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Frederick C Harris, Jr. serves as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he holds the Foundation Professor title in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He additionally directs the Nevada State EPSCoR program and leads the Nevada NSF EPSCoR project, focusing on statewide research infrastructure development.
His research spans Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Machine Learning with significant applications in educational technology, mining safety, and environmental monitoring. Key projects include Project Drider for tick monitoring education, FORE for robotics instruction frameworks, and METS VR for mining evacuation training. His work integrates simulation technologies with data science to solve real-world problems in infrastructure and healthcare training.
Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal a concentrated focus on VR-based educational tools, personalized learning algorithms, and smart infrastructure systems. Dominant themes include optimizing human-VR interaction for skill transfer, developing adaptive machine learning models for environmental analysis, and creating accessible robotics curricula for diverse student populations.
Dr. Harris advises graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering on VR, robotics, and data science projects. His research group secures substantial funding through the NSF EPSCoR program, supporting interdisciplinary collaborations across Nevada institutions.
He leads the Nevada State EPSCoR initiative and coordinates multiple research teams developing VR frameworks like ScryVR and Eureka VR, while maintaining active partnerships with mining safety organizations and smart city infrastructure projects.
