Conrad Tucker

Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering
2015 TLT Faculty Fellow
Focus Area: Virtual Reality and Wearable Technology

We are excited to announce Conrad Tucker as our second TLT Research Fellow, helping us explore virtual reality and wearable technology. Our research fellows help drive our local community in research endeavors residing at the intersection of technology and pedagogy by organizing and hosting various symposia around specific topics. Throughout 2015-2016, we will be working with Conrad to create a research community interested in exploring VR and wearables, and how these emerging technologies will impact teaching and learning in the future.

Some of Conrad’s early work will be examining the current state of VR around the University.

What are current instructors doing with VR, in both curricular and co-curricular settings? Up until now, these technologies have been limited to specific engineering disciplines with technical individuals who possess the expertise to create immersive VR environments in a seamless and efficient manner. While immersive VR technologies have had significant impact in engineering, their applicability to the broader STEM fields (e.g., chemistry or physics) has been limited.