Glenn R. Blauvelt
Department of Computer Science
Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
Contact Information
Home:
351 76th Street, Boulder, CO 80303
303 499 4927
DocBlauvelt@gmail.com
http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/˜zathras/
Education
Ph.D. Received May, 2006, double major in Computer Science and
Cognitive Science, Department of Computer Science and Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
M.S. Received May, 2000, in Computer Science, Department of Computer
Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Minor area: Cognitive Science multidisciplinary program.
B.Sc. Received May, 1997, in Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines.
Minor area: Mobile robotics.
Professional Experience
August, 2003 to February, 2010: Educational Technologist, Information Technology Services,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
August, 1998 to August 2003: Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer
Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
June, 1997 to August, 1998: Teaching Assistant, Center for Computation, Colorado School
of Mines, Golden, Colorado.
June, 1997 to August, 1998: Graduate Research Assistant, Mobile Robotics and Machine
Perception Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.
July, 1995 to May, 1997: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Mobile Robotics and Machine
Perception Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.
June, 1994 to June, 1996: Student Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden, Colorado.
Publications
Blauvelt, G. and Eisenberg, M. [2006] Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Automata:
Engineering Education for Children. Proceedings of ICET 2006, The IASTED International
Conference on Education and Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July, 2006.
Eisenberg, M., Eisenberg A., Hendrix S., Blauvelt, G., Butter, D., Garcia, J., Lewis, R., and
Nielsen, T. [2002] As We May Print: New Directions in Output Devices and Computational
Crafts for Children. Proceedings of Interaction, Design and Children 2003 (IDC2003),
Preston, England, July 2003.
Blauvelt, G. and Eisenberg, M. [2002] Printing Reconsidered: Exploring New Directions
for Output Devices in Educational Technology. Proceedings of ICLS 2002, The International
Conference of the Learning Sciences, Seattle, WA, October, 2002.
Blauvelt, G. and Eisenberg, M. [2001] MachineShop: Steps Toward Exploring Novel I/O
Devices for Computational Craftwork. Proceedings of ICALT 2001, IEEE International
Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Madison, WI, August, 2001.
Blauvelt, G., Eisenberg, M., and Wrensch, T. [2001] Creating Mechanical Toys: Steps Toward
a CAD Tool for Educational Automata. Presented at WCCE2001, 7th World Conference on
Computers in Education, Copenhagen, Denmark, July, 2001.
Wrensch, T., Eisenberg, M., and Blauvelt, G. [2001] Computationally-Enhanced Craft Items:
Toward “Programmable Parts” for Educational Robotics. Presented at the AAAI 2001 Spring
Symposium on Robotics in Education, Stanford, CA, March, 2001.
Wrensch, T., Blauvelt, G., and Eisenberg, M. [2000] The Rototack: Designing a
Computationally Enhanced Craft Item. Designing Augmented Reality Environments (DARE)
2000. Elsinore, Denmark, April, 2000.
Blauvelt, G., Wrensch, T., and Eisenberg, M. [1999]. Integrating Craft Materials and
Computation. Proceedings of Creativity and Cognition 3, Loughborough, England.
Eisenberg, M., Wrensch, T., and Blauvelt, G. [1999]. Geometry-Specific Languages and Their
Interfaces. University of Colorado Department of Computer Science Technical Report
CU-CS-886-99.
Murphy, R., Hershberger, D,. and Blauvelt, G.R. [1997]. Learning Landmark Triples by
Experimentation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, special issue on Robotic Learning: The New
Wave, December, 1997, vol. 22, no. 3–4, pp. 377-392.
Invited Talks
Linkage Boxes: Exploring Tools for Education in Scientific Studio
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Cambridge, MA, June 1999.
Beyond LEGO Creator: CAD and CAM for Children
MIT Media Lab Europe
Dublin, Ireland, July 2002.
Research Support and Awards
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
MERL Research Gift. “Scientific Studio”. 1998–2000
Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant
University of Colorado Graduate School. “MachineShop”. 2001–2002
ICS Research Award
CU Institute of Cognitive Science. 2001–2005
Academic Service
ACM Student Chapter co-founder, Colorado School of Mines, 1995
Instructor, Colorado School of Mines RoboCamp, 1996–1997
Advisor, QUEST NSF/REU program, Colorado School of Mines, 1997
University of Colorado Women In Engineering Orientation Program, 1999–present
University of Colorado Future Engineers Program, 1999–present
Association Affiliations
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
Sigma Xi
The International Society for the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
The International Association of Science and Technology Development (IASTED)
Research Interests
Computer Science education; children’s interactions with computers; children as designers
and creators of technology; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education;
groupware for children; social contexts for learning, work, and play; thinking and learning
with objects; mechanical reasoning and spatial cognition; cooperation and communication
in heterogeneous communities of mobile robots; dynamic problem solving and behavior
construction in mobile robots.
Courses Taught
Things That Think Fall 1998 and Spring 2001. University of Colorado.
This graduate level course focuses on the design of novel types of science
toys, kits, museum exhibits, and personalized instruments. These objects are
created first in traditional ways and then are modified to include embedded
computation. The goal of the course is to explore and develop interesting,
elegant, and aesthetically appealing artifacts for science education. The
course has students working together in interdisciplinary project teams.
Cognitive Science Fall 2001. University of Colorado.
This interdisciplinary undergraduate course serves as an introduction to the study
of cognitive science. The subject matter is drawn from psychology, philosophy,
artificial intelligence, neuroscience and linguistics. Topics include language
acquisition, consciousness, categorization, linguistic rules, the mind-body problem,
nature vs. nurture, conceptual structure and metaphor, logic and problem solving and
judgment. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature, implications, and
limitations of the computational model of mind.
User Interface Design Spring 2002. University of Colorado.
This graduate level course focuses on helping students develop the skills and
practices necessary to apply user-centered approaches to requirements analysis,
practical skill in the design and evaluation of good user interfaces for computer
applications, and provides an overview of ongoing and emerging research topics in
human-computer interaction. The first two-thirds of the class are organized as a
design practicum which focuses on developing skills and practices. The remaining
third of the course is devoted to research topics jointly selected by the instructors
and students.
Principles of Programming Languages Fall 2002 and Spring 2003. University of Colorado.
This undergraduate course studies important features of programming languages
such as formal language specifications, type systems, error handling, and
garbage collection. It also highlights and contrasts the differences between
procedural, object-oriented, functional, logic, and stack based programming
languages. The Spring 2003 course signaled a significant departure from the
traditional lecture and recitation format by presenting the course as if it were
a seminar and engaging students in discussion and in-class problem solving.