Web 2011 @ Penn State
This year Penn State’s Web Conference needed a boost when it came to their information architecture, strategy, and design to better align the web site and other online resources with the overall conference experience. I worked closely with two team members to develop the information architecture, strategy, and site design. I implemented the final look-and-feel using a modification of the Zen theme for Drupal
Green Laptops
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This image represents laptop computers that use more environmentally friendly components and manufacturing and power consumption.
Green Desktop Machines
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This image represents some desktop computers that are energy star rated and constructed from greener methods.
Green Power Adapter
In order to put together some concepts about “green” technologies for a client without mentioning brand names, I took some of their popular products and constructed images from photographs of leaves, trees, rocks, sky, etc. This is a representation of a power adapter that had some capabilities to reduce power consumption.
The Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy
The Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy is a program of Penn State’s Office of Undergraduate Education that facilitates public scholarship through its support and administration of the Intercollege Minor in Civic and Community Engagement, the Public Scholarship Associates, Public Scholarship Course Development Grants, Public Scholarship Seminars, and other initiatives, publications, and programs.
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The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (IGC) is dedicated to fostering the highest quality education and research in cosmology, general relativity, gravitational wave astronomy, particle astrophysics, quantum gravity and string theory, focusing on the highest energy phenomena and fundamental issues in the Science of the Cosmos. The Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos wanted to update their Web pages both visually and technically, so that its centers could have common templates and be easy to update by staff members with knowledge of HTML.
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WebMail
Penn State’s WebMail is a web-based e-mail client that provides Penn State faculty, staff, and students with anytime, anywhere access to their Penn State email via a web browser. I worked with Academic Services and Emerging Technologies (ASET) in the development of the look-and-feel of their interface graphics, layout, and design of the mail program’s home page.
My Role
- Concept
- Visual Design
University Bulletin
The University Bulletin, which is comprised of the Bluebook and the Whitebook, is the official bulletin of The Pennsylvania State University. The Bluebook is the Undergraduate Degree Programs Bulletin and the Whitebook is the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin. Penn State is no longer printing paper copies of the University Bulletin and this Web site serves as the up-to-date resource for course information and degree programs. The front-end uses XHTML templates and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the back-end is Adobe ColdFusion. My role concentrated solely on the front-end and a fellow team member entirely created the back-end functionality.
My Role
- Visual Design
- XHTML Templates
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Static Content Organization
MechANEX
The MechANEX project was a grant funded project to design and implement simulation software for an engineering lab at Penn State. The goal was to create a series of simulations to teach students about certain concepts such as friction and tolerance, so that they could experiment digitally to learn the concepts and then apply them in a physical lab. I worked with faculty, programmers, and instructional designers to take schematics and translate them into graphics for the software.
My Role
- Visual Design
- Interface Graphics