Student Advising

Current Ph.D.


  1. •M. Brandon Haworth

  2. •Muhammad Usman


Current M.Sc.


  1. •Melissa Kremer

  2. •Alistair Scheuhammer


Former Ph.D.

  1. •Mubbasir Kapadia, Ph.D. 2011, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, USA.

  2. •Brian Allen, Ph.D. 2011.

  3. •Shawn Singh, Ph.D. 2011, Google Inc.

  4. •Gabriele Nataneli, Ph.D. 2011, Chief Software Architect, SonoSim Inc.

  5. •Anna Majkowska, Ph.D. 2007, Google Inc.

  6. •Tom Yeh, Ph.D. 2007, founder of IEnteractive Inc.

  7. •Ari Shapiro. Ph.D. 2007, Research Scientist at the Institute for Creative Technologies/USC, CA.

  8. •Yong Cao.Ph.D 2005,  Boeing Inc.


Former M.Sc.


  1. •Muhammad Usman, M.Sc. 2016.

  2. •Brandon Haworth. M.Sc. 2016.

  3. • Glen P. Berseth, M.Sc. 2014, Ph.D. Candidate, UBC.

  4. •Jonathan Garcia, M.Sc 2011, Technical Director, Disney.

  5. •Hamid Karimi, M.Sc 2011, Google Inc.

  6. •Carson Lee, M.Sc, 2010

  7. •Jagruti Pandya, M.Sc. 2011

  8. •Jayashree Nagarajan, M.Sc. 2011.

  9. •Demetris Papadopoulos, M.Sc 2010.

  10. •Matt Schuerman, M.Sc. 2009,  Staff Scientist at Areta Associates.

  11. •Hsin-Huei (Stella) Cheng, M.Sc, 2009.

  12. •Matthew C. Gong. M.Sc. 2008, now at DreamWorks Animation.

  13. •Derek Chu, MSc 2007.

  14. •Jane Chiu, M.Sc. 2006, Google Inc.

  15. •Benjamin Sunshine-Hill. M.Sc. 2006, Havok Inc.

  16. •Alice Wang, M.Sc. Summer 2005, Northrop Grumman.

  17. •Brian Tang, M.Sc. 2004.

  18. •Emud Mokhberi, M.Sc. Summer 2004, Winner of the 2008 SIGGRAPH Animation Festival, Best of Show Award for the animated short Oktapodi, also nominated for an Academy Award.

  19. •Yoojin Hong, M.Sc. Summer 2004, Sun Microsystems.

  20. •Lloyd Thompson, M.Sc. 2004.

  21. •Lucio Flores, M.Sc. Spring 2004,  Rhythm and Hues Studios.

  22. •Albert Chu, M.Sc. Summer 2003, Raytheon.

  23. •Alan Gasperini , M.Sc. Summer 2002, Microsoft Corp.

  24. •Christian Yoedhana, M.Sc. Summer 2002.