Sara Kubik

skubik@purdue.edu

Research Assistant, Technology

Ph. D.
Purdue University
Dissertation: The Correlation between Mobile Lifestyles of Normally Aging Older Adults and their Use of Mobile Biometric Technology

Cognate: Gerontology

M.B.A. '96
University of Miami
Marketing and Management

B.A. '93

University of Notre Dame
Graphic Design

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About Sara

Sara Kubik is a Ph.D. student in Technology with a cognate in Gerontology. She holds a B.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Notre Dame, and a MBA in Marketing and Management from the University of Miami. Her background and previous industrial work experience includes graphic design, product design, web design, marketing communications, and computer graphics technology. Sara's current interest involves mobile technology with a biometric input developed for and used by older adults.

Current Research Interests

The Perceived Needs and Uses of Biometric Technology by Extreme Populations (the elderly)

Fingerprint Imaging

Previous Research Projects

Mobile Graphic Technology, Scalable Vector Graphics

Book Chapters

•  Geroimenko, V, et al. (Nov. 2004). Visualizing Information Using SVG and X3D. Chapter entitled ' Using Adobe Illustrator to Create Complex SVG Illustrations'. Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN# 1852337907, 340 pages.

Conference Proceedings

•  Porter, S. (2004). Graphic File Transformations. The Proceedings of the Society of Technical Communication 2004 conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

•  Kubik,S/Porter, S. (2003). Creating Graphics for Both Web Pages and PDA Displays. The Proceedings of the Society of Technical Communication 2003 conference, Dallas , Texas.

•  Taylor, K. & Kubik, S. (2001) Distance Education at Purdue University- School of Technology. The Proceedings of Schola 2001 Conference, video conference with Slovak University, Slovakia.

Practitioner Magazines

•  Porter, S. (Feb. 2004). W3C Standard for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Intercom. (pp. 18-21).

Presentations

•  May 2004 Presentation to Kokomo High School students, What is a CGT Degree at Purdue University School of Technology at Kokomo, Kokomo, In.

•  April 2004 Presentation to Dr. Mason Frost, Purdue University Provost, SVGT/Netherlands Collaborative Class Project and Mobile Technology Research, Kokomo, In.

•  Mar. 2004 Video-conference presentation, SVGT Mobile Class project with the ETH in Enschede , Netherlands, Kokomo, In.

•  May 2003 Lecture, Emerging Technologies- SVG, CGT 216 Vector Imaging for Computer Graphics, James O'Neal, Purdue University, West Lafayette, In.

•  Mar. 2003 Lecture, Marketing Communications within Entrepreneurships, OLS 274 Applied Leadership, Donna Evanecky, Purdue University, Kokomo, In.

•  Dec. 2002 Lecture, Emerging Technologies- SVG, CGT 141 Scripting and Tagging for CG, Jeff Griffin, Purdue University, Kokomo, In.

•  June 2002 Workshops, Learning Macromedia FreeHand , CGT Computer Graphics Summer Camp, Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University.

•  Dec. 2001 Lecture, Emerging Technologies- SVG, CGT 141 Scripting and Tagging for CG, Jeff Griffin, Purdue University, Kokomo, In.

•  Nov. 2001 Video-conference presentation, Distance Education at Purdue University- School of Technology. Educational seminar, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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