Dee Chapman

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 244-5666
FAX: (217) 244-1987
E-mail: dchapman@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Present Position

NCSA Education and Outreach Division - Virtual Reality Specialist (4/96-present).
Develop virtual reality applications for educational and research projects, such as Intellectual Gradient Research Project. Co-support "Virtual Reality Program for Educators" year long program at NCSA.

Previous Position

NCSA Industrial Program - Senior Industrial Consultant (1989-1996)
Develop, manage and maintain Virtual Prototyping System project for Caterpillar, Inc., an Industrial Partner at NCSA.

Education

MS degree in Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
Thesis title: A Competitive Neural Network Model of the Cockroach Escape Response

BS degree in Electrical Engineering (Bioengineering option)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987

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Papers

Chapman, D. A., R. C. Coddington, 1995: A Real Look at Machine Design. Resource, October 1995, pp 9-11.

Chapman, D. A., D. E. Novak, W. L. Chapman, 1995: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Unit on Weather for Elementary Educators on the Internet. Preprints, Joint Conference on Education and Interactive Information Processing, Am. Meteor. Soc., Dallas, TX, 79-82.

VandeWiele, M., R. C. Coddington, D. A. Chapman, 1994: Using Virtual Reality to Test Vehicle Steering Systems. Preprints, SAE Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress & Exposition, Milwaukee, WI.

Coddington, R. C., D. A. Chapman, 1993: A System for Virtual Reality Simulation of Machinery. Preprints, SAE Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress & Exposition, #932376 Milwaukee, WI.

Chapman, D. A., R. C. Coddington, 1994: Using a Virtual Reality System for Machine Design. Preprints, 5th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture, Orlando, FL.

Zentmyer, E. G., D. A. Chapman, R. C. Coddington, 1994: Operator Visibility Analysis Using Virtual Reality. Preprints, SAE Earthmoving Industry Conference, Peoria, IL.