Team
Members
Eui Hyun (Christine) Jung -3D Artist
Christine Jung is a technical artist / 3D artist focusing on visual satisfaction, immersive content, and interdisciplinary fields of art and technology. She is also very passionate about creating aesthetically pleasing 3D worlds with her digital art skills. She specializes in 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and shader creation.
Yiming Xiao -Programmer
Yiming Xiao is a programmer and game designer. He prefers to create fun games and offer an experience without bugs for the players. He is interested in the AI recognition and how it will apply to the pipeline in the game industry.
Angela Zhang -Programmer
Angela is a second-year ETC student with an undergraduate background in Computer Science, Software Engineering and Game Design at CMU. Her interests lie in creating novel interactive experiences by integrating new technologies and engaging mechanics.
Xueying (Sherine) Yang -UI Artist
Xueying (Sherine) Yang is second-year student studying at the ETC. Her current interest lays in interaction design with a focus on user experience. Xueying enjoys cooking and traveling in her spare time.
Jiacheng (Jason) Qiu -Programmer
Jason is a passionate game designer and gameplay programmer. He graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2022 with a bachelor degree in Computer Science. Due to his love in game development, he decided to attend the Master of Entertainment Technology program at CMU.
Xiaoying Meng -Producer
Xiaoying is currently a second-year at the Entertainment Technology Center. As a game designer, Xiaoying worked with student teams to design and build several game projects. For the past fall, Xiaoying interned as a game designer at Volley, making games on Amazon Echo Show and IOS. Xiaoying is currently looking for a full-time game designer position this summer.
Instructors
Shirley Saldamarco
Shirley Saldamarco is an entrepreneur, a producer and an educator. She has a background in theatre from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and Producer for national programming at WQED-TV. As President of Interactive Media Productions, the company she founded in 1982, she produces a variety of Broadcast and Non-broadcast programs.Ricardo Washington
Ricardo was a faculty member at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in the Game Art and Design department. He taught classes in 3D art, specializing in modeling and texture creation. He also taught game design, animation, and production classes. Ricardo helped to improve the academic culture with consistent and robust service on various committees and boards, organizing multiple events, updating classes and curricula, and connecting with the community in Pittsburgh.