Primary Job Title Department Head and Associate Professor of Media Arts, Design and Technology Primary Organization North Carolina State University
Location Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Regions Research Triangle, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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Derek Ham is the Department Head and Associate Professor of Media Arts, Design and Technology of North Carolina State University. He previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Affiliate Assistant Research Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State’s College of Design. His research interest spans the areas of game-based
learning, algorithmic thinking, and immersive media. He completed his doctoral work in Design Computation from MIT, holds a Master’s in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Architecture from Hampton University. In his research, he continues to investigate both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology to find ways these tools can expand the possibilities of interaction design. Derek has taught previously at Florida A&M School of Architecture, MIT’s School of Architecture, Harvard GSD, the Graduate School of Design, and RISD the Rhode Island School of Design.
