RESEARCH INITIATIVES
World Changing Research : Gaming for Good
In addition to the research that students complete for thesis and directed focus studies , many important research initiatives take place annually between SMU Guildhall faculty , students , and collaborative teams .
Some of the organizations SMU Guildhall has partnered with for research initiatives include : National Science Foundation , US Department of Education Institute of
SMU Guildhall bridges the gap between serious academic research and commercial video games . This environment has allowed our team to yield products that bring together the creative , entertaining nature of games with impactful lessons .
Gary Brubaker , SMU Guildhall Director
Education Sciences , US Department of Justice , National Institute for Justice , MU University Research Council , Wellcome Trust UK , Microsoft , Medical Research Council ( UK ), Johns Hopkins University , Center for Advanced Pathogen and Response Simulations , University of Oklahoma , Retina Foundation of Southwest , LSU , Dollar General Family Literacy Foundation , Raytheon , BALANCED Media | Technology ( BMT ), SJVR , XPRIZE , SMU Simmons School of Education ( Department of Teaching and Learning ), talkStem , Literacy Instruction
In my 30 years as a scientist , the work being done with SMU Guildhall is one of the most creative projects on which I ' ve worked . This endeavor not only helps in the field of cancer research , but it will work to solve issues in a number of areas involving clustering issues . It is the future .
John Wise , Ph . D ., SMU Biological Sciences
for Texas ( LIFT ), University of Wisconsin – Madison , SMU Department of Psychology , Complexity Gaming , Nerd Kingdom , Samsung , Valve , Sony , Epic , Texas Educational Service Center , Region 13 , IBM , Nintendo , Intel , Dell , Oculus VR , PCGA , America ’ s Army , Texas Film Commission , The Centsibility Project , Nerd Kingdom , and Metalworking Fluid .
These opportunities for research in game design have been facilitated with faculty via various grants , licenses and technologies over the years . A number of those more recent and continuing projects are catalogued on the following pages .
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