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Author:: Modi, Anirudh
Title:: Real-Time Visualization of Aerospace Simulations using Comptutational Steering and Beowulf Clusters
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: real-time systems
parallel simulations
visualization
computational steering
cfd
virtual reality
File:: Download phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Rajeev Sharma, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

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Author:: Balakrishnan, Bimal
Title:: EVALUATING IMPACT OF NAVIGABILITY AFFORDANCES AND NARRATIVE TRANSPORTATION ON SPATIAL PRESENCE
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: virtual reality
narratives
navigability
spatial presence
HCI
affordances
File:: Download Balakrishnan_eTD_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Loukas N Kalisperis, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

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Author:: Rai, Lav
Title:: FUSION AND REGISTRATION OF 3D MEDICAL IMAGE DATA AND ENDOSCOPIC VIDEO
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: CT video registration
virtual endoscopy
image-guided surgery
lung cancer
bronchoscopy
calibration
transfer function
vignetting
light source
virtual reality
texture mapping
File:: Download PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: William Evan Higgins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raj Acharya, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Mahoney, Joseph Michael
Title:: Inter-trial Dynamics in Goal-oriented Tasks with Asymmetric Error and Reduced Precision
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: human movement
goal equivalent manifold
virtual reality
shuffleboard
skilled tasks
task manifold
GEM
UCM
dynamics
File:: Download jmahoney_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Paul Cusumano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary L Gray, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Xuemei Huang, Committee Member

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Author:: Dow, Nicholas William
Title:: A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: virtual reality
perception of risk
autonomous vehicles
driving simulator
File:: Download 071218_Dow_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Simpson, Mark
Title:: Scale and Space: Representations in Immersive Virtual Reality
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: virtual reality
spatial cognition
visualization
immersive
geography
File:: Download Simpson_Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Alexander Klippel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Klippel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Michael Downs, Committee Member
Alan M Mac Eachren, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Sheeran, Brett
Title:: Robot Guided Emergency Evacuation from a Simulated Space Station
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Evacuation robot
virtual reality
international space station
human robot interaction
active shooter
evacuation
fire
presence
cybershoes
emergy
File:: Download Brett_Sheeran_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

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Author:: Bennett, Spencer
Title:: Immersive Incarceration: Perspective-Taking Cues in 360-Degrees Videos to Enhance Empathy for Individuals Currently Incarcerated and Promote Prison Reform
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: virtual reality
360-degree videos
perspective taking
empathy
attitudes towards prisoners
prison reform
File:: Download PRE_AND_POST_TEST_FOR_ANALYSIS_as_of_1slash26_with_all_rev_codes.savDownload excel.xlsxDownload Spencer_McLain_Bennett_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member

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Author:: Yadav, Pranjali
Title:: DATA VIZUALIZATION WITH VIRTUAL REALITY
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: virtual reality
data visualization
analytics
File:: Download PranjaliYadav_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Carl Voigt, Program Head/Chair
Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Jiawei
Title:: The Effects of Visual Realism on Cognitive Constructs, Spatial Memory and Learning in Virtual Reality
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: virtual reality
human computer interaction
spatial cognition
3d visualization
visual realism
visual fidelity
virtual geographic environments
presence
ivr
virtual environment
File:: Download Huang_dissertation_final5.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan MacEachren, Major & Minor Field Member
Alexander Klippel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cynthia Brewer, Program Head/Chair
John Messner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roger Downs, Major Field Member

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