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2018/19

• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics

2017/18

• COM1008: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• The Department's information page on dissertation projects
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2017/2018
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Ruidong Xu, A location-aware, augmented reality mobile app for displaying digital objects in a landscape
  • Hend Elghazaly, A computer-generated talking head for use in early diagnosis of dementia (Joint supervisors: Dr Steve Maddock and Dr Heidi Christensen)
  • Chuan Xiao, Spatial visualisation and analysis of user interaction in a serious game
  • Yunus Emre Cogurcu, Procedural modelling of bedrooms
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2017/2018
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Ben Askew, Balloons and wind effects in a virtual world
  • Frazer Bennett Wilford, A flocking game
  • Muhammad Chishty, A computer-generated talking head for use in early diagnosis of dementia (Joint supervisors: Dr Steve Maddock and Dr Heidi Christensen)
  • James Harvey, Reassembling fractured 3D objects
  • Gurjit Jheeta, Using virtual reality to provide an experience of a football game for individuals with a sensory impairment (with Sam Firth, Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association)
  • Fernando Montero Perez, Forensic investigation of a crime scene (with NCCU)
  • James Roberts, Using 360 video to analyse a cyber-crime scene (with NCCU)

2016/17

• COM1008: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• The Department's information page on dissertation projects
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2016/2017
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Yunjian Tai, Reassembling fractured 3D objects
  • Youchen Tang, Flocking control using a Leap Motion
  • Nichakarn Voranunsiri, An avatar for use in early diagnosis of dementia (Joint supervisors: Dr Steve Maddock and Dr Heidi Christensen)
  • Haoheng Zhang, Detecting and labelling the teeth in videos of the face
  • Xingyu Zhao, Exaggerating videos of facial animation
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2016/2017
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Mahesha Kulatunga, Using motion capture to control plants and trees
  • Edward Webb, Blowing bubbles in a virtual world
  • Rebecca Fields, Reassembling fractured 3D objects
  • Joshua Case, Displaying the digital ossuary in the Diamond VAR lab
  • Maciej Zak, Weight training analysis using the Kinect
  • Samuel Dickinson, Sweeping 3D shapes using the Leap Motion
  • Enrico Baracaglia, Graphics and aerospace engineering

2015/16

• COM1008: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2015/2016
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Ziyi Jiang, An exhibition of 'Kinected' poses
  • Luis Rene Montana Gonzalez, Motion capture for controlling objects
  • Mingze Xu, Using the leap motion for controlling a computer graphics simulation
  • Xuan Zhu, AR in the Diamond
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2015/2016
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Anthony Cohn-Richardby, Simulating the Deposition of Pigment Upon Guillemot Eggs
  • Adriano Gimenez Fernandez, Using human motion capture data to control animal movement
  • James Hall, Gamification of Software Testing (Phil McMinn / Steve Maddock)
  • John Lilleker, Sketching and particle systems
  • Micah Musset, Augmented reality in the Diamond
  • Samantha Townsend, Kinect and augmented reality: Visualising the anatomy of the face
  • James Williams, Using human motion capture data to control animal movement
• 4th year Project: James McIlveen, Directing Behaviours Of Agent Simulations Through Brush Strokes

2014/15

• COM1008: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2014/2015
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Wuhao Wei, Getting up close and personal with a virtual arthropod using the Oculus Rift
  • Yichen He, Getting up close and personal with a virtual arthropod using the Oculus Rift
  • Meng Chen, Altering videos of facial animation
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2014/2015
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Jeonghoe Goo, Augmented reality in Regent Court
  • Wenyi Hu, Kinect-based facial motion capture
  • Matthew Leach, Bleeding simulation
  • Sean O'Neill, Augmenting pictures in Regent Court
  • Shihao Shen, Virtual 3D measurement
  • Samantha Townsend. Kinect and augmented reality: Visualising the anatomy of the face
• Darwin Project: Thomas Allen, Aleksandar Parvanov, Sam Knight. Controlling groups by sketching.

2013/14

• COM1004: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2013/2014
• MSc dissertation project students
  • Chao Gu, A sketch-based animation app
  • Teng Li, Web-based digital tracing paper
  • Xi Yang, Visual speech
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2013/2014
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Vincent Berry, Multi-layered skinning for human figure animation
  • Jagjeevan Johal, A software tool to plan and create a virtual gallery. (Co-supervisor: Prof. Guy Brown.)
  • Sifa Sensay, Kinect and augmented reality: Facial makeup and decoration
  • William White, Sketching and particle systems

2012/13

• COM1004: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2012/2013
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Marios Konstantinou, Visualising Twitter data
  • Rashida Rahmanova, Visualising Twitter data
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2012/2013
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Callum Cox, Web-based digital tracing paper
  • David Dakin, Kinect the Dots
  • Peter Heywood, Teaching transformations using WebGL
  • Pavel Velkov, Sketching Crowd Animation

2011/12

• COM1004: Web and Internet Technology
• COM3503/4503/6503: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2011/2012
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Yi-Kan Chen, Computer-based Sketching for Swept Object
  • Bo Dong, Using lazy snapping to extract human figures from backgrounds
  • Jin Zhang, Time-series matching for motion capture data
  • Yinxiao Zhu, Automated Analysis of the Volume of a Healing Wound from OCT Volume Images
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2011/2012
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Hayden Faulds, Capturing 3D objects using Kinect
  • Robert Jenkinson, Video editing for facial animation
  • Ian Pozella, Global lighting effects on objects in an aqueous medium
  • Ben Rycroft, Avatar control in Second Life using Kinect
  • Mark Semenenko, Kinect-based head tracking for control of a game character’s view

2010/11

• COM1004: Web and Internet Technology
• COM4230/6340: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2010/2011
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Xin Yang, Make me a masterpiece
  • Hidekazu Kato, Modelling Balloon Movement in Wind
  • Naveen Krishnan Keloth, Teaching transformations using WebGL
  • Cheng Chen, Sketch-based modelling
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2010/2011
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Tristan Ward, General Purpose Wrinkling Technology on the GPU
  • Thomas Little, 3D Segmentation of Teeth
  • Roldan Tagaro, Graphical reconstruction and safety training for marine accidents (in collaboration with MAIB)
  • Robin Groves, Investigation of IK Solutions for Human Figures
• Darwin project: Synthesising Facial Movements from Speech Prosody. Supervisors: Steve Maddock and Jon Barker. Students: Ben Andersen, Adam Gawenda, James Gilbert, Yun Yang, Isma Zulfiqar

2009/10

• COM1004: Web and Internet Technology
• COM4230/6340: 3D Computer Graphics
• MSc dissertation project proposals for 2009/2010
• MSc dissertation project students:
  • Cong Ye, Evolving Photographs of Faces
  • Shulai Zhang, Computer-based sketching
• Undergraduate dissertation project proposals for 2009/2010
• Undergraduate dissertation project students:
  • Adam Gawenda, Sketch-based face retrieval
  • Thomas Prebble, An automated system to generate unique teeth for computer games characters
  • Thomas Nugent, Skeleton Animation and Mesh Skinning
  • James Gilbert, Real Time Morphing of Polyhedra
  • David Gill, A Human Figure Animation API