General Information
Additional Contact Information
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Ricks-2
Teaching Interests
Computer Graphics, Computer Games, and Image Processing
Research Interests
Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Crowd Simulation
Awards and Honors
Best Paper Award, Scholarship/Research - 2015
Excellent Masters Student Award, Scholarship/Research - 2020
UNO Magazine Highlight, Scholarship/Research - 2021
Education
BS, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Computer Science, 2007
MS, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Computer Science, Graphics and Rendering, 2010
Ph D, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Computer Science, Crowd Simulation, 2013
Professional Development
Institutional Training, University Gatekeeper Training (Suicide Prevention) - 02/01/2022
Service
Department, College, and University
Graduate Program Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2018 - 08/31/2018
Undergraduate Program Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2020 - 08/31/2020
College Academic Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019
Doctoral Program Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2021 - 08/31/2021
Professional
Association for Computing Machinery, Organization Member, 11/01/2017 - 11/30/2017
Community
Nebraska's EPSCoR First Grant, Committee Member, 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019
Nebraska's EPSCoR First Grant, Committee Member, 08/01/2020 - 08/31/2020
Nebraska VR Network for Education & Research Annual Conference, Program Organizer, 06/01/2017 - 06/30/2017