About
Alex Kuhn is a PhD candidate in the Computer Science & Engineering department at the University of Michigan. His research and work activities explore various uses of mobile technologies – from supporting K-12 learners to professional developers.
Alex’s research focuses on utilizing mobile technology to support students performing science inquiry between classrooms and informal contexts, such as museums and nature parks. He is the developer for the Zydeco project and his dissertation is exploring how students construct scientific arguments using Zydeco with the multimedia data their class collected.
Alex helped start a Mobile Application Development course at the University of Michigan with his advisor, Dr. Elliot Soloway, and received a Yahoo! Teaching Award based on student feedback. Alex also co-founded an iPhone Developer’s Club and has organized multiple mobile hackathons at the University of Michigan. He has consulted with various organizations on mobile design and development, including the University of Michigan. Alex also interned for three summers at Apple designing and developing software for the iPhone, iPad, and OS X.
Alex can be reached at kuhnalex(at)umich(dot)edu