May 2003, while I was a MIS (Management Information Systems) student in PKI, University of Nebraska at Omaha, I joined VIA Design Lab as one of the founding members. Dr. Jerry Wagner, the faculty founder of the lab, brought in many leading experts around the country to give seminars, workshops and classes in new media to students who were interested in the design and development of interactive multimedia applications. I've been designing and creating marketing materials for most of events.

From left to right:

01Wanted flyer
designed for recruiting new interns at VIA Design in August 2003

02Student Opportunity flyer
designed for marketing One Innovation Place (OneIP). April 2005

03Spring Open house flyer
designed for PKI/CIS&T in January 2006

04Gallup tour flyer
A flyer created in September 2003 for UNO student tour at Gallup Riverfront campus at Omaha. A very first flyer I designed in VIA Design.

05Innovative Data Visualization Class flyer
created in April 2005

06Mutual of Omaha PKI Focus Group poster
designed in October 2004

07Programmers Wanted flyer
designed for VIA Design in June 2003

08Spring Flash Class flyers
designed in November 2003

From left to right:

01The New Breed of Software Designer/Developer/Engineer
Poster designed for seminar by Dr. Jerry Wagner | February 2004

Dr. Wagner will present his views on the rapid emerging new breed of software designer and developer. He thinks of this new breed as being a combination of artist, computer scientist, and engineer. Practitioners have long advocated that the interface is the software. This new breed is designing and developing the first non traditional software interfaces that result in fun and engaging end user experiences. The new development platforms have first been used for developing entertainment movies. However, the tools are now being used for developing business and decision supporting applications. Example demonstrations will also be presented by some of his Via Design students.

02Special Seminar with Mike Hill
Poster designed for seminar by Mike Hill | December 2003

Mike has been the editor for the films directed by Ron Howard for the past 21 years. These films include Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, Apollo 13, Ransom, A Beautiful Mind, and currently, The Missing. Mike won an Academy Award for Apollo 13. He was awarded the outstanding UNO graduate award in 1996. Mike will be talking about and demonstrating how the decisions he makes as an editor effect the outcome of the movie. He will talk about how he approaches his job each day, the thought processes involved, and the collaboration process between himself as the editor and Ron Howard as the director.

03Engineering Visualizations
Poster designed for seminar by Mark Van Devanter | May 2004

Mark is a professional architect from the state of Washington that works with HDR Engineering here in Omaha. For more than 10 years as a professional architect, Mark has specialized in visualizations using high resolution animation. He has extensive background with: computer based imagery in communicating complex ideas to a lay audiences; working with Engineers and Public Agencies in crafting image-based presentations that are informative, objective and responsible; simulating components of Planning and Land Use issues.

04Peter Kiewit Institute & College of Information Science and Technology
Poster designed for Spring Open house at PKI/CIS&T | January 2006

05The Info Stone Age
Poster designed for seminar by Marshall Monroe | January 2004

Marshall Monroe is the former Creative Director at the Walt Disney Company and founding member of the Disney R&D Division. He will establish a context for dialogue in what he calls the interaction arts (including interface design, infomatics, and perceptual factors). The presentation will then provide an introduction to Monroe's original theories and models in the field and include a survey of several specific projects that demonstrate the Monroe models and their remarkable adoption successes.