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Scott Meador Stanley Russ Hall 202D, 201 Donaghey Ave | Conway, AR 72035 501.313.0839 | [email protected] | renderwalk.wordpress.com Education Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with Emphasis in Scenography – May 2007 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Master of Science in Technology with Emphasis in Computer Graphics – December 1999 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Bachelor of Science in Speech with Theatre Emphasis – May 1996 University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR – Honors, Summa Cum Laude Honors College Academic Appointments and Teaching Experience Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking – Fall 2008 to present Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR Undergraduate Courses FILM 1305 - Introduction to Film FILM 1310 - Visual Storytelling FILM 2300 - Film Appreciation FILM 3305 - Production Design FILM 3355 - Visual Effects Compositing FILM 3356 - Animation for Visual Effects FILM 3373 - Documentary Production FILM 4392 - Stereoscopic Filmmaking Graduate Courses FILM 5310 - Pre-visualization and Digital Workflow (each fall since 2008) FILM 6323 - Graduate Seminar: Visual Effects (once per year since 2006) Lecturer/Chief Engineer – Fall 2004 to Summer 2008 Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR Undergraduate Courses MCOM 1362 - Mass Communications Practices and Processes MCOM 3374 - Broadcast Journalism Production II FILM 4392 - Visual Effects MCOM 4391 - Motion Graphics FILM 4392 - Digital Media THEA 3320 - Digital Design Assistant Professor – Fall 2000 to Spring 2004 Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Courses taught in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology (CGT), which is in the College of Technology (TECH), and the Department of Art and Design (A&D), which is in the College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate (CGT, A&D) CGT 442/TECH 519C - Production for Computer Animation CGT 490S/TECH 519N - Scripting for 3D Programs CGT 490M - Applications of Emerging Motion Capture Technology CGT 341 - Motion for Computer Animation CGT 340 - Digital Lighting and Rendering A&D 360 - CAD for Interiors A&D 320 - Interior Lighting Design Graduate (TECH) Courses TECH 519G - Game Development TECH 581R - Advanced Digital Lighting and Rendering Meador 2 Graduate and Undergraduate Thesis Committees Digital Filmmaking M.F.A. Committees Danny Boling (chair), thesis: in script development Michael Carpenter, thesis: in script development Al Topich, thesis: in script development Dustin Barnes (chair), thesis: In Borrowed Time, Narrative. in­production Mark Clifford (chair), thesis: Spectre­O­Scope, Narrative. in post­production Scott Eggleston, thesis: Collection Day, Narrative. in­production Brian Ingle, thesis: in pre­production Dillon Morrison (chair), thesis: Chalk, Narrative. in post­production Lyle Arnett (chair), thesis: December 1982, Narrative. 2013 Chris Paradis, thesis: A Wheel & the Moon, Narrative. 2013 Christy Ward, thesis: Tree, Narrative. 2012 Bryan Allen, thesis: Second Chances, Narrative. 2011 Lesley Allen, thesis: Ninth Inning Wedding, Narrative. 2011 Jonathan Childs (chair), thesis: The Good Life, Narrative. 2011 Paul Glover, thesis: On My Trail, Narrative. 2011 John Weaver (chair), thesis: The Faith Machine, Narrative. 2011 Eric White, thesis: Tomahawk, Narrative. 2011 Sam Abaza, thesis: Voices in the Walls, Narrative. 2010 Jody Reho, thesis: Surrender, Narrative. 2010 Jared Smith, thesis: Men Among Giants, Narrative. 2010 Brook Pruitt (chair), thesis: TiPS, Narrative. 2009 Chris Churchill, thesis: Will You Be There When I Wake Up, Narrative. 2008 Purdue University - Computer Graphics Technology, M.S. in Technology 2001-2004 - On 8 committees and chaired 6 of them. UCA Honors College Mentor Ronald Walter, thesis: Sky Begins to Storm, Documentary. 2012. Screened at the 2013 Little Rock Film Festival. Allison Hogue, thesis: From Ray Winder to Dickey Stevens, Documentary. 2009. Screened at the 2009 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Nathan Smith, thesis: C.A.M. Narrative. 2008 Grants URC Summer Stipend (2011) - “Developing a Pipeline for Creating ‘3D Projection Mapped’ Scenery.” $3000. PI W. Scott Meador Stereoscopic Acquisition and Projection System (2009) - Internal grant to finish spending funds from an external Department of Education grant. $13,000.00. 2009. URC, Dept. of Math, UCA President’s Office Grant (2009) - “Callisto Cluster.” Grant in collaboration with four colleagues in the College of Math and Natural Sciences to create UCA's first computer cluster. $25,000.00. The funding was mixed between the URC, the Department of Math, and the UCA President's Office. 2009. IDC Faculty Development Grant (2008) - “fxphd Professional Courses for Teaching Development,” $472.31. PI W. Scott Meador University Research Council Grant (2006) - “Development of a Real-Time 3D Virtual Scenery and Show Control System,” $7355.77. PI W. Scott Meador Interdisciplinary Innovation Initiative (I3) Grant (2003) “Sign Language for Mathematics by 3D Computer Animation.” $30,000.00. PI Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Co-PIs W. Scott Meador, Dr. Ronnie Wilbur. Purdue University. Pixar’s PhotoRealistic RenderMan Software Grant (2002) – Assisted in developing a dialogue with Pixar and was able to obtain 500 licenses of its renderer and 45 licenses of its “Artist’s Tools.” This was the largest grant Pixar had made to a university to date. Total grant worth $2,860,000.00. Purdue University. Purdue Research Foundation Travel Grant (2002) – For travel to The 3rd International Conference on Decision Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, London, England. Called for and reviewed papers for a symposium in “Construction Visualization and Animation.” $750.00 Purdue University Academic Reinvestment Program (2000) – Co-P.I. and joint author for the inter-disciplinary proposal for the Purdue International Center for Entertainment Technology (PICET). $210,000.00 Meador 3 Invited Presentations and Lectures Hutchinson, B., Meador, W.S., Churchill, C. “Europa.” (2012). Panel. Little Rock Film Festival. Little Rock, AR. - Discussed the work behind the short film Europa including audience Q&A. Motion Capture Distinguished Lecture Series, The Ohio State University (2004) – Presented ongoing motion capture applied research underway at Purdue. Show Control in Live Computer Graphics, Purdue University, Graduate Show Control course in Theatre (2002) – Presented experiences and current trends in show control and presentation of professional graphics for live events. American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Pittsburgh, PA (2001) – Presented a seminar on the viability of online 3D collaboration environments. Need for Computer Graphics in Manufacturing and Industry, Tula, Russia (2001) – Presented the use of 3D visualization and animation for the manufacturing industry. FBi Buildings, Inc. Remington, IN (1999) – Presented on the use of 3D visualization tools for creating photo-realistic imagery. Journals Meador, W.S., Rogers, T., Kurt, E., O’Neal, K. (2004). Mixed Reality Dance: Collaborative Development of Live Motion Capture in a Performing Arts Environment. ACM: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) Volume 2 Issue 2. Cory, C., Meador, W. S., Ross, W. (2002). 3D Computer Animated Walkthroughs for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Applications. Internet-Journal "Computer Graphics & Geometry." Vol. 4, No. 1. http://www.cgg.ru/Ie/main.html Published Papers with Presentations (* = refereed) *Meador, W.S. “Integrating Graphics Courses into a Filmmaking Curriculum.” (2013). Eurographics 2013 Girona, Spain. Paper accepted, but withdrawn due to insufficient funds to travel to the conference. *Moreland, J., Arns, L., and Meador, W.S. (2005). “Pre-rendered Stereoscopic Movies for Commodity Display Systems.” Proceedings of the Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XVI Conference, San Jose, California. *Popescu, V., Hoffmann, C., Kilic, S., Sozen, M., Meador, W.S. (2003). Producing High-Quality Visualizations of Large-Scale Scientific Simulations. Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization 2003 Conference, Seattle, Washington. *Meador, W.S., Chourasia, A. (2003). Using 3D Computer Animation Tools to Render Complex Simulations. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee. Cory, C., Meador, W. S. (2001). Taking an Architectural Illustration Course from Traditional Rendering to 3D Computer-Based Rendering. Proceedings of the International Conference for Computer Geometry and Graphics – Graphicon-2001, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Cory, C., Meador, W. S., Ross, W. (2001). 3D Computer Animated Walkthroughs for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Applications. Proceedings of the International Conference for Computer Geometry and Graphics – Graphicon-2001, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. *Cory, C., Ross, W., Meador, W. S. (2001). Architectural and Engineering Visualizations with 3D Computer Animated Walkthroughs. Proceedings of the IV International Conference on Graphics Engineering for Arts and Design – Graphica 2001, Sao Paulo, Brazil. *Meador, W. S., Morales, C. (2001). Implementation of a Low Budget, Raster Based, 3D Motion Capture System Using Custom Software and Modern Video Tracking Technology. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico. *Morales, C., Meador, W. S. (2000). Trial Results from a Custom Distance Learning System Based on Hybridization of CD-ROM, Web, And Active-X