PhD Showcase

Introduction
Claire Eaglesham — School of Simulation and Visualisation

Experiencing the intangible: communicating cultural meaning and identity through storytelling and immersive technologies.

Claire Eaglesham is an interdisciplinary researcher and educator at GSA’s School of Simulation and Visualisation. Her work combines elements from her academic background in Social Anthropology and Heritage Visualisation, as well as her professional experience of developing and evaluating VR and AR applications. Working with digital technologies, she explores the possibilities offered by combining innovative visualisation techniques with user-focused interaction and storytelling.

Marly Muudeni Samuel — School of Simulation and Visualisation

Facilitating community co-design approaches for inter-relationships: supporting action and dialogue engagement between fishery sectors to promote community-led initiatives for sustainable ocean livelihoods in Namibia.

Marly Muudeni Samuel is passionate about innovation, technology and governance for inclusivity, youth and women empowerment, and sustainability. She graduated from the Namibia University of Science and Technology and has broad experience in participatorydesign and innovation-driven development projects. She previously worked as a Technology Innovations Coordinator for the IctechHub, an innovation driven technology hub in Windhoek.

Noor Albaker — School of Simulation and Visualisation

Foetal beat: the development of interactive 3D digital models and animation of the heart as a comprehensive digital source for anatomical and medical education.

Noor Albaker is a lecturer in human anatomy, a medical visualisation specialist, and Head of Digital Medical Education Department at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Noor is passionate about biomedical sciences and technology, and she applies her MSc in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy into real-world issues via interdisciplinary research.