Wayne Carlson

Chair, Department of Design
Professor, Design Technology

Areas of Expertise
• Geometric modeling
• Interactive museum installations
• Scientific visualization
• Computer animation
• Multimedia technologies

Dr. Wayne Carlson did his PhD research at the Ohio State University's Computer Graphics Research Group, working with Prof. Frank Crow (advisor) in the lab of Prof. Charles Csuri. His dissertation was in the area of geometric modeling, focused on algorithms and interactive environments for the creation of three-dimensional data for use in image and virtual space synthesis.

Dr. Carlson teaches graduate courses in computer graphics and visualization, history of computer animation, design media technology, and the Design Department's Orientation to Graduate Studies seminar. He also has joint appointments and works with graduate students in Art, Art Education, and Computer Science and Engineering. He has overseen research grants from such diverse sources as NASA, the National Science Foundation, Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Education and other industries and foundations. Professor Carlson has published in computer graphics journals, and is currently writing a book related to the history of computer graphics and animation and is continuing to develop and maintain a comprehensive online historical resource in this area at http://design.osu.edu/carlson/cghistory.

He has been nominated for three Clio awards for excellence in producing and directing computer-generated advertisements and television promotions, and has also received honors from the International Film and TV Festival of New York and the Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives. Dr. Carlson's professional experience has been in the advertising and computer animation industry, and he has taught math, computer science, and design at Idaho State University, Hope College, Denison University and Ohio State. He actively serves on several boards, most notably the advisory board for OSU's Rare Books and Manuscripts, the technology advisory board for Reservoir Venture Partners, and as a Trustee on the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society, for which he also has designed and maintains their web site at ghmchs.org.

Education
• PhD, Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University
• MS, Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University
• MS, Mathematics, Idaho State University
• BS, Mathematics, Idaho State University