Dr. Susan Hendrix's Home Page
Dr. Susan Hendrix
Who am I?
Education and Background
- BS in Education in English
- University of Nebraska, 1969
- MS in Computer Science
- University of Nebraska, 1981
- Software Development and System Test
- Bell Labs, 1982-2000
- Lecturer
- University of Colorado, Spring Semester 2001
Software Engineering
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Certificate in Cognitive Science
- University of Colorado, 2008
Research Interests
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My work involves creating software to help children design
their own pop-up books and cards. Version 2.0 is now available.
You can download the software free at
this location.
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- Educational Technology
- Computing in children's education
- Craft technologies (check out the
webpage.)
- Human Computer Interfaces
- Computational Geometry
Advisor
Publications
- "A Method to Calculate Mean-Time-To-Failure for Duplicated Systems
with Non-Exponential Failures," (Lester Lipsky, Susan Spence,
and Sharad Seth), ACM Computer Science Conference,
Indianapolis, Ind., February 1982.
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"As We May Print: New Directions in Output Devices and
Computational Crafts for Children"
(Eisenberg, M., Eisenberg, A., Hendrix, S., Blauvelt,
G., Butter, D., Garcia, J., Lewis, R., Nielsen, T.)
In Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children 2003,
Preston, UK, pp. 31-39.
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Poster: "Computer-Assisted Engineering for Children:
a Pop-Up Design Application."(Susan Hendrix and
Michael Eisenberg), Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2004, p. 606.
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"The Homespun Museum: Computers, Fabrication, and the
Design of Personalized Exhibits." (M. Eisenberg,
N. Elumeze, L. Buechley, G. Blauvelt, S. Hendrix, and
A. Eisenberg), Creativity and Cognition 2005, London,
UK, April 2005.
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"Computer-Assisted Pop-Up Design for Children:
Computationally-Enriched Paper Engineering."
(S. Hendrix and M. Eisenberg), Computers and
Advanced Technology in Education, Oranjestad, Aruba, August 2005.
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"Popup Workshop: Computationally Enhanced Paper Engineering for Children".
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science.
The dissertation and related documents
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"Computer-Assisted Pop-Up Design for Children: Computationally-Enriched
Paper Engineering". (S. Hendrix and M. Eisenberg.)
International Journal for Advanced Technology on Learning,
Special Issue May/June 2006. Extended version of 2005 paper above.
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"Paints, Paper and Programs: First Steps Toward the Computational Sketchbook".
(L. Buechley, S. Hendrix, and M. Eisenberg).
To appear in the proceedings, Third International Conference on Tangible and
Embedded Interaction, Cambridge, UK, February 2009.
Personal Interests
Here's a summary of my main out-of-school activities:
- Scottish Gaelic Language
- In addition to studying the language, I host
a
study group in Boulder.
- Music
- I'm mostly interested in Scottish and Irish music.
- Reading
- My favorites are sf, mystery, classics, history, and science.
- Contact Information:
- Email:
susan.hendrix@colorado.edu