Amela Sadagic

About Amela Sadagic

Current:* Research Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)…

Experience

1. Research Associate Professor, and Co-director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Camre

   Naval Postgraduate School

   Dec 2004 — Present · Monterey, CA, US

   RESEARCH: As a PI and co-PI raised $10M in funding for VR/AR research (4800 subjects in user studies), and $24M for additive manufacturing- TEACHING: Human Factors in Virtual Environments (MV4001), Introduction to Virtual Environment Technology seminar (MV3922), and Current Topics in Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation seminar (MV4924). Past: Human Computer Interactions (CS3004)- THESIS ADVISING: Advised over 50 students since 2007. 8 students received NPS Outstanding Thesis Award, 2 CDR George L. Phillips Award, and 1 Gary Kildall Award for Computing Innovation. One student was a Winner and one Honorable Mention in the category of Innovation Scholar (PME), the Secretary of the Navy 2015 Innovation Award- SERVICE, NPS: Member of NPS Faculty Council (13 years), Faculty Council Executive Board (3 years), Research Board (3 years), Faculty Handbook Committee (last 3 large revisions), Faculty Council representative in NPS Financial Management Advisory Committee (4 years), Mentorship Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, MOVES Curriculum committee, MOVES PhD Committee, and NPS LeanIn- SERVICE, professional community:(1) Associate Editor for journals:(a) TVCG (since 2023),(b) Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Section: Virtual Reality in Industry (since 2020),(c) PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality (since 2020),(2) a member of VR conference Steering Committee.EXPERTISE:* Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality * Human Factors and Presence in VE * Evaluation of learning and training effectiveness in computer supported environments * Multiuser collaborative environments * Additive manufacturing and 3D printing * Diffusion of innovation: large scale adoption issues in design, dissemination, deployment, and the use of emerging technologies.

Education

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo

  BSc, MSc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• UCL

  PhD, Computer Science

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Computer Science
• Human Factors Engineering
• Teaching
• Science
• Simulations
• Computer Vision
• Program Management
• Programming
• Educational Technology
• Human Computer Interaction
• Artificial Intelligence
• Diffusion of Innovation
• Mathematical Modeling
• Research
• Training Systems
• Image Processing
• Algorithms
• Software Engineering
• Lecturing
• Computer Graphics
• Training
• Game Based Systems
• Human Factors
• Software Development
• Statistics
• Virtual Reality