Amy Banic

Amy Banic

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Associate Professor 

Computer Science

Room 435C, Engineering Education and Research Building (EERB)

abanic@cs.uwyo.edu

 

University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dept. 3315
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

 

 

Research and Course webpage

Selected Publications

Education

• Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2008
• M.S. University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2005
• B.S. Duquesne University 2003
• B.A. in Art Duquesne University 2003

Professional Experience

• 2011-present: Joint Appointment, Center for Advanced Modeling and Simulation, Center for Advance Energy Studies, Idaho National Laboratory.
• 2010-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Wyoming.
• 2008-2010: Post-Doctorate Fellow, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, Clemson University.
• 2006: Research Intern, Center for High Performance Computing, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• 2003-2008: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• 2005-2006: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• 2002-2003 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Duquesne University
• 2001-2003: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Duquesne University
• 2001-2002: Web Development Intern, Ceeva, Inc.

Research Interests
My research area is in 3-Dimensional (3D) User Interfaces, which focuses on Human-Centered Computing and Human-Computer Interaction for 3D environments such as Immersive Visualizations, Virtual Environments, and Virtual Humans, or embodied agents.