Ann directs the Craft Technology Lab, a space overflowing with objects as diverse as Arduino-controlled sunflowers; software-generated polyhedral paper sculpture; and RFID-augmented stuffed zombies. 听Her focus is the design and creation of objects that combine computation with real-world craft materials. 听Her background is in educational computing with an emphasis on math education and spatial cognition. The focus of the projects in her lab is one of playful design and exploration leading to meaningful educational experiences for both the project creators and the kids and adults who engage with their work.
Ann holds a PhD听in computer science from CU Boulder, and a BS听in mathematics from the University of Hawai'i. 听She has co-taught (with Mike Eisenberg) numerous classes in 鈥淭hings that Think鈥�, a hands-on computer science class where students combine computation with hand-built mechanical automata, soft toys, costumes, and objects from da Vinci鈥檚 sketchbooks. 听She has also taught classes in creative engineering at various K-12 schools in the Boulder/Denver area, in addition to workshops at the Denver Art Museum and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.
Projects
Publications (ATLAS-related)
Chris Hill*,听Casey Lee Hunt* (*shared first authorship),听Sammie Crowder, Brett Fiedler, Emily B. Moore, and听Ann Eisenberg. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '23)听(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023).
Chris Hill, Michael Schneider,听Ann Eisenberg, and听Mark D. Gross. 2021. The ThreadBoard: Designing an E-Textile Rapid Prototyping Board. In听Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 23, 1鈥�7. DOI:听(Salzburg, Germany (virtual)鈥揊eb. 14-19, 2021).
Hill, C.,听Schneider, M.,听Eisenberg, A.,听Gross, M.听and Blum, A. 2020.听A Wearable Meter That Actively Monitors the Continuity of E-Textile Circuits as They Are Sewn, In听Proceedings of the 2020 FabLearn听- 9th Annual Conference on Maker Education (FabLearn '20).听(New York鈥揙ct. 10-11, 2020).听
Schneider, M.,听Hill, C.,听听Eisenberg, A.,听Gross, M.听and Blum, A. 2020. A Software Debugger for E-textiles and Arduino Microcontrollers, In听Proceedings of听the 2020听FabLearn听- 9th Annual Conference on Maker Education (FabLearn '20)听(New York鈥揙ct. 10-11, 2020)