Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Chaewon Kim
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: she, her, hers
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: Ms.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): ck22j@fsu.edu
Position Title: Graduate Student
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FSU College (if applicable): Education
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): Sunyoung Park
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns: she, her, hers
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific?: Ms.
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): sp22bb@fsu.edu
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Designing and Developing a Game for Learning Healthy Diet
Project Keywords: Game-based learning, Healthy diet, Mindful eating, Serious game
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
computer engineering, computer programming and applications, computer science, communication and digital media studies, information technology, dietetics, food and nutrition, motion picture arts

Project Location:: This is an entirely remote project.
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: No, the project is remote
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Fully Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 5
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
This project is at its very early stage. We have general concepts of a game we are going to develop (which may change) and in this project, we will design and develop the game. The developing platform can be either Pygame or Unity. As a result of the project, we will have a prototype of a playable game for helping the users learn more about healthy diet, which will be presented at the UROP poster session, ISLT50 conference at FSU, and maybe at some more places if we want to go further.

Research Tasks:
Research tasks will differ based on the major you're coming from. If you have some programming background, we can start building the game on Unity. If you don't, we will teach you how to use Pygame. Other associated research tasks for this project will be:
- designing visual elements for the game
- searching for open-source background music and effect sounds
- discussing the game design (narrative, tasks, UI, etc.)
- programming, testing, and debugging

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
"required"
communication, willing to learn and challenge, being able to search online for resources
"recommended"
experience in programming in Python or C#, visual design, or game design

Mentoring Philosophy:
I am a second year PhD student. I have been in several research projects so far and I think this is my another research project, just a bit bigger. This means that I treat every member in the research group equally, although I will be managing the overall progress. We're all at the same starting point, trying to learn something new from our experience. In the project, we will have clear expectations for one another and written agenda for every weekly meeting. I will always check if your tasks sound reasonable and if everything is clear on your end. This project is also open for modification, so if you have a better idea on how to design a game, you would speak up and we will listen to you. As we are from the college of education and communication, it will be also a great opportunity for you to access the theoretical background of a serious game design process, if you have been only familiar with programming in general.
I expect all of us to respect one another's time. This means that the weekly meeting will be concise and clear and everyone is expected to get their tasks done in a timely manner. We will communicate on Slack, a professional communication platform, and based on your background knowledge, we will design your mentorship trajectory in our first meeting. We can always discuss to change it to meet our needs.

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Please e-mail ck22j@fsu.edu if you have any questions on the project.


Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Tuesday, September 5th, 10:00-10:30
Thursday, September 7th, 10:00-10:30
Please join: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/9851780662


UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation: {Empty}

Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series?: Yes
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Year: 2023
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