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 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.