Ihab Mardini

Assistant Professor

School of Design

College of Art and Design

ixmfaa@rit.edu

585-475-5729

Ihab Mardini

Assistant Professor

School of Design

College of Art and Design

Education

BA, International University of Science and Technology (Syria); MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology

Bio

Ihab graduated in 2014 after being awarded the Outstanding Student of College of Imaging Arts at RIT, and he was chosen as the delegate of all RIT grad students. His teaching career took-off in 2014 as an adjunct Professor in the School of Film and Animation (SOFA), he was hired later as a visiting professor at the 3D Digital Design program (3DDD), where he later was offered the position of an Assistant Professor, a position he currently holds. He is now also an affiliate Professor of the Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction & Creativity (MAGIC).

In addition to teaching academically, for several years Ihab has taught 3D modeling and animation to kids at the RIT Tiger-Camps. He has also been volunteering to teach animation to kids at the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance.

Throughout his career at RIT Ihab worked on several personal and commissioned films, which reaped him numerous film recognitions including a permanent display of Iroquois Creation Story at Ganondagan’s Seneca Art & Culture Center and two Best Animation awards, in addition to a permanent display of Soap Film at the Exploratorium Museum of Science. As a Professor, Ihab was nominated for Teaching with Technology in 2022, the Eisenhart Nomination – RIT Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018, and a Nomination for Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in 2015.

ixmfaa@rit.edu

585-475-5729

Personal Links

Personal Website

ORCID

Areas of Expertise

3D Modeling and Motion

3D Printing

Autodesk Maya

Unreal Engine

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Substance Painter

Animation

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Graphics

Photography

Drawing

Eye Tracking

Filmmaking

Game Design

Graphic Design

Medical Illustration

Virtual Reality

Currently Teaching

DDDD-103

Imaging for 3D

3 Credits

This course provides experience in generating images, both still and moving, for use with the three-dimensional software environment. Students learn techniques for drawing perspective and orthographic views as well as cabinet drawings, oblique drawings, and other techniques. Students learn to create curves to import for model creation, to capture images photographically to use as textures, to create wrapping textures, to compile multiple frames into a movie, to merge segments together into a single movie, to record and incorporate audio elements, and to export results to the web and other media. Students learn to use a green screen to add live elements to their work.

DDDD-402

Senior Capstone I

3 Credits

The course focuses on implementation of a three-dimensional digital design project from the planning stage, through completion and presentation. By the end of the term the student will have completed at least half of the project and have made all of the aesthetic decisions relative to the project in preparation for an intense critique at the end of the term.

DDDD-523

Hard Surface Design

3 Credits

The course focuses on designing and constructing hard surface models including machinery, furniture, vehicles, electronics, and robots. Students explore the use of different modeling techniques in the process and are particularly interested in the flow of the topology within the geometry. Some attention is given to creating controls for moving the hard surface models.

DDDD-599

3D Digital Design Independent Study

1 - 6 Credits

3D Digital Design Independent Study will provide students with the ability to study in a specialized area with an individual faculty member. Students, with the assistance of a faculty advisor will propose a course of study. 3D Digital Design independent study students must obtain permission of an instructor and complete the Independent Study Permission Form to enroll.

FDTN-150

Technology Workshop: Topics

1 Credits

This technology-based workshop course will support the growth and exploration of technology for undergrads in the College of Art and Design. Each workshop will run for 5-weeks and will have an assigned topic based in a software or technical practices as the workshop topic. Students can enroll in these courses without limitations as long as the course topic is different.

VCDE-633

Hard Surface Modeling

3 Credits

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July 28, 2023

MAGIC Center partnership with Foundry creates interdisciplinary research opportunities for students

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Featured Work

Hard Surface Design 2020 Class Reel - RIT 3DDD

All students are credited on the Behance Project

Hard Surface Design 2020 Class Reel Check the Behance Project link for more information: https://www.behance.net/gallery/117174567/Hard-Surface-Design-2020-Class-Reel-RIT-3DDD

Hard Surface Design - RIT 3D Digital Design 2019

All students are credited on the Behance Project

Class reel of Hard Surface Design https://www.behance.net/portfolio/editor?project_id=106758871

Lighting Materials & Rendering - 2018 Class Reel

All students are credited on the Behance Project

Class Reel Check the Behance Project link for more information: https://www.behance.net/gallery/65466865/Lighting-Materials-Rendering-2018-Class-Reel

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