The Ottawa Citizen has identified a FASS researcher and student as two of their twelve “People to Watch 2010”.
Chris Herdman, scientific director of the Visualization and Simulation Centre (VSIM), was among the first profiled in the Ottawa Citizen’s people to watch series. Herdman received $28.8 million in funding from industry, the federal and provincial governments to establish the multidisciplinary VSIM Centre at Carleton University. The VSIM Centre includes 11 core labs from Cognitive Science and Psychology as well as from Engineering and Architecture. The Centre supports training of more than 80 graduate students.
“I am honoured to have received this recognition and I do so on behalf of my colleagues, students and industry partners at the VSIM Centre who are working collectively to define cutting edge research and training in visualization and simulation at Carleton University,” said Herdman. “The multidisciplinary approach at VSIM represents a team effort and it’s my good fortune to be involved with such a dynamic and forward looking group of academics.”
Kyrie Kristmanson, a fourth-year student in the College of the Humanities was also selected. In addition to her studies, Kristmanson is also an award-winning singer-songwriter. True to the times, just before Christmas, she received a message through Facebook from the Ottawa Citizen’s arts editor notifying her that she had been selected.
“I was honoured to represent Ottawa’s very rich and complex artistic community,” said Kristmanson. “And though I can’t truly represent all the poets, the painters, the writers, the bands and the many other songwriters of the city, I feel blessed to be part of their company.”
The Ottawa Citizen has identified a FASS researcher and student as two of their twelve “People to Watch 2010”.
Chris Herdman, scientific director of the Visualization and Simulation Centre (VSIM), was among the first profiled in the Ottawa Citizen’s people to watch series. Herdman received $28.8 million in funding from industry, the federal and provincial governments to establish the multidisciplinary VSIM Centre at Carleton University. The VSIM Centre includes 11 core labs from Cognitive Science and Psychology as well as from Engineering and Architecture. The Centre supports training of more than 80 graduate students.
“I am honoured to have received this recognition and I do so on behalf of my colleagues, students and industry partners at the VSIM Centre who are working collectively to define cutting edge research and training in visualization and simulation at Carleton University,” said Herdman. “The multidisciplinary approach at VSIM represents a team effort and it’s my good fortune to be involved with such a dynamic and forward looking group of academics.”
Kyrie Kristmanson, a fourth-year student in the College of the Humanities was also selected. In addition to her studies, Kristmanson is also an award-winning singer-songwriter. True to the times, just before Christmas, she received a message through Facebook from the Ottawa Citizen’s arts editor notifying her that she had been selected.
“I was honoured to represent Ottawa’s very rich and complex artistic community,” said Kristmanson. “And though I can’t truly represent all the poets, the painters, the writers, the bands and the many other songwriters of the city, I feel blessed to be part of their company.”