Members
Ergun Akleman
Professor
Nima Kalantari
Associate Professor
John Keyser
Professor
Suryansh Kumar
Assistant Professor
Xin Li
Professor
Ann McNamara
Professor
Scott Schaefer
Professor
Shinjiro Sueda
Associate Professor
Wenping Wang
Professor
Cheng Zhang
Assistant Professor
Pedro Figueiredo
Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Kalantari
Advisor: Kalantari
Bethany Witemeyer
Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Sueda
Advisor: Sueda
Libing Zeng
Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Kalantari
Advisor: Kalantari
Yuxin Dai
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kalantari
Advisor: Kalantari
Aakash Garg
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kalantari
Advisor: Kalantari
Fengzhi Guo
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Zhang
Advisor: Zhang
Samraat Gupta
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Keyser
Advisor: Keyser
Qihao He
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Kalantari
Advisor: Kalantari
Zhisheng Huang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Shiqi Li
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Zhang
Advisor: Zhang
Yutao Liu
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Anshul Mendiratta
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Schaefer/Wang
Advisor: Schaefer/Wang
Shivam Sharma
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Keyser
Advisor: Keyser
Zhuowen Shen
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Jionghao Wang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Sueray Wang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Sueda
Advisor: Sueda
Ziyan Xiong
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Sueda
Advisor: Sueda
Tolga Yildiz
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Akleman
Advisor: Akleman
Zhengming Yu
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Ryan Zesch
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Sueda
Advisor: Sueda
Hongkun Zhang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Zhang
Advisor: Zhang
Jingdong Zhang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Li/Wang
Advisor: Li/Wang
Past Members
Jinxiang Chai
Associate Professor
Bruce Gooch
Associate Professor
Donald House
Professor
Bruce McCormick
Professor
| First Name | Last Name | Current Position | Advisor | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuiyu | Li | Nvidia, Senior Solution Engineer | Schaefer | Postdoc | 2011 |
| Yongqing | Liang | Li/Wang | Ph.D. | 2025 | |
| Avinash | Paliwal | Morphic, Founding AI Researcher | Kalantari | Ph.D. | 2025 |
| Nicholas | Milef | Meta, Research Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2024 |
| Logan | Zhou | The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Postdoc | Akleman/Kalantari | Ph.D. | 2024 |
| Brennen | Taylor | Sandia National Labs, Scientist | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2023 |
| Ying | Wang | OPPO, Applied Scientist | Sueda | Ph.D. | 2022 |
| Nicholas | Weidner | Disney Animation Studios, Software Engineer | Sueda | Ph.D. | 2022 |
| Zhipei | Yan | ByteDance, Research Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2021 |
| Hang | Li | Meta, Research Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2020 |
| Peihong | Guo | Oculus VR | Chai | Ph.D. | 2017 |
| Donghui | Han | Google, Senior Software Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2017 |
| Fuhao | Shi | Chai | Ph.D. | 2017 | |
| Jianjie | Zhang | Chai | Ph.D. | 2017 | |
| Ozgur | Gonen | Hue Technology North America, LLC, Senior Software Developer | Akleman | Ph.D. | 2016 |
| Peizhao | Zhang | Facebook Research | Chai | Ph.D. | 2016 |
| Jason | Smith | Schlumberger, Software Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2015 |
| Songang | Xu | Intel, Senior Hardware Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2015 |
| Lei | He | Google, Software Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2014 |
| Josiah | Manson | Activision Blizzard, Principal Graphics Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2014 |
| Youyou | Wang | Google, Software Engineer | Akleman, Song | Ph.D. | 2014 |
| Yen-Lin | Chen | Robert Bosch Research | Chai | Ph.D. | 2013 |
| Shu-Wei | Hsu | Microsoft, Software Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2013 |
| Shiyu | Hu | Google, Staff Engineer | Chen, Akleman | Ph.D. | 2013 |
| Hui | Lou | Chai | Ph.D. | 2012 | |
| Keith | Biggers | Texas Center for Applied Technology, Director | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2011 |
| Eric | Landreneau | Lucasfilm, Software Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2011 |
| Jianyuan | Min | Chai | Ph.D. | 2011 | |
| Derek | Overby | BATON Financial | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2011 |
| Xiaolin | Wei | Chai | Ph.D. | 2011 | |
| Qing | Facebook, Software Engineer | Akleman | Ph.D. | 2011 | |
| Mayank | Singh | Aurora, Software Engineer | Schaefer | Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Cem | Yuksel | The University of Utah, Associate Professor | Keyser, House | Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Alethea | Bair-Sutherland | Tableau Software, Software Developer | House | Ph.D. | 2009 |
| Woo-Suck | Hong | Keyser, House | Ph.D. | 2009 | |
| David | Mayerich | The University of Houston, Associate Professor | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2009 |
| Brent | Dingle | Raytheon, Senior Operations Engineer II | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2007 |
| Zeki | Melek | Tableau Software, Senior Software Engineer | Keyser | Ph.D. | 2007 |
| Koji | Ouchi | Wolfram, Junior Kernel Developer | Keyser, Friesen | Ph.D. | 2007 |
| Vinod | Srinivasan | Alkami Technology, Senior Software Engineer II | Akleman | Ph.D. | 2005 |
| Scott | Arvin | Autodesk | House | Ph.D. | 2003 |
| Greg | Schmidt | House, McCormick | Ph.D. | 2000 | |
| Sandra | Sudarsky | House, McCormick | Ph.D. | 1999 | |
| Aladin | Ibrahim | House, McCormick | Ph.D. | 1998 | |
| Brandon | Nguyen | Keyser | M.S. | 2025 | |
| Minseo | Park | NareMotion, Software Engineer | Sueda | M.S. | 2025 |
| Shaheen | Ebrahimi | CitiBank, GenAI Software Engineer | Sueda | M.S. | 2024 |
| Deepankar | Chanda | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Software Engineer | Kalantari | M.S. | 2020 |
| Samia | Kabir | Purdue University, Ph.D. Student | Keyser | M.S. | 2020 |
| Stuti | Sakhi | Salesforce, Data Scientist | Kalantari | M.S. | 2020 |
| Margaret | Baxter | VMware, Member of Technical Staff | Sueda | M.S. | 2019 |
| Yura | Hwang | The University of Utah, Ph.D. Student | Sueda | M.S. | 2019 |
| Shenyao | Ke | DreamWorks Animation, Software Engineer | Akleman | M.S. | 2017 |
| You | Wu | Amazon, Software Development Engineer II | Akleman | M.S. | 2017 |
| Chethna | Kabeerdoss | DreamWorks Animation, Software Engineer | Akleman | M.S. | 2016 |
| Daniel | Miller | Capsher | Keyser | M.S. | 2014 |
| Deepak | Garg | Bloomberg, Senior Software Developer | Schaefer | M.S. | 2013 |
| Kendall | Litaker | Disney Animation Studios, Technical Supervisor, Creative Legacy | Akleman | M.S. | 2013 |
| Billy | Clack | Nvidia, Senior Systems Software Engineer | Keyser | M.S. | 2012 |
| Elizabeth | Muhm | Google, Software Engineer | Akleman | M.S. | 2011 |
| Jonathan | Kiker | Pixar Animation Studios | Akleman | M.S. | 2009 |
| Kurt | Phillips | House | M.S. | 2009 | |
| Dave | Morris | Google, Technical Account Manager | Akleman | M.S. | 2008 |
| Christopher | Root | OmniSci, Rendering Team Lead | House | M.S. | 2008 |
| Aswin | D'Souza | Keyser | M.S. | 2007 | |
| Stuart | Tett | DreamWorks Animation, Co-Founder, CTO, CPO | Akleman | M.S. | 2007 |
| Can | Yuksel | Industrial Light & Magic, Lead FX Technical Director | House | M.S. | 2007 |
| Brian | Barran | Nvidia, Solutions Architect/Data Scientist | House | M.S. | 2006 |
| Brian | Clark | Pixar Animation Studios, Character Simulation | Akleman | M.S. | 2006 |
| Jay | Faulkner | CGG, Senior Software Developer | Akleman | M.S. | 2006 |
| Ryan | Saunders | Microsoft, Software Development Engineer | Keyser | M.S. | 2006 |
| Luke | Carnevale | House | M.S. | 2005 | |
| Sarah | Fowler | Ruben DeLuna Creative, Photographer | House | M.S. | 2005 |
| John | Halstead | House | M.S. | 2005 | |
| Avneet | Kaur | Disney Animation Studios, Character Fx/Simulation Supervisor | Akleman | M.S. | 2005 |
| Sung-Hwa | Lee | House | M.S. | 2005 | |
| Matthew | Roach | House | M.S. | 2005 | |
| Jessica | Scott | House | M.S. | 2005 | |
| Swapnil | Sinvhal | Oracle, Director of Software Development | Keyser | M.S. | 2005 |
| Michael | Stanley | Lockheed Martin, Multimedia Design Engineer Sr. | Akleman | M.S. | 2005 |
| Karthik | Swaminathan | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Akleman | M.S. | 2005 |
| Paul | Edmondson | Adobe, 3D Software Engineer | Keyser | M.S. | 2004 |
| Jacob | Foshee | Durwella/Indigo Beam Consulting, DevOps and XR Consultant | Keyser | M.S. | 2004 |
| Shannon | Greenwood | House | M.S. | 2004 | |
| Nathan | Jones | Tyler Technologies, Architect (Lead) | Keyser | M.S. | 2004 |
| Charu | Sharma | House | M.S. | 2004 | |
| Jeff David | Groves | House | M.S. | 2003 | |
| Jean Michael | Mistrot | Concentric Enterprises, Co-Founder, CTO | House | M.S. | 2003 |
| Barbara Lynn | Ellison | House | M.S. | 2002 | |
| James | Palmer | Northern Arizona University, Professor | Akleman | M.S. | 2001 |
| Clara | Chan | Sony Pictures Imageworks, CG Supervisor | Akleman | M.S. | 2000 |
| Fusun | Eryoldas-Meric | SAS | Akleman, Chen | M.S. | 2000 |
| Thomas | Moore | House | M.S. | 2000 | |
| Sajan | Skaria | Pixar Animation Studios, Character Supervisor | Akleman | M.S. | 2000 |
| Cody | Star | CGG, Software Architect | Akleman | M.S. | 2000 |
| Carlos Javier | Ugaz | Precima | Akleman, Chen | M.S. | 2000 |
| Scott | Meadows | Digital Domain, Head of Visualization and Virtual Production | Akleman | M.S. | 1999 |
| Maria | Pia Miniati | DreamWorks Animation, Animation/Rigging Engineer | House | M.S. | 1999 |
| Sunil | Segu | Blinn College, Department Head | House | M.S. | 1999 |
| Manuel | Calderon | House | M.S. | 1998 | |
| Everett | Hinkley | Blue Frog Inc., Security Transformation Consultant | House | M.S. | 1998 |
| Burak | Meric | SAS, Principal Consultant | Akleman, Chen | M.S. | 1998 |
| Christopher | Kocmoud | Texas Center for Applied Technology, Senior Systems Engineer | House | M.S. | 1997 |
| David | Hisanaga | Industrial Light & Magic, CG Supervisor | House | M.S. | 1996 |
| Michael | Ringham | Texas A&M University, Senior I.T. Manager/Adjunct Professor | House | M.S. | 1996 |
| Umakanth | Thumrugoti | House | M.S. | 1994 | |
| Evelyn | Wells | House | M.S. | 1994 | |
| Marcel | Santos | Intel, Pre-doctoral resident | Kalantari | Visiting M.S. | 2020 |
| Vismay | Modi | The University of Toronto, Ph.D. Student | Sueda | Visiting Ph.D. | 2019 |
Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| CSCE 441 | Computer Graphics | Kalantari, Keyser, Schaefer, Sueda |
| CSCE 443 / VIST 487 | Game Development | Schaefer, Sueda |
| CSCE 446/650 / VIST 477 / VIZA 677 | Virtual Reality | McNamara |
| CSCE 447/679 / VIST 476 / VIZA 676 | Data Visualization | Keyser, McNamara |
| CSCE 448/748 | Computational Photography | Kalantari |
| CSCE 450/689 | Computer Animation | Sueda |
| CSCE 489/689 | Computational Fabrication | Sueda |
| CSCE 620 | Computational Geometry | Chen |
| CSCE 641 / VIZA 672 | Computer Graphics | Keyser, Li, Schaefer |
| CSCE 645 / VIZA 675 | Geometric Modeling | Keyser, Schaefer, Wang |
| CSCE 646 / VIZA 654 | Digital Image | Akleman |
| CSCE 647 / VIZA 656 | Image Synthesis | Akleman |
| CSCE 648 / VIZA 657 | Computer Aided Sculpting | Akleman |
| CSCE 649 / VIZA 659 | Physically Based Modeling | Keyser |
| CSCE 689 | Deep Learning for Computer Graphics | Kalantari |
| CSCE 689 | Digital Fabrication Studio | Kim |
| CSCE 689 | Machine Learning Methods in 3D Computer Vision and Graphics | Wang |
| CSCE 689 | Vision Foundation Models | Zhang |
| CSCE 689 / VIZA 679 | Advanced Topics in Physically Based Modeling | Keyser |