Administration Directory

Gary R Bertoline Ph.D

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Professor
Campus: West Lafayette
Contact
Department: Administration
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Department: Prostar
Office: Knoy Hall Room 459
Phone: 765.496.6071
Fax:765.496.1924

Biography:

Gary R. Bertoline is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Professor of Computer & Information Technology, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, and Director of the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization. From 1995 through 2002, Gary served as Department Head of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He received the Ph.D. degree in technology from The Ohio State University in 1987, MEd from Miami University, and BS degree from Northern Michigan University. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, he served three years as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Department of Engineering Graphics at The Ohio State University. He is currently a member of Epsilon Pi Tau, SIGGRAPH, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and IEEE. In 1997 he received the Laureate Citation from Epsilon Pi Tau, the international honorary for professions in technology. Gary has been honored with the Frank Oppenheimer Award for the best paper at the EDGD Mid-Year Meeting three times. In 1995 Gary was nominated and elected as the inaugural Steven M. Slaby International Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graphics Education. In 1993 he was awarded the Centennial Certificate of Recognition for providing exemplary support to the ASEE. In 1992, Gary was named the Orthogonal Award winner by North Carolina State University's Department of Graphics Communications for distinguished service in graphics science. Gary has presented over 100 papers at professional conferences in North America, Australia, and Europe. He has authored numerous papers in journals and trade publications on engineering and computer graphics, CAD, and visualization research. His research interests are in virtual reality and measuring and improving spatial cognition in humans. He has authored and co-authored eight text books in the areas of computer-aided design and engineering design graphics. Currently, Gary is the engineering and technical graphics series advisor for McGraw Hill Publishing Company. Gary serves on the Journal for Geometry and Graphics, Journal of Terrestrial Observation, and has served on the Board of Review for The Engineering Design Graphics Journal. Nationally and internationally, the candidate has served in a number of roles including the planning committee that led to the formation of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics, elected Chair of the Engineering Design Graphics division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), founder and chair of the steering committee for the recently created International Visualization Consortium, and is serving on the NSF-funded national Visualization Terragrid Group. Gary co-founded of the Digital Enterprise Center (DEC) in the School of Technology in 1998 through a series of grants from the Purdue Reinvestment Program and from IBM and Dassault Systemes for hardware and software. The efforts of the DEC led to what is now being integrated into a university-wide effort sponsored by Discovery Park in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The Provost's Office has granted funding and IBM and Dassault Systemes have contributed hardware and software towards the creation of the PLM Center for Excellence. 

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