RE-EVALUATING

THE

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP

New STEAM Pathways

Towards

Interdisciplinary

Collaborative Research

via Cultural Heritage Diagnostics

Ashley M. Richter

CISA3 aims to train the new generation of interdisciplinary collaborators engineering better systems for the future by creating

them for the past…

• STEAM

STEAMCreating Technologies that serve the Humanities & Social Sciences

CISA3 Represents a New Breed of STEM to STEAM

Research, Development,& Education Practice

CISA3 IS BUILDING AND TESTING

DIAGNOSTIC & VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS AT

HOME IN SAN DIEGO…

That get taken out to the field and tested at some of the most important cultural

heritage sites in the world by our graduate and undergraduate researchers

Aerial Imaging in Petra

Multi-faceted Research in FLORENCE

Structural Analysis at SanctuarioAnglona, Italy

Thermography of Castello Svevo,

Italy

Upcoming: Underwater & DrylandAnalytics in Mexico

CrowdsourcedSurveys in Mongolia

To Create Systems for Collaborative Analysis, Dissemination, &

Conservation for the World’s Cultural Heritage on-site & in museums

This is what we have now

These are pop culture symbols of what we’re

building towards

Initially intended as a Graduate & Professional Venture Only

But fieldwork & labwork put us all in touch with some amazing Undergraduates and they wanted

to keep working with us…

INNOVATION

CURRENT MODEL FOR THE CURIIS

Everyone’s Pathway is Different

As part of a team led by Graduate Students or an

older CURII

As developer & leader of own team

On Own

THE CISA3 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

INNOVATION INTERNSHIP

(THE CURII)•Allows undergraduates a chance to pursue interdisciplinary projects, gain important research

experience, and acquire valuable field and project management skills.

•Participants are expected to design and conduct a research project which follows the spirit and potential needs of ongoing work at CISA3 under the advisement of CISA3 graduate researchers and

academic faculty.

•Students are expected to fulfill their identified project deliverables for each quarter involved (preliminary background research, invention of device or program, or project report regarding

experiement, etc) and give a final presentation to CISA3 researchers and faculty at the end of the quarter.

•Can be for as short as one quarter or for several years throughout your degree. At least two quarters is recommended with the first quarter being devoted to background research and project design and the second quarter (or more) being devoted to implementation and analysis of results

•Eligible for 199 Credit in Computer Science and Engineering, Structural Engineering, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science.

•Students must be in good academic standing, be able to work well independently and in groups, and be prepared to participate in occasional CISA3 wide activities

THE CURII EMPHASIZES COMBINATIONS OF

COLLABORATION & TEAM WORK MIXED

WITH INDEPENDENT STUDY

Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps between undergraduate, graduate, and professors – to build a

proper team that emphasizes long term individual and team growth

Aims to allow for individuals to be both

leaders & team players

THE CURII EMPHASIZES FLEXIBILITY

• Every quarter ends with a feedback session from all parties that shapes the

next round of the CURII

• Undergraduate participation at the organizational level means they encounter

and are aware of the challenges & frustrations of organizing and keeping the

program sustainable

• Students are actively encouraged to

collect new students

• And to build new collaborations

– With local schools

– With partner universities

– With Industry & Business

THE CURII EMPHASIZES HANDS ON ROLES

As liminal researchers between the sciences & humanities- the CURII role as

ambassadors to relate their work and themselves on all levels

THE CURII EMPHASIZES SCIENCE

COMMUNICATION

And we have them participate in other larger

internships as CISA3 representatives

(Faculty Mentorship, Calit2 Summer Scholars, REUs, Training internships, etc…)

& at local, national & international

conferences

As such – all CURIIS engage in public speaking & effective science dissemination practice

CASE STUDY #1:Prita Priscilla Hasjim, UCSD

Computer Science & ICAM Major (CURII since Spring 2013)

•Started with lab-based research into Augmented

Reality

•Implemented a Cognitive Re-design of CISA3’s AR tablet

software (ARtifact)

•Currently spearheading project to create tablet

platform for 3D navigable models of historic artifacts

CASE STUDY #2Aliya Hoff, UCSD

Bioanthropology Major CURII since Fall 2012

•Started as student volunteer in Jordan•Continued research into Underwater

BioArchaeological Documentation Systems•Led CURII team on SIO project with Jules Jaffe to build systems as Calit2 Summer

Scholar•NSF Research Experience for Undergrads

(REU) in collaborative analysis via international networking with Calit2 & Tom

DeFanti•Presentations at several conferences,

including the Virtual Archaeology, Museums, & Cultural Tourism Conference in Delphi,

Greece•Co-Author on 4 papers

CASE STUDY #3James M. Darling, UCSD

Cognitive Science Major (CURII since Fall 2011)

•Started as student volunteer in Jordan•CISA3 Calit2 Summer Scholar in 3D Scanning•Returned to Jordan with us as Staff his senior year•Has led three CURII research teams:

•Cognitive Design of AR tablet systems•Cognitive Design of Immersive Virtual Environment Controllers•He led his most recent team on Cognitive Design of Museum Dissemination Systems in the field on the 2014 CISA3 Fall Field Season

•Has currently graduated and has a position as research staff at CISA3

•Co-Author on 4 published papers

CASE STUDY #4

Ross Davison, UC Santa CruzArchaeology Major (CURII since Fall 2011)

•Started as Student Volunteer in Jordan•Promoted to LiDAR Field Assistant

•Continued data processing & research via telecommunication from UC Santa Cruz•Led international survey project to

determine the archaeological communities’ digitization needs

•Upon graduate interned with CISA3 non-profit partner CyArk

•Currently the Project Field Manager for their Domestic National Park Service

collaborations

EXAMPLES OF OTHER PAST & ON-GOING

CURII PROJECTS

• Material Chemical Analyses of Paint Properties in Renaissance Artwork

• Laser Scanning & Education Outreach at the Beach• Constructing Diagnostic Visualization Systems for Underwater

Archaeology• Cognitive User Interface Design for Multi-tile wall displays, tablet

augmented reality systems, websites, and CAVE immersive environments for Cultural Heritage Visualization and Analysis

• Structural Analysis Modeling for Monuments during Earthquakes• Building Applications for Augmented Reality & 3D Visualization Systems

• K-12 Archaeological Education Systems in the Classrooms• And many more!

• We’ve had over 30 undergraduate interns (and three high school interns) during the three years of operation

•Flexible Experiential Learning is Effective

•Creates new space for Education Growth

•And new opportunities for sustainable communication between fields:

•Science & Technology and the Humanities & Social Sciences

•Academia to Industry and Government

•Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate

IN CONCLUSION:

EXPLORE. LEARN. PREPARE.

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