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Phone: (479) 575-2692
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Center for Advanced Spatial Techonologies, CAST
Geospatial Visualization and Animation Developer; 2009 - Present
Responsible for investigation in new 3D technologies to develop strategies and workflows for creating visualizations that are educational, informational, and engaging.

 

Current Projects:

Visual Impact System for Evaluating Offshore Renewable Energy - CAST is partnering with the Argonne National Laboratory to develop the Visual Impact System for Evaluating Offshore Renewable Energy for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOERME). This system will allow the user to design the spatial layout and content of an offshore facility with output in the form of maps, tabular reports and high-quality rendered images.

Heritage Visualization and Interpretation at Prairie Grove and Old Davidsonville State Parks - A project funded by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resource Council (ANCRC) for the year 2010 will help CAST work with Arkansas State Parks to complete a two phase project for the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park and the Old Davidsonville State Park.  Phase 1 is a continuation of the previous years work for the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. Visualizations created for the previous year will be incorporated into a new exhibit that will be installed in early 2011. Phase 2 will be to create an interactive online environment featuring Old Davidsonville in 1815. Both projects will bring the rich history to life through interactive online presesentations.

CI-Train -  CI-TRAIN is a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure project designed to advance research and education at eight institutions across Arkansas and West Virginia. Systems, tools, and staff to provide support and training, enable research teams and institutions to pursue transformative scientific inquiry. CI-TRAIN will support technologies and enable research avenues that include:

  • Multi-scalar geomatics and geosciences
  • Scalable virtual world technologies
  • Nanoscience, including low-dimensional multiferronics and atomistic simulation of defects in nanocrystalline materials
  • Real-time image guided surgery
  • Particle-based physics simulations of materials and processes
  • Plant secondary cell wall reconstruction
  • Near field scanning optical microscopy
  • Performance models of large scale clusters that can be applied to TeraGrid resources


UofA/UCLA Field Programs -  The Cotsen Institute for Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angles (UCLA) and the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas are collaborating in the offering of a series of  field training programs that will introduce students to the latest methods in archaeological geomatics and geophysics.

 

Previous Projects:

Prairie Grove Civil War Battlefield Recreation - The Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park was the location of one of the most significant Civil War battles in the west occurring on December 7, 1862. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) is working with Arkansas State Parks to recreate the setting of the battle in 1862.   Using historic documents and maps, the battefield recreations will showcase historic structures and other important features of the landscape as well as the position and maneuver activities of the Union and Confederate units. A web-based interactive tour of significant locations within the park will also be created where students and visitors will be able to move about and explore the recreated historic battlefield.

The Virtual Hampson Project - The Hampson Archaeological Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas, houses some of the most extraordinary examples of Native American pottery in North America. In 2007, researchers at CAST used the Konica-Minolta VIVID 9i to scan ~350 artifacts from the museum collection. These 3D artifacts are now available for viewing and download at the Virtual Hampson Museum.

 

 

Previous Professional Experience 

Google
3D Data Specialist, 2008 - 2009
Responsible for 3D data preparation through a variety of processes for publicdistribution in Google Earth.

  • Edit and clean-up of auto-generated LiDAR and oblique photography 3D buildings through internal Google software on Team Origami. Trained new team members in best practices for 3D building clean-up.
  • Creation and QA of Google SketchUp 3D buildings. Created 3D buildings for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) tour in Google Earth as well as other high profile buildings. Reviewed user-generated buildings submitted through the 3D Warehouse.
  • Google SketchUp and Google Earth Outreach: Participated in an education outreach group to determine best fit for middle school, high school and college education for Google application workshops, recently attended the Google Teacher Academy in New York to assist in training teachers Google Applications. Demonstrated the 2008 US Voter Info Google map during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Presented hour long hands-on demonstration to 19 K-12 teachers at the Colorado School of Mines as part of the GK-12 Learning Partnerships and Bechtel K-5 Excellence Initiative. Traveled to San Mateo, CA for the Maker Fair and demonstrated Google SketchUp and Google Earth to attendees.
  • Graphic Design: Directed team creating a large mural for the Google Toronto office.

 

 

SkyLook Visuals
Partner and Creative Director, 2006 - 2007
Developed 3D interactiveenvironments for city visualizations and spatial relationship studies andcreated and directed various graphic projects.

  • Coordinate with clients to ensure needs are met and communicate those needs to team members.
  • Created 3D models which are displayed in the “Best of 3D” warehouse layer in Google Earth.
  • Research new technologies to engage web users in 3D environments such as Google Earth, Second Life, and x3D.
  • Assist in the creation of an interactive real estate market analysis map utilizing a GIS to educate clients of market potential.

 

Center for Advanced Spatial Techonologies, CAST
3D Visualization Specialist and Multimedia Designer, 2001 - 2007
Participated in multiple 3D research projects to develop effective andeasy-to-use visualizations for the public.

  • Served on a research team for large-scale point cloud data dissemination through Google Earth and X3D. Traveled to Tiwanaku, Bolivia and participated in 3D laser scan data collection project. 
  •  Researched interactive model visualizations using Google Earth. Modeled house sections and interior furnishings were placed into individual layers so users could “switch out” appliances. 
  •  Developed work flow for automatic dissemination of diseased tree locations in Google Earth through database export.

 

CRATE Project Director, May 2001 - December 2007

http://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/crate

Directed projects from 2001 – 2006which ranged from 3D animated short films to online map.

  • 2006 Project involved the creation of over 300 3D buildings for tier 1 and tier 2 areas of Fayetteville, AR using LiDAR, Pictometry “bird's eye” imagery, and ground level photography; buildings were created in Google SketchUp and displayed in Google Earth. The 2006 3D Fayetteville project was featured in the “Google Pick” 3D Warehouse category and in several publications including Slashdot and NewScientist.
  • Created and developed 3D Archaeological artifacts for the 2001 and 2002 project . Animated films from 2001 and 2002 were shown at the 2001 and 2002 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2002 Digital Film Festival, and the 2002 Fayetteville Film Festival.
  • Created and developed characters, props, and story for the 2004 project .
  • Used the ACCAD motion capture facility at Ohio State University to capture animation for all of the 2004 short films.

 

EAST Technical Support Instructor, March 2001 - December 2007

http://www.eastproject.org

Instructed one and two-day coursesin Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere, and SoftImage|XSI to over 200 students,elementary thru college.

  • Instructed workshops at the EAST Conference in 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2007 in Adobe Dreamweaver, Premiere, Photoshop, SoftImage|XSI, and Google SketchUp. Class instruction in SoftImage|XSI and Google SketchUp focused on combining software packages by demonstrating model building in Google SketchUp and importing models into SoftImage|XSI for animation and rendering.

 

Multimedia Designer, April 1999 - December 2007

http://www.cast.uark.edu

Maintained over 20,000 individualpages as the primary website designer and developer for CAST and developedoutreach products including brochures, posters, and presentation materials.