Verda Munir

Verda Munir

PhD Student @ Abertay Un in Dundee

About

Summary: AR Mobile App Development, Game App Development Unity
, 3D Modelling, Texturing (PBR), Rigging, Animation, Photogrammetry, LIDAR scanning, Scanned Models to 3D/AR Visualisation, Vfx Graph, Post Processing, Shader Graph, Creative coding

Softwares: Maya, , Photoshop, Unity 3D,, XCode, MeshLab

Programming Languages: C#, C++, SQL, Mel

Interests: Swimming, Travelling, Reading

Work Experience

2019 — 2022
Teaching as part of PhD work at Abertay University
Dundee

Courses Taught during PhD:
- DES203 Interactive Development (Spring 2019).
- ART305 Cinematic Animation (Fall 2020, 2021)
- ART303 Technical Art Application (Fall 2020, 2021).
- ART403 Hons Project (Spring 2021)
- ART404 Hons Project Dissertation (Spring 2021)
- MPPOP Photogrammetry Reconstruction Games (Fall 2021)

2020 — 2021
Online

Committe Reviewer at EVA London for 2020 and 2021
-Reviewed 10 Research Papers all together
-Research papers theme:
AR Applications, Games, 3D Visualisations,
Mobile Applications

2013 — 2013
Software Engineer (Database Developer) at NetSolTechnologies Limited
Lahore

Department: Netsol Financial Suit (NFS)
Project:Mercedes Benz Financial Services Japan
Responibilities:
- Shadow resource in developing and implementing
database scripts
- Identified customer segments and testing
- Front end and back end of CMS
- Database functions, stored procedures, scripts

Projects

2021
Dundee Heritage VR Consultation (Funded) at Dundee Industrial Heritage

Status: Completed
- Worked as Photogrammetry, Scanning and AR Advisor
- Two week review of technologies and design factors
- Proposal to tender application for visitor attraction.
- Funded Feaibility Research

2019
‘Jia Fan’ 家饭 (family meal): Food substitute Mobile AR app at Graduate School Abertay University

Status: Project on hold
AR Mobile app
- For Chinese Students
- To combat loneliness and isolation.
- Facilitates the acquisition of Chinese food ingredients
- Mandarin translations of UK food labels
- Instant understanding of food costs

2018
PhD Research (on-going) at Abertay Univeristy

Status: On-Going
Title: 3D-AR Mobile Phone Pipeline (Practide led Research)
- Mobile phone AR app
- 3D - AR pipeline
- Photogrammetry Workflow
- Amplify Imposter
- In- App 3D View
- AR Kit

2017
3D Visualisation and Mobile AR app of Dundee Cardboard Arch at DJCAD, Dundee University

Status: Completed
- 3D Interpretation of the former Dundee Royal Arch
- 3D Scan of the cardboard arch
- Masters project.
- 3D Visualisation
- Mobile AR version of the Arch.

Writing

2016

Published online article on Cyber Laws in Pakistan.

Education

2018 — 2021
PhD at Abertay University
Dundee

PhD in Games and Computing
Expected End Date: Dec 2021.
Title: 3D Visualisation using Photogrammetry and Mobile Phone AR Archiving

2016 — 2017
MSc Animation and Visualisation Fx at University of Dundee
Dundee

Modelling, Rigging and Animation
AR Mobile App Development
3D Visualisation Research Film

2013 — 2015
MSc Information Security and Privacy at Cardiff University
Cardiff

Title: Comparative analysis of major mobile operating systems for forensic investigation.
Mobile OS analysis using Cellebrite:
iOS,RIM ,Android and Windows

2008 — 2013
BSCS Software Engineering (hons) at University of Central Punjab
Lahore

Hons Project Title: Mystery Atlas
3D game for iPhone

Side Projects

2015
School Startup at Resource Academia School System

Designation: Managing Director
Responsibility: Staff hiring, principal hiring, school inauguration, staff and student trainings

Certifications

2018
Beginning to Teach in Higher Education from Department of Teaching and Learning Enhancement, at Abertay University

Attended the short course:
Beginning to Teach in Higher Education
How to teach in small groups 6 February 2018
How to make lectures interesting 6 February 2018
How to give a 5 minute presentation 16 October 2018
How to enhance assessment and feedback 16 October 2018