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• Information Fusion
• Congestion in Facilities Location and Layout
• Facility Layout (Re)Design
• Agile Manufacturing
• Real-Time Visualization
• Sensor Networks
• Facilities Design and Cellular Manufacturing
• Operations of Production Systems
• Variant Design
• IE 684: Networks, Routing, and Logistics
• IE 661: Scheduling Theory
• IE 620: Agile Manufacturing
• IE 505: Production Planning and Control
• IE 504: Facilities Design
• IE 500: Special Topics: Logistics and Supply-Chain Management
• IE 327: Facilities Design
• IE 320: Engineering Economy
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National Science Foundation
CISE Research Instrumentation: Establishment of a High Performance Real-Time Visualization Research Laboratory
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Design of a Virtual Factory using Single Cluster Analysis:
An interactive virtual factory test-bed was developed as a part of a research to explore the applications of Virtual Environments (VE) in the
area of manufacturing automation. This fully immersive factory built with special attention to details consists of a set of modular machines
that a designer can drag and place in the factory to study issues such as plant layout, clusters and part flow analysis. Several computational
issues of developing such factories including the scene graph structures, frame based intersection detection and visual realism for creating a
reliable virtual interface was investigated in this project. Finally single cluster analysis algorithm was implemented as an example of
applying traditional factory design methods in developing virtual factories of the future. The entire simulation and visualization was
possible because of the CISE research instrumentation grant.
Development of a driving simulator for evaluating human performance under inclement weather conditions:
A virtual reality based driving simulator is under development under funding from the Honda Research Initiation grant (HIG98). This
simulator is being developed using the SGI ONYX2 purchased with the CISE Research Initiation Grant. The simulator has been interfaced
with a driving console which was integrated with a dynamic bicycle model of an automobile and can simulate realistic driving conditions
such as sliding on a icy road, driving under bad weather conditions such as snow and fog etc.
Modeling of human abdomen
Accurate models of human body tissues and organs have tremendous applications in the medical field. Virtual environments are
increasingly being used as research tools in medicine. In this project we are developing a virtual environment model of human abdomen
and other internal organs with physically based techniques. These virtual environment simulations will allow researchers to study the
behavior of human organs and to develop large databases of organ characteristics. A three-dimensional viewing and interaction capability
is also being developed to make it possible for physicians to practice many medical procedures without ever touching a patient. The general
goal of this project is to develop a Virtual Reality based diagnostic system for medical examination of the abdomen. We are currently
investigating various data structures and real time visualization algorithms. Physically based modeling will enable haptic interface to our
environment.
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Investigators:
Dr. T. Kesavadas, Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
318 Jarvis Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
U.S.A.
Telephone: (716) 645-2593
FAX: (716) 645-3875
E-mail: kesh@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. Raj Acharya, Professor and Head
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
218 Pond Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802-6106
U.S.A.
Telephone: (814) 865-9505
FAX: (814) 865-3176
E-mail: acharya@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. Chrsitina Bloebaum, Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
318 Jarvis Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
U.S.A.
Telephone: (716) 645-2593
FAX: (716) 645-3875
E-mail: clb@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. Rakesh Nagi, Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
342 Bell Hall Box 602050
Buffalo, NY 14260-2050
U.S.A.
Telephone: (716) 645-2357
FAX: (716) 645-3302
E-mail: nagi@eng.buffalo.edu
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