Jamie Nhi Vuong
As part of the Spring 2025 DKC Fellowship program, I got a grant that helped me purchase the VDMX program. I was inspired to use this program after someone was using it in Jason Robinson’s New Media class. During this fellowship, I began experimenting with different effects and stock videos to create a cool contemplative video synth visuals. The samples of this project included here are a compilation of these videos.
Drew Meisenheimer
This project is building off of a previous one where I built a StoryMap in ArcGIS examining the historic preservation and interpretation efforts at 13 Negro League Baseball Stadiums. I found a lot of other directions I could take it, so thought starting a podcast and website to talk about more of those different things could be cool. Through a DKC Fellowship, I have built the website in WordPress, and built the podcast using Adobe Podcast and SoundTrap. Putting it all together has been a learning curve for me, but it has also been super fun and I hope to be able to continue it after I graduate!
Stephen Zdgiebloski
In this project I attempted to use CAD software and 3D printers to create 3D representations of molecular structures such as proteins. I did this by using Fusion360, a free student CAD software, to edit readily available protein structure files that can be found online. In Fusion360 I was able to create holes and pegs that allow the structures to be taken apart showing how intricate molecular structures can be. After completing these edits, I was able to import the files onto a multi-extruder 3D printer. The overall process of learning how to use CAD software was relatively simple and did not take long. However, learning how to work with a multi-extruder 3D printer was much more difficult and often required consultation with our DKC consultants, Shannon and Cartland.
Read more about Stephen’s process of learning and creating these 3D models.
Eugene Hlaing & Liam Kiely
A reflection of the Two Gamers on a Couch genre through the lens of an archivist revisiting and reuploading the 2008 webcomic “Losing CTRL.” The genre became popular in the early 2000s, characterized by gag-of-the-week webcomics typically featuring two friends shooting the breeze while playing video games. Now considered lost media, Losing CTRL garnered the negative attention of “The Archivist” and their friends, and turned Nate, our artist, into a niche internet “LOLCOW” — a target of harassment for public entertainment. Writing both the comic and commentary, we explore the perspectives of an amateur artist during the 2008 election, and the perspective of the archivist on their past relationship.
Boone Fleenor
This was an extensive Fluid Dynamic/engineering cross over that spanned over the last year and a half. The goal was to design and optimize a flume that could be used in testing fluid dynamic concepts. My research advisors began the project, and then when my research switched to a theoretical understanding of fluid dynamics, I took up the project with the DKC. They aided in increasing my abilities on a computer, like 3D design. They also gave me the resources and space to let this project flourish and bloom. Additionally, they provided a platform for me to blog and present my project to many creators.
AJ Gluchowski
An iterative 3D design and printing project that focused on creating a practice bagpipe chanter.
You can read more about AJ’s experience designing and printing the chanter on his site.
Jenell Poling
A study of accurately portraying my dreams using mixed-media video work.
“A group of protagonists end up on a train that takes them towards the edge of the forest. They exit the train and find a rest stop, but something about the owner is a little suspicious…”
Included in this project are also process video of how Jenell planned the video, filmed, and edited their work.