Nick Jushchyshyn
About Nick Jushchyshyn
- Affiliations
- Drexel University, Digital Media Department
- Epic Games
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Bio
Nick Jushchyshyn is the founding Program Director of Drexel University’s Bachelor’s Degree Program in VR & Immersive Media. His experience includes two decades of professional experience in visual effects, immersive media, and education.
He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University and his research focuses on the development and application of production pipelines for VR/AR, Virtual Production and other immersive media formats in areas including education, cultural heritage, medicine and narrative experiences. More information these activities are available on the Animation Capture & Effects Lab website: http: //digm.drexel.edu/acelab
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
- Jury Member
- SIGGRAPH 2023: Appy Hour
- SIGGRAPH 2022: Appy Hour
- SIGGRAPH 2019: Appy Hour
- SIGGRAPH 2023: Emerging Technologies
- SIGGRAPH 2022: Emerging Technologies
- SIGGRAPH 2019: Emerging Technologies
- SIGGRAPH 2022: Labs
- SIGGRAPH 2019: Talks
- SIGGRAPH 2022: Talks
- SIGGRAPH 2023: Talks
- SIGGRAPH 2023: Panels
- SIGGRAPH 2022: Panels
- SIGGRAPH 2019: Panels
SIGGRAPH Organization Committee Positions
- Steering Committee Member
- ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee
Conference Contributions
- Experiences
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Contributor(s): - Presentations
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- Courses Organized
- “Haptics for Accessible Graphics in CS1” by Bares and Wirfs-Brock
- “Virtual Cinematography: The Embodied Camera” by Olsen
- “Educator’s Forum Talk – A Software-agnostic Small Studio and Education Pipeline” by Wood, Hales, Van Dyke and Minson
- “Educator’s Forum Talk – The Seneca Animation Model: Cross-disciplinary Animation Education Program Design for a Changing Industry” by Jones
SIGGRAPH Organization Contributions
- Community Events Moderated
- 2025 Education Committee SOIREE: Digital Immersion: Practical Creation & Application
Other Information
- Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Conference Support Committee Member: General Jury
- Education Program Moderator
- Education Program Presenter
- SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award Committee Member
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter
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