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Electronic Visualization Laboratory [EVL], School of Art & Design University of Illinois at Chicago [UIC], Chicago, USA.

(EVL) is a graduate research laboratory specialized in virtual reality and real-time interactive computer graphics; it is a joint effort of UIC's College of Engineering and the School of Art and Design. The partnership represents one of the oldest formal collaborations between engineering and art departments in the USA offering graduate, MS, Ph.D. and MFA degrees. Having received worldwide recognition for developing the CAVE® and ImmersaDesk® virtual-reality systems, EVL's current research focuses on tele-immersion; related research interests include scientific visualization, network performance, new methodologies for informal science and engineering education, paradigms for information display, distributed computing, sonification, human/computer interfaces, every citizen interfaces, and abstract math visualization.

Professor for Art and Technology, Electronic Visualization, Digital Media, and electronic Arts, and Leader of the Electronic Visualization Program [EV] at the UIC.

Courses taught

Introduction to Computer graphics
Computer Art-Design with Programming
Art and Design
Advanced Special Topics in Art & Design
Advanced Electronic Visualization in Art and Design
3D modeling and animation in MAYA
Interaction Design II
Photography/Film/Electronic Media Colloquium
Seminar in Contemporary Theory

Franz Fischnaller designed and organized graduate-level seminars, interdisciplinary program and studio courses within AD508 Advanced Electronic Visualization and Critique and AD502 - Seminar in Contemporary Theory - The Arts and Electronic Media: exploring new forms for Art Making, offered within the graduate curriculum for the School of Art and Design and Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at UIC.

The graduate-level seminars, propose cycles of conferences, talks and meetings, interdisciplinary research, development of specific projects and production of creative works, and exhibits in the field of Arts, Interactive technology, Virtual Reality, Telepresence, Digital Media, Robotics and Networking. The seminars also provided multiple opportunities for students to actively participate and present their work at various art venues in Chicago, as well as at international festivals and events. This gave students opportunities to exhibit their works and demonstrate their artistic concepts.
The series fulfilled UIC's commitment to the integration of art, culture and design with technology and science, and emphasized the programs dedication to applying technological investigations to art, culture and design, along with the integration of scientific/cultural projects.

The cycle of conferences, talks and meetings, [local and networked] hosted
experts in diverse areas of specialization, from scientists, artists, researchers, media experts, and curators, to managers, authors, producers, writers, journalists, art historians, and theoricians.

While at UIC, Franz Fischnaller was also responsible for the creation of the Virtual Reality Facility Lab for the College of Architecture and the Arts. The lab is available to graduate students, undergraduates and faculty. The lab provides an autonomous space suitable for research, production and exhibition, along with greater access opportunities for the college to collaborate with advanced VR Centers and institutions around the world on both a local and remote basis through electronic networking with other advanced Centers and institutions worldwide.

Other responsibilities:

PhDs, Graduate and Undergraduate Student Advising and Supervision
Thesis Director/ Advisor
Residents and Post-Doctoral Fellows Supervision
Direction of Research Associate, Visiting Scholars and Technicians
Contributions to Instructional Techniques
EM advisory committee [faculty advisor on the formulation of new curriculums and new policies]
Member of the School Educational Policy Committee. [The Educational Policy
Committee considers all matters relating to the Educational Policy of the School of Art & Design} Faculty Search Committee, member
Electronic Media Faculty Search Committee, member
School Educational Policy Committee, member
Electronic Media Advisory, Committee Member.
College Executive Committee, appointed to the Search Committee for the Director of the School of Art and Design,
School’s Advisory Committee
Student support for exhibits, conferences, international venues, tv programs. etc]
Funding and grants
Partnerships and active collaboration and co-production with labs, production houses, artistic institutions, education centers, museums, etc.