3-D visualization
Weather & Environmental Hazards –
The Challenges of Awareness, Research, and Education in NJ
Friday, November 14, 2008
Modern computer simulations and data collection have resulted in massive datasets for scientific visualization. In fields such as meteorology, biology, energy exploration, and engineering, people are increasingly turning to high quality 3-D visualizations in research and design. The technology to produce and view 3-D animation has matured and a number of lower cost options for 3-D visualization hardware are now available. Students of the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education have developed a series of educational materials aimed at mathematics and science students, including visualizations of teqniques for integrating solids to determine volume and problems in electrodynamics requiring the use of cross products. 3-D display hardware will be displayed for students, including animations related to geometry, calculus, physics, and biology.
Dave Joiner is an assistant professor of Computational Mathematics in the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education. The NJCSTME focuses on the training of science and math teachers with an integrated view of modern math, science, and computing. Joiner received his PhD in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1999. Joiner is a steering committee member of the National Computational Science Institute, and is a Co-PI on the Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD), the Pathway of the National Science Digital Library devoted to computational science education, as well as a PI on a Major Research Instrumentation project to maintain an 11 TeraFlop computing facility at Kean University.