle Szafir a CAREER award to develop tools to rapidly gauge the efficacy of different types of data visualizations.

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HackCU win for CTD undergrads

March 24, 2021

A three-member team, including Creative Technology and Design undergraduate students Colin Soguero and Mason Moran, took first prize at HackCU for their project, ChessLens, an augmented reality application that helps chess players improve their game.

ATLAS PhD students walk away with top NVC prizes

March 23, 2021

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Kailey Shara, ATLAS PhD student, takes home top awards from both NVC 14 and New Venture Launch class, winning $17,500 for her startup, Chembotix

March 22, 2021

Kailey Shara, ATLAS PhD student and a member of the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, won two top prizes within several days to fund her company, Chembotix, taking home a total of $17,500. Shara won first place at the NVC 14 Female Founder Pitch ($5000) and the NVC Finals Audience Choice Award ($1000), as well as two first-place wins with 兔子先生传媒文化作品's New Venture Launch program ($11,500).

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ATLAS PhD Student Darren Sholes takes first place at NVC 14 Newcomer Prize Night, winning $5,000

March 18, 2021

Darren Sholes, an ATLAS PhD student and a member of the ACME Lab, won first place in NVC's newcomer competition and walking away with $5,000 for LoopSketch, a program that makes it possible for musicians to remotely collaborate.

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Sasha de Koninck to host 鈥淔uture Heirlooms Workshop鈥 at UW-Madison conference

March 10, 2021

Sasha de Koninck, an Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance PhD student and a member of the Unstable Design Lab, will host a virtual 鈥淔uture Heirlooms Workshop鈥 at the Textiles from Home Conference on March 17, 4-6 p.m

Laura Devendorf weaving on a loom.

Laura Devendorf to present March 11 at Georgia Tech鈥檚 GVU Brown Bag Seminar Series

March 10, 2021

Laura Devendorf, director of the Unstable Design Lab in the ATLAS Institute and assistant professor of information science, will deliver a lecture entitled 鈥淒esigning Not Knowing鈥 on March 11 as part of Georgia Tech鈥檚 GVU Brown Bag Seminar Series.

The tower of the Roser ATLAS building lit with a magenta light.

Lighting marks anniversary of Colorado's first known case of COVID-19

March 8, 2021

To honor and remember the lives lost in the past year, 兔子先生传媒文化作品 joined the state of Colorado remembrance March 5 with a magenta-colored light display from the tower of the Roser ATLAS building.

LeeLee James sits in the BTU lab wearing a funny white hat and holding a disco ball

Black, queer and an engineer: Meet LeeLee James, BTU Lab student assistant

March 3, 2021

LeeLee James, BTU's student assistant, is also the "Twirling Tech Goddess" on YouTube. Her show encourages radical diversity and inclusion by making learning tech more fun, accessible and relatable to people underrepresented in STEM.

Wayne Seltzer working on a project in his basement

Wayne Seltzer, MIT alumnus and ATLAS technologist-in-residence, shares his passion for making

March 1, 2021

Wayne Seltzer, ATLAS Institute's technologist-in-residence, was featured as one of four MIT alumni who are 鈥榤aking鈥 their mark with a love for building and tinkering. As a maker mentor, Seltzer has worked with many students and the BTU community.

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