Snaxz Team Members:

AJ Dinsmore 



AJ is currently a sophomore Computer Science major, and while she enjoys animation, she is preparing to switch her major. (She realized one day that she just doesn't like computers that much!) She is a sister of Alpha Chi Omega, one of the five national Panhellenic organizations on campus, and enjoys spending time with her sisters when she is not busy doing her job as VP Educational Development. On Sunday nights during the semester, AJ can be found playing string bass for the All University Orchestra where she also serves as a Librarian (which means a lot of time standing in front of a copy machine). She recently joined the "band without pants," too ... the infamous Kiltie Band, still playing string bass. (She finds it funny being the only string instrument in a band. :-D) AJ also works in the Motion Capture lab with Prof. Jessica Hodgins, where she will be doing research this summer as part of the CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, going to Eat 'n Park for pie with her sisters, and watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (it's actually a really funny show).

Chris Moore



Chris is a New Yorker and an Art major in Carnegie Mellon University, a senior graduating in May 2007. He has a great passion for 3D animation and photography, but he has not determined the direction of his career path yet. He is going to explore the working world and take some time to test out different positions after graduation, while he keeps doing animation on the side.

Luther Patenge ✴



Luther William Patenge, born into a noble house during the 1400’s has lived a full and storied life. He has worn many hats since those beginnings in Vienna, benevolent duke, accomplished writer, patron of the arts, daring explorer and of course international playboy. As the years marched on however; he tired of his life in the public eye and decided to enroll as a Visual Arts student at Carnegie Mellon University. The Masters of Fine Arts diploma will be hung with pride alongside his nine other diplomas including such esteemed institutions as Oxford, the University of Bologna and Le Cordonne Bleu Cooking Academy in Paris. He is currently a sophomore in the Conservatory of Fine Arts and enjoys Indian food.

Priscilla Tsang



Priscilla has come a long way from Hong Kong to enjoy her life with a bunch of Computer Science majors in Carnegie Mellon University who are rumored to be people who never shower. With her passion to 3D animations, she started as a student lab assistant in the CMU motion capture lab in sophomore/junior year, and worked on a research project on action recognition with Professor Jessica Hodgins in the following semester.

Devoted to animation productions, she has determined her path to the CMU Entertainment Technology Center for her Master's degree in Entertainment Technology after May 2007 graduation.