University of Houston
Department of Computer Science


In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Master of Science


Jaekyong Park-Jeong
will defend her thesis

 
Creating Animations for Chemical Engineering Teaching Modules
 
Abstract


Text and still pictures are the standard instructional tools used to help engineering students visualize chemical processes. While both text and pictures have an important role to play in engineering curricula, they are very limited when used as visualization tools. It is clear that instructional tools that could help students visualize and interact with these processes could increase student understanding and reinforce the theoretical fundamentals students strive to master. In this thesis, we developed two teaching modules for chemical engineering courses using 3D Studio Max, which is one of the most powerful and latest 3D rendering and animation software. Specifically, we developed a module for demonstrating hydraulic fracture in an inclined well bore and a module demonstrating the catalytic surface reaction mechanism. We will demonstrate the specific modeling and animation techniques that we employed along with our results.






 

Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 550-PGH



Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ioannis A. Kakadiaris