FRFF Projects
The STUDIO administers the Frank-Ratchye Further Fund (FRFF): an endowment to encourage the creation of innovative artworks by the faculty, students and staff of Carnegie Mellon University. With this fund, the STUDIO seeks to develop a cache of groundbreaking projects created at CMU — works that can be described as “thinking at the edges” of the intersection of disciplines. Since the fund’s inception in 2012, the STUDIO has funded more than 600 projects by CMU faculty, staff, and students.
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Advanced Comics Student Anthology
John Peña (2025)
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TWIN PROJECTORS
Devin Gaichas (2024)
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Tova: A Mass Extinction Play
Jeremy Pitzer, Jonas Harrison, Madeline Miller, Bunny Brand, Larsen Vincent, Nat Lawton, Aidan Winn, JJ Beck, Moire Del Carmen, Dede Williams, Janessa Minta (2024)
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The Voice of One Crying Out
Bradley Fletcher (2024)
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The LAST Phone
Deeya Parikh, Eldar Gilmanov, Audrea Guo (2024)
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Strains
Heysu Oh (2024)
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Sprout: Designed to Last
Aimee Li (2024)
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Speak in Broken Language
Elise Chapman (2024)
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Sheep Sleep
Kelly Zhang (2024)
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Reclaiming Platform Futures – Alternative Models for cities and data
Koushik Srinath (2024)
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Paris Mosaïque
Cheryl Zhang (2024)
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Panoramic Views of Goryeo St
Jessica Lai (2024)
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Or to taste
Caleb Sun (2024)
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Nurra
(2024)
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Look Before You Leap
Anisha Baid (2024)
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Kyma
Pan-Pan Gou (2024)
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Indicating Matter
Jil Berenblum (2024)
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Hundred Easy Questions (Drawing Table Installation)
Aleena Akbar (2024)
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How Would Adults Play?
Catherine Liu (2024)
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Hanbok Cowboy
(2024)
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Growing Confidence: Improving Flexure Strength of Mycelium-Bound Composites Through Digital Fabrication of Reinforcements
Anishwar Tirupathur (2024)
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Ghost Misadventures & Alien Peepshow
Vincent Wolfe (2024)
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Emote: An Original Musical
Tim Carullo and June Spiegel (2024)
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Effortful Design
Ann Li (2024)
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DYING LIKE GODS
Rowan Acadia Dunlop, Pria Dahiya, Evan Vines (2024)
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Dragonfly Rug Sculpture
Max Stockdale (2024)
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Dead Things in Jars (2025 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Lorie Chen (2024)
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Caim (Gaelic key-em: meaning Sanctuary)
Priyanka Acharya (2024)
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Building Facades as Passive Dehumidifiers: Integrating Isothermal Membrane Assisted Dehumidification (IMAD) for Enhanced Thermal Comfort
Nandan Bhusry (2024)
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Asspire
Jude Bissonette (2024)
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Anakálypsi: Hidden stories embedded in charmed artifacts
Daphne Peters (2024)
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AI Robot Girlfriend President
Zsofi Markus (2024)
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Agent-Body Retreival
Em Lugo (2024)
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Minjin Batzorig (2024)
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Wearable Sensor Glove for Music Control
Janika Oh, Annika Wu (2023)
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Vegetable Paper Craft (2023 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Jennifer Shin (2023)
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Tilt (2024 Maddy Varner Award Winner)
Hannah Lesser (2023)
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The Mother Trees
Katherine Pukinskis (2023)
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Stages of Convergence: Exploring Action-based Platforms for Collaborative Prototyping
Shih-Hsueh Wang (2023)
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Sound Hologram
Daniel Rosenberg Munoz and Miles Scharff (2023)
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Somewhere – For your Eyes and Ears
Ningning Yang (2023)
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SoftWare/CookWare
Shenai Chan (2023)
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SIMS (Souvenirs in Moments)
Emma Im (2023)
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Simona’s Search
CMU Drama Students (see full credits below) (2023)
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Sheboygan Viewfinder
Ginger Brooks Takahashi (2023)
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Rnav or Moon Rabbit
Inbar Hagai (2023)
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Rite of Passage
Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum (2023)
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Permissible Dose
Erin Mallea (2023)
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One Big Eye
Sobia Ahmad & Benny Shafer (2023)
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Mitigating Toxicity in League of Legends
Monica Kawade, Prof. Geoff Kaufman (Advisor), Farhan Ahmed, Lisa Yu Li, Lei Lei Tun, Gaurav Nemade, Kyle Kawakami, Junghyun Choy (2023)