Advisees

Current Advisees (November 2010)

• Cheng Zhang
  Non-Photorealistic Animation
• Ben Schroeder
  Synthetic sound
• Jae Eisenmann
  Stereo perception
• Di Cao
  Cloth animation

Past Advisees

• Arun Somasundaram
  A Facial Animation Model for Expressive Audio-Visual Speech
  2006.
• Matt Lewis
  Using Interactive Genetic Algorithms with Layered Continuous Pattern Functions to Evolve Images and Surface Attributes
  2001.
• Scott King
  A Facial Model and Animation Techniques for Animated Speech
  2001.
• Lawson Wade
  Automated Generation of Control Skeletons for Use in Animation
  2000.
• Ferdi Scheepers
  Anatomy-Based Surface Generation for Articulated Models of Human Figures
  1996.
• Karansher Singh
  Realistic Human Figure Synthesis and Animation for VR Applications
  1995.
• David Paul Miller
  The Generation of Human-like Reaching Motion for an Arm in an Obstacle-filled 3-D Static Environment
  1993-94.
• Doug Roble
  Computer Assisted Three Dimensional Rotoscoping for Realistic Image
  1992-93.
• Dave Ebert
  Solid Spaces: A Unified Approach to Describing Object Attributes
  1990-91.
• Scott Randy Whitman
  Utilizing Scalable Shared Memory Multiprocessors for Computer Graphics Rendering
  1990-91.
• James Hahn
  The Use of Simulation Techniques for Motion Control of Rigid Bodies in Computer Graphics
  1989-90.
• Dave Haumann
  Using Behavioral Simulation to Animate Complex Processes
  1988-89.

• Catherine Stringfellow - plant growth under environmental constraints
• Chandrasekar Reddy - 3D morphing
• Kevin Rodgers - cloth animation
• John Chadwick - human figure animation

• Madhavi Muppala
  Personality and Posture
  Summer 2008
• Domin Lee
  Using Global Objectives to Control behaviors in Crowds
  Winter 2008
• Tim Daoust
  A System for Performance and Key Frame Animation using Virtual Reality and Motion Capture,
  Summer 2004
• Brent Watkins
  Automatic Creation of Real-Time Muscle Systems
  Spring 2004
• Hoffmaster
  Seed Vigor Imaging System (SVIS) for Soybean and Corn Seedlings
  (co-advise with Kikuo Fujimura)
  2002
• Chris Fankhouser
  An Event Driven Collision Detection Algorithm for Particle Systems with Constant Forces
  2000
• Ed Sindelar
  Modelling a Virtual Hand
  1994
• Beth Hofer
  A Sculpting Based Solution for Computer Character Facial Animation
  1993
• Charles Jarred Crabb
  Using Functionally Defined Constraints to Animate a Scene
  Autumn 1990
• Steve Spencer
  Radiosity using a hemi-sphere
  1990
• Marc Sarrel
  spCAD: A Structural Primitive Based Computer Aided Design System
  Autumn 1989
• Deepak Deshpande
  Binary Space Partitioning for Motion Through 3-Space
  1989
• Juliet Ann Crist
  An Interactive Facade Generation and Editing System for the Application of Textures and Details
  1989
• Jeffrey L. Gerckens
  Color Considerations for Interpolations in Color Rendering
  1988
• Ron Klasky
  Time Reduction in Image Rendering by Object Clustering
  1987
• H. Stephen Anderson
  Rendering Computer Graphics to be Composited with Photographic Backgrounds
  1987
• Darryl Poe
  One- and Two-Pass Color Quantization Methods in Computer Graphics
  1986

• Patrick Coleman
  Motion Control for Fluid Animation: Flow Along a Control Path
  Spring 2002
• Samuel K. Song
  Animation of Trees Under Wind Conditions
  Spring 2001
  (I was invited to the President's Salute to Undergraduate Academic Achievement by Sam)
• Ming Jiang
  Free-Form Deformations of Progressive Meshes
  Winter 2000
• Mark Fontana
  A Hardware-Software System to Preserve Pneumatic Music Rolls as MIDI Data
  Autumn 1994
  (my advisee?)
• Brian Adkins
  An Object Oriented System for Interactive Facial Data Generation
  Spring 1992

Graphics Alumni

Frank Adelstein
Steve Anderson		Electronic Arts
Ryan Burnsides		
Joe Ault
Denise Blakely
Kirk Bowers
Wayne Brown                              
John Chadwick
Shenchang Eric Chen
Kim Ciula
Tim Daoust
Thomas A. DeFanti
Steve Demlow
Dave Ebert              Purdue Univ.
Jeff Ely
Vassily Filippov
Tom Fine                              
Mark Fontana
Jim Fowler
Kikuo Fujimura          Honda
Ajeetkumar Gaddipati
Mike Girard
Scott Grissom
Brian Guenter		Microsoft
James Kwangjune Hahn    George Washington Univ.
Dave Haumann		Pixar
Beth Hofer		PDI
Jim Kent		Sony?
Scott King		U. of Otago
Pierce Krouse
Ed Kuo
Yair Kurzion
Changan Lao
Asish Law
Matt Lewis		ACCAD
Nathan Loofbourrow	Dreamworks?
Jeremy Loomis
Shao-chiung Lu
Raghu Machiraju		OSU
Steve May		Pixar
John Meeker
David Paul Miller	Maxim?
Eric Miller
Torsten Möller		Simon Fraser?
Klaus Mueller		SUNY at Stonybrook?
Daryll Poe
Saty Raghavachary	Dreamworks
Chandrasekar Reddy
David Reed		Captial Univ.
Joe Reiss
Doug Roble		Digital Domain
Kevin Rodgers
Rob Rosenblum		Disney
Ferdi Scheepers		Pixar
Po-wen Shih
Karansher Singh		Univ. of Toronto
Catherine Stringfellow	Univ. of New Mexico
Sara Susskind
Ed Swan
Mustafa Thamer
Manu Varghese		Radical Entertainment
Lawson Wade
Qiang Wang
Dave Waters	        SGI
Brent Watkins           Pixar
Dan Waylonis
Scott Whitman		nVidia
Ray Will
Brad Winemiller		Pixar
Bill White		
Jeff Wolverton		Disney?
Dave Zeltzer		Sarnoff