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INNOVATION SPACE


My journey began in a compact lab I called the Ice House Innovation Space, serving as Inventor-in-Residence, creating the early models and prototypes in my Case Studies. After they named it JMU X‑Labs, the university moved the facility to a purpose-built complex on their main campus, where I launched the Concept Visualization Studio. In an expanded role, I mentored students and led faculty seminars in product concept visualization, interaction design, interface gamification, and software prototyping. At the height of X‑Labs' popularity, I was transfered to an NMR Facility at the East Campus Physics & Chemistry Building, where I designed and developed ChemSim‑VR. Conditions there were ideal for prototyping educational software, with faculty providing subject-matter expertise and students supplying end-user feedback. My promotional poster encouraged everyone at James Madison University to visit the original Innovation Space at the Ice House Building in downtown Harrisonburg.