Zayna Sheik in front of a brick wall.
BS, CTD鈥揅reative Technology and Design '22
ATLAS Institute • Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
zayna.sheikh@colorado.edu

Zayna Sheikh is a Whaaat!? lab assistant pursuing undergraduate degrees in Creative Technology & Design (CTD) and astronomy. Her background includes听graphic design, illustration and game design. Recently, she co-developed the videogame, ","听and the board game, "The Interdimensional Bar Fight," the rights of which were sold to a local game developer.听Zayna's current work involves developing mission logos for听the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and exploring the intersection of astrophysics and art with the听听as an undergraduate fellow.

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portraits of 6 student award winners from May 2022
Spring 2022 ATLAS Student Awards

April 22, 2022

Graduating in May 2022 with degrees in Creative Technology and Design, these graduate and undergraduate students listed are recognized for exceptional accomplishments, having demonstrated initiative in their academic and extracurricular activities, completing outstanding research or creative projects, or contributing significantly to the ATLAS community.

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Four ATLAS teams selected for coveted GDC showcase

Jan. 19, 2022

Miniature cardboard arcades, ketchup and mustard bottle game controllers, physically mining for cryptocurrency and manic pizza, candy and gold stock trading over the phone: These are the concepts behind four games developed in CU 麻豆影院's ATLAS Institute that have been selected to participate in alt.ctrl.GDC 2022, a coveted showcase of...

Characters from the Spooked animation on a dark street lit up by lights that spell sppoked.
Spring 2021 Capstone Projects

May 3, 2021

CTD Capstone (previously TAM Capstone) is a rigorous, two-semester course sequence required for all Creative Technology & Design majors. Normally taken during the senior year, it involves the completion of a culminating project that goes through multiple rounds of faculty review and iteration. This small collection of project presentations gives a sense of the kind of work students complete in the CTD program.