Research and Development Internship

Overview

As a Research and Development Intern for Universal Creative ATI, I served on a dynamic team of creative technologists, engineers, and creatives to ideate, develop, and prototype new and unique themed entertainment experiences. As part of my day-to-day, I explored new technologies in a variety of ways, focusing on how I could apply them to themed entertainment. Some of my favorite technology applications to explore were related to ride systems and special effects. From there, I created novel ideas, implementations, or solutions in themed entertainment technology alongside members of my team. From this process I have multiple concepts from wearable technology to application of fluid dynamics models in special effects routing through the patent legal team. Finally, I also worked with the team to design mockups, prototypes, and playtests of our concepts for testing or showcasing. These ranged from low fidelity models to high fidelity experiences. Through this, I would collect data on user interactions, feedback, and then iterate on the team's designs.