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“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
-John F. Kennedy
Student-Centered Subcommittee
Led by: Raffi Simonian
Current UCLA Position: Program Director, UCLA Epicenter/MQE Adjunct Instructor
Affiliated UCLA Department(s): Alumni Affairs, Engineering – Computational Medicine,Master in Quantitative Economics
Experienced general technologist, strategist and educator who is passionate about teaching project based and experiential learning courses in partnership with the industry. The students solve real world problems augmenting their academic and theoretical knowledge.
XR Interests
- Applying XR to teaching
- Leveraging existing XR simulations to topics that I teach
- Basic XR programming introduction
Goals
- Open opportunities for students
- Get students to solve XR based business problems
Meetings Topics
- What they are interested in
- How can we put a course together in an Innovation Challenge or Internship format
- Explore companies who may be interested in partnering
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsimonian/