The organizing proposal can be read here. GRAVEL is intended to be a resource to the growing game research interests on the University of Minnesota campus through providing short courses, a lecture series, a grants program for faculty, and other programs. In addition, GRAVEL provides the network between faculty and student expertise on campus which can been tapped for the purposes of designing and conducting game and virtual environment based research.

GRAVEL is intended to bridge the interests and expertise on the UM campus with community and commercial enterprises for the mutual exploration and advanced understanding of game and virtual reality environments.

Omar Abdelwahed – Best Buy
Lee Anderson – Associate Professor, Architecture
Mike Bietz – Undergraduate, Political Science
Pete Border, PhD – Research Associate, Physics
John Butler – Director, Digital Library Development Lab
Sauman Chu, PhD – Assistant Professor, Design, Housing and Apparel
Will Durfee , PhD – Professor, Mechanical Engineering
John Eighmey, PhD – Mithun Chair, Journalism and Mass Communication
Linda Jorn – Director, Digital Media Center
Larry Lamb – Lamb & Company
Mark McCahill – Assistant Director, Academic and Distributed Computer Services
Andrew Odlyzko – Director, Digital Technology Center
Nora Paul – Director, Institute for New Media Studies
David Rapp, PhD – Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Jennifer Swedell – Masters candidate, Innovation Studies
Richard Voyles, PhD – Assistant Professor, Computer Science