How to Join the INIT Lab
We are currently recruiting UF students at all levels. Students who are interested in joining the INIT Lab should send an email to Lisa with a recent résumé or CV, a link to a professional webpage or portfolio if you have one, and a few sentences on why you want to join the INIT Lab, including what project you are most interested in and what kinds of work you’d like to do.
Please note! If you are not yet a current UF student, you must first apply to the appropriate program within the CISE department. Once you have been accepted, you may contact Lisa with the above information.
Contact Information
Location = Room 447 in CISE Building, University of Florida [soon to be MH DSIT across from Reitz!]
INIT Lab Mastodon Page (coming soon) | Lisa’s Mastodon Page | INIT Lab YouTube Page
OLD INIT Lab Twitter Page (why academics are leaving Twitter)
Lab Social Outings
Spring 2023: Escape Room at America’s Escape Game
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Xuanpu Zhang , Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Rodrigo Calvo, Andrew Tompkins, Dinank Bista, Prashast Sharma, Niriksha Regmi, Alexander Barquero, Heting Wang, and Dr. Lisa Anthony.
Spring 2021: Hiking at Paynes Prairie
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Heting Wang , Yu-Peng Chen, Nikita Soni, Austin Music, Aishat Aloba, Julia Woodward,Dr. Lisa Anthony, Jesse Smith, and Katarina Jurczyk.
Fall 2019: Dinner at Wah Ha Ha Thai Food & Noodle Soup
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Alex Shaw, Isaac Wang, Alexis Cave, Kimberly Suarez, Jesse Smith, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Roshawn Reid, Yu-Peng Chen, Nikita Soni, Aishat Aloba, and Daniel Delgado
Spring 2019: Ocala Gran Prix
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Kimberly Suarez, Aaliyah Richlen, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Richard Garcia, Julia Woodward, Isaac Wang, Jesse Smith, Alex Shaw, Brett Benda, Dr. Katie Stofer, Nikita Soni, and Sarah-Morrison Smith
Fall 2018: America’s Escape Game Gainesville
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Nikita Soni, Julia Woodward, Aishat Aloba, Sarah-Morrision Smith, Alexis Cave, Dr. Katie Stofer, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Alex Shaw, Jesse Smith, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Isaac Wang, and Brett Benda
Summer 2018: Reitz Union Game Room
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Julia Woodward, Kyle Dennison, Aishat Aloba, Sayli Bapat, Nikita Soni, Jeremiah Blanchard, Shaghayegh Esmaeili, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Sarah-Morrision Smith, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Ian Mayne, Jesse Smith, Isaac Wang, and Brett Benda
Spring 2018: Lake Wauburg
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Shaghayegh Esmaeili, Nikita Soni, Sarah Morrison-Smith, Julia Woodward, Jesse Smith, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Brett Benda and Issac Wang
Fall 2017: Corks & Colors Studio
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Alice Darrow, Annie Luc, Nikita Soni, Sarah Morrison-Smith, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Aishat Aloba, Alex Shaw, Shaghayegh Esmaeili, Julia Woodward, and Isaac Wang, Gianne Flores
Summer 2017: Trampoline Park
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Alice Darrow, Annie Luc, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Nikita Soni, Sarah Morrison-Smith, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Aishat Aloba, Gianne Flores, Alex Shaw, Shaghayegh Esmaeili, Julia Woodward, and Isaac Wang
Spring 2017: M2 Battlesports
Joint Ruiz and INIT Lab Outing!
Shaila Patel, Ayushi Jain, Alice Darrow, Annie Luc, Manisha Dewal, Dr. Jaime Ruiz, Nikita Soni, Sarah Morrison-Smith, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Aishat Aloba, Alex Shaw, Shaghayegh Esmaeili, Julia Woodward, and Isaac Wang
Winter 2016: Cirque Italia
Dr. Lisa Anthony, Isaac Wang (from Ruiz lab), Julia Woodward, Alex Shaw, Ayushi Jain, Sarah Morrison-Smith (from Ruiz lab), Nikita Soni, Aishat Aloba
Summer 2016: Toxic Avenger
Julia Woodward, Alex Shaw, Aishat Aloba, Nicole Shiver, Amir Ben-hayon, Ayushi Jain, Dr. Lisa Anthony
Spring 2016: Laser Tag
Nikita Soni, Julia Woodward, Alex Shaw, Annie Luc, Aishat Aloba, Dr. Lisa Anthony
Fall 2015: Escapology
Annie Luc, Aishat Aloba, Julia Woodward, Dr. Lisa Anthony, Alex Shaw, Jeremiah Blanchard.
We escaped in 53:36!
Summer 2015: Bowling
Julia Woodward, John Bell, Alex Shaw, Amanda Castonguay, Dr. Lisa Anthony