Institutional Partners
Explorable Images is a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments, Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, and Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Project Team
A big thanks to the many people involved in making these projects a reality.Leadership
Marti Louw
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
Center for Learning in Out of School Enviroments
Kevin Crowley, PhD
Co-principal Investigator
Assoc. Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Learning Research Development Center
Mary Ann Steiner
Co-Investigator
Director, Center for Lifelong Learning
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
Center for Learning in Out of School Enviroments
Kevin Crowley, PhD
Co-principal Investigator
Assoc. Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Learning Research Development Center
Mary Ann Steiner
Co-Investigator
Director, Center for Lifelong Learning
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Illah Nourbakhsh, PhD
Co-Investigator
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
Camellia Sanford, PhD
Learning Researcher, External Evaluator
Rockman et al.
Co-Investigator
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
Camellia Sanford, PhD
Learning Researcher, External Evaluator
Rockman et al.
Collaborators
The demonstration projects created by the Explorable Images team would not have been possible without the help of our design and research collaborators.Science Expertise
Sandra Olsen, PhD
Director, Center for World Cultures
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
John Wenzel, PhD
Director, Powdermill Nature Reserve
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Stephanie Sanner
Biomonitoring Specialist, Powdermill Nature Reserve
John Rawlins, PhD
Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Director, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Design & Technology Expertise
Chris Bartley
Developer, Stories in the Rock & Synoptic Insect Collection
Carnegie Mellon University - CREATE Lab
Ahmed Ansari
Designer, Stories in the Rock
MDes Candidate Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University
Laser Lab Studio
Exhibit Design and Fabrication, Stories in the Rock
Molly Johnson
Designer, Synoptic Insect Collections
MDes Candidate Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University
Gene Cooper
Creative Technologist, Synoptic Insect Collections
Four Chambers Studio, GIGAMacro.com
Project Funding
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1114476.
Project Contact
Marti Louw, Research Faculty
UPCLOSE | University of Pittsburgh
Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments
Learning Research and Development Center
3939 O'Hara Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15260martil [at] pitt.edu