Prior Work
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton,
NJ
Member, Technical Staff 1995 - 2001
Developed JOVE, the
Joint Operations Visualization Environment for situational awareness of
a large number of military units in a large geographic
area. Developed tools and techniques for visualizing
terrain, maps, imagery, and ocean areas. Trained and observed users of
the system at military exercises, incorporated users feedback into new
versions.
Developed movie player for multi-dimensional volumetric data of
MEMs
devices. Written in Java as CORBA client to data server.
Reconstructed geometry (yellow) from images of MEMS
devices. Compared to actual design (black lines).
Designed and developed visualizations of terrain, geospatial
features, and situational awareness on SGI Onyx2 IR2.
Researched and designed collaborative 3-D visualization system.
Co-authored proposal funded for Visual Correlation of Intelligence
reports.
Developed user interface for touch screen display.
Scientific visualizations of volumetric data of MEMs devices,
molecules, and medical images.
Developed cluster-based, high resolution display wall software.
Programmed in C++, Java/Java3D, CGI, HTML, Inventor for Unix, Linux,
and Windows, client-server architecture, sockets.
Toshiba America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
Software
Engineer 1992
- 1995
The geometric outline of planned images is interactively
positioned relative to 3 reference images.
The Graphic Locator is a visualization tool in a clinical MRI product.
Designed and developed the Graphic Locator for planning MRI
acquisitions.
Programmed in C, GL graphics, with Motif user interface to X-Window
system.
Integrated laser film recorders and video board with host system.
Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA
Consultant
1991 - 1992
Designed and developed 3-D geometric modeling and visualization
system.
Programmed in C, GL, and Motif for X-Window system on Unix.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco,
CA
Programmer
1987 - 1990
Designed and developed CAD rendering system, programmed in C for
Unix with X-Window user interface.
Produced highly realistic images of architectural designs for client
presentations, posters, books, and animated sequences.
Achieved color calibration between monitors and color plotters.
Kobra Graphics, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Founder
1983 - 1987
Founded company specializing in graphics software and services.
Developed DISPLAY WORKBENCH, the first commercially available 3-D
visualization toolkit for rendering complex objects and environments.
Ported software to Unix workstations, window systems, VAX/VMS, and
MS-DOS.
Consulted to Visual Engineering, Intel, and Pyramid Technology Corp. on
system integration of Kobra's software product.
Ikonas Graphics Systems/Adage, Inc., Raleigh,
NC Software Engineer
1982 - 1983
Developed Fortran application interface and microcode for AMD
bit-slice processor in the high-performance graphics hardware
manufactured by Ikonas.
Conducted training classes for customers in using hardware and writing
microcode.
Developed benchmarks and demonstrations for trade shows.
Education
Thesis: A
Geometric Input and Editing
System for Architectural Design
Minor: Visual Perception
in Psychology.
Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University, 1979
Thesis: An Interactive Computer
Graphics System for Synthesizing Textured Renderings of Architectural
Designs
Teaching Assistant -
Structural Concepts in Architecture, 3 semesters.