SMTE "Survival Master" Game Project Team Members

Principle Investigators (National Science Foundation DR K-12 Project #0821965)

Michael Hacker, Co-Director, Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University 

Dr. David Burghardt, Director, Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University

Dr. Bert Flugman, Co-Director, Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Deborah Hecht, Co-Director, Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Karl Kapp, Director, Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University

Gordon Snyder, Executive Director, National Center for Telecommunications Technologies

Game Development

Jim Kiggens, Director, Serious Game Design Institute, Santa Barbara City College
Game Producer, Virtools Engineer, Game Artist, Moodle Engineer

Cecilia Mason, Art Director, Serious Game Design Institute, Santa Barbara City College
Art Director, Character Art Lead, Virtools Developer, Moodle Developer

Ty Hegner, Environment Artist, Serious Game Design Institute, Santa Barbara City College
Environment Art Lead, Virtools Developer, Audio Producer

Kyle Bean, QA Director, Serious Game Design Institute, Santa Barbara City College
QA Director, Cinematics Lead, Moodle Developer

Robert Hagen, Level Designer, Serious Game Design Institute, Santa Barbara City College
Level Designer

Game Design

Karl Kapp, Director, Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University
Senior Game Designer, Instructional Systems Designer

Eric Milks, Instructional Designer, Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University
Game Designer, Instructional Systems Designer

Heather Gee, Instructional Designer, Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University
Game Designer, Instructional Systems Designer

Curriculum Design

Michael Hacker, Co-Director, Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University 

Dr. David Burghardt, Director, Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University

Gordon Snyder, Executive Director, National Center for Telecommunications Technologies

Tom Robertson, President and CEO, Whitebox Learning

Dr. David Shaw, Director, Center for Innovation in Engineering Learning, University of Buffalo

Research and Evaluation

Dr. Bert Flugman, Co-Director, Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Deborah Hecht, Co-Director, Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Jim Lauckhard,  Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Laura Saxman,  Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Caterina La Fata,  Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Maria Russo,  Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY

Subject Matter Experts (SME)

Dr. Sharon Whitton, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, Hofstra University

Linda Walker, Math Teacher

Jack Goldberg, Structural Engineer

Advisory Committee

Dr. Susan Pedersen, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A & M University

Dr. Kendall Starkweather, Executive Director/CEO, International Technology Education Association

Barry Burke, Director, STEM Center for Teaching and Learning

Partners

Jesse Schell, CEO, Schell Games

Xavier Fouger, Director, Dassault Systemes Global Learning

Martin St-Germain, North Americas Representative, 3DVIA Virtools, Dassault Systemes

Debbie Kiggens, CEO, Sequoia Studios