In 2014, the United States had an imprisoned population of more than 1,561,500 people, a group larger than the population of the entire city of Philadephia. Out of every hundred thousand americans, at least 470 are in prison, and that number continues to grow. See the live project here.

As a member of NERDLab, I have created various microsites. One of the most unique projects I worked on was the UM Game Network site, a website to raise awareness of the resources available for gamers and game designers at the University of Miami. See it here.

As a demonstration of skills in 3D modeling, this webpage showcases a few different ways to implement 3D models within a web page. See the live project here: http://laurajael.com/3D/

The CARTHE research group at the University of Miami released cards and tracked where they were washed up back to shore through social media interaction with the greater Miami Community. I created a map to shore where the cards would be released, and later, will add where they were found. See it here

With a loud slurp from the release of suction, Dr. Joost van Haren extracts himself from a hole, covered in pungent mud up to his hips and breathing heavily from the effort. Grinning, the professor tells me and the two other students: “You can see why there aren’t many people who do this kind of …

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Using D3 and the Leaflet.js API, I created an interactive map of data from the Global Forest Change (2000-2012) dataset developed at King’s College London by researcher Mark Mulligan. The map depicts a projection of land use change, or deforestation, from 2000 to the possible devastating future, in 2260. This map was published as part …

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