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(Work in progress) Samples of my WIP for the 175th Anniversary exhibit at the University of Dayton. My initial idea was a corkboard "planning the exhibit" and then the surface of an older desk with scattered photos, but the final idea of a bookshelf is my favorite. Recreating real book spines has been a fun experience and I have a few more books to create to fill out the shelves, along with some additional thematic objects. The regions under the "timeline" and "then|now" text will display TimelineJS and JuxtaposeJS interactives for exhibit patrons to learn about the history of the university. The final interactive will allow patrons to click on the region and zoom in on that component. More updates to come!

Inspired by a digital Advent wreath project at the University of Dayton Libraries for our lobby touchscreen, I decided to try my hand at creating another rendered scene. This project gave the opportunity to learn about geometry nodes in Blender to create the wreaths and decorations, hair particle systems for the stockings, and different shader implementation to create a flame. We did not end up using this render in the display, but I am happy with how it turned out.

A touchscreen display for the Roesch Library lobby (2024) displaying student-reservable rooms with attribute filtering and floor maps with selectable points of interest. This interface was built as a webpage using RevealJS for content navigation, LibCal API to collect space information and bookings, SwiperJS for the floor map carousel, and PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Incorporated usage tracking through Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics with an awesome dashboard in Looker Studio.