Mr. Lee R Boot
Associate Professor · Non-Tenure Track
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department of Visual Arts Imaging Research Center
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Imaging Research Center
About
I am Director of the Imaging Research Center, Affiliate Associate Professor in the Departments of Visual Arts and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering..
Research interests
Developing new forms of visualization in order to improve how people can collaboratively model, learn and use systems thinking to address longstanding societal challenges.
Teaching interests
Providing students with interdisciplinary, project-driven, collaborative, hands-on, problem-based learning experiences through research in our center.
Education
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MFA, Painting
— Maryland Institute College of Art (1982) MFA Exhibition, Lee Boot & Julia Fish
- Other, Painting — Syracuse University (1979)
Publications
- Infinite Transformations in a Suitcase: Encountering Human-DNA Interaction through Poetry-infused Wine 2025
- Virtual Reality in Teacher Preparation: Constructing Possibilities for Orienting Novice Teachers to School Communities 2024
- Immersive Visualization of Open Geospatial Data in Unreal Engine 2023
- First 4 Episodes of Kaleid 2021
- Validation of a Virtual Reality Buffet environment to assess food selection processes among emerging adults 2020
Creative Publications
Presentations
- Second Life Tour of Abstracts & Artifacts with Lee Boot 2023
- Gallery Talk, Lee Boot's Exhibition, Abstracts and Artifacts 2023
- The Art of Transformation: Using Virtual Space for Cultural Organizing 2017
Grants and Contracts
- CIDER: Visualizing the Factors in K-12 Education Success 2022
- Development and Market Research for SEEe, a Human-Centered Immersive Analytics Environment for Complex Dynamic Systems 2022
- RETTL: Collaborative Research: Learning Systems Thinking Using Immersive Visualization 2022
- Baltimore Re-Imaging Project 2022
- An Immersive Health Visualization Environment
- Art of Transformation: An Emerging Community Media Arts Project
- Collaborative Research: Bringing STEM Learning to Diverse Audiences Through Art and Science - Astro-Animation and Beyond
- Elements: Software: HDR: An Open Source, Extensible Photogrammetry Toolkit For The Broader Community
- PIPP Phase I: Integrating Data, Knowledge, and Expertise Through Modeling and Immersive Analytics for Equitable Pandemic Prevention
- MD New Venture Fellowship program
Research in Progress
- Infinite Transformations 2021
- Losing Winter 2020
- REVLR (formerly SEEe) 2020
- MapTu: Software for mapping places, data, and ideas 2015
- Art of Transformation 2015
Performances and Exhibits
- Community Context: An Arch Social Club Conversation revisits the 2015 Baltimore Uprising
Courses Taught
- Independent Study in Computer Science (Ind Study)
- Imaging Internship (Research)
- Imaging Internship (Research)
- Graduate Internship (Imaging Research Center)