Dr Steven Mohr


Dr Steven Mohr
NameDr Steven Mohr
Email Addresssteven.mohr@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleLecturer (Design and Interactive Technologies)
QualificationsBFineArt QUT, BFineArts(Hons) QUT, PhD QUT
DepartmentSchool of Creative Arts
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5556-7093
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Biography

Steven is an animator, motion capture director and academic in the fields of digital media, design, animation, games, and visual effects. His PhD was in motion capture animation, and he has extensive history in higher education teaching and research across multimedia disciplines of games, animation, film, and visual effects, both in theoretical concepts and practical pipelines. He works with the latest tools in gaming and animation, including virtual reality and virtual production techniques using real-time. He uses contemporary software used in the film and games industry, including Autodesk, Adobe and Unreal Engine and enjoys researching the ever-expanding spectrum of creative digital media. Steven is a Lecturer in the Design and Interactive Technologies for UniSQ.

Employment

PositionOrganisationFromTo
Lecturer (Bach of Design and Interactive Technologies)University of Southern Queensland20222023
Associate Lecturer (Bach of Fine Arts - Animation)Queensland University of Technology20202022
Lecturer (Bach of Games and Interactive Design / Bach of Media Arts Production)University of Canberra (TAFE Brisbane partnership)20162019

Expertise

Animation, Character Animation, Motion Capture, 3D, Computer Graphics, Digital Design, Screen Production, Virtual Production, Visual Effects, Game Design

Teaching

DIT1004, DIT1005, DIT2002, DIT2003, DIT2004, FSP1003, FSP2003, FSP3004

Fields of Research

  • 360502. Computer gaming and animation
  • 360503. Digital and electronic media art
  • 360504. Interactive media
  • 360505. Screen media
  • 360506. Visual effects
  • 360599. Screen and digital media not elsewhere classified
  • 460701. Computer aided design
  • 460702. Computer graphics
  • 460703. Entertainment and gaming
  • 460704. Interactive narrative
  • 460705. Procedural content generation
  • 460706. Serious games
  • 460708. Virtual and mixed reality
  • 460799. Graphics, augmented reality and games not elsewhere classified
BFineArt
QUT
2012
BFineArts(Hons)
QUT
2014
PhD
QUT
2019

Supervision Interests

Animation, Character Animation, Motion Capture, 3D, Computer Graphics, Digital Design, Screen Production, Virtual Production, Visual Effects, Game Design

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Creative Integration: Incorporating Chinese Cultural Concepts into the Design of Digital BeingsAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
Capturing male consumers¿ memories and emotional connections to mechanical objects to inform the design of customised sustainable artefacts.Associate SupervisorDoctoral2022

Human-Machine Connection

Carter, Chris, Ward, Alistair and Mohr, Steven. 2022. Human-Machine Connection. Ipswich, Queensland.

Beyond Stone: Moai Reimagined

Mohr, Steven. 2024. Beyond Stone: Moai Reimagined. Australia. University of Southern Queensland.