Office:
NE48-308

Phone:
617.252.1383

E-Mail:
violeta<at>mit.edu

Violeta Ivanova, Ph.D.

IT Consultant, Educational Visualization and Media
MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Instructor, MIT Edgerton Center

Expertise

• 3D computer visualization and modeling technologies
• Educational and documentary film production and editing
• Scientific and engineering media and communication

Current, recent, and upcoming activities

• Co-instructor for Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction
• Coordinator for iCampus technology innovation student awards
• Instructor for Digital Video Production: Documentary (fall)
• Instructor for Digital Video Post-Production (spring; films)
• Creator of educational 3D visualizations in astronautics

Awards

• Council for the Arts at MIT grant for independent documentary film.
• MIT Alumni Class Funds grant for curriculum innovation (shared).

Education

• Ph.D., MIT 1998
• S.M., MIT 1995
• Dipl. Eng., Bulgaria 1991

Professional affiliations

• ACM SIGGRAPH
• Web3D Consortium

Previous employment

• Educational Technology Consultant, math software curriculum integration, MIT IS&T.
• Co-Producer/Director/Editor, educational science films, University of Texas at Austin.
• Asst Editor/Camera, American Trustees, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation.
• Communications Consultant, DOE/NSF technology transfer, ARMA Foundation.
• Senior Engineer/Project Manager, 3D subsurface modeling, Schlumberger.

Personal interests

• Independent filmmaker.