Scott Meador is the Chief Engineer of Channel 6
and a lecturer for the department. For Channel 6
he manages the facilities and all on-air production.
Courses taught include Mass Communications Practices
and Processes, Broadcast Journalism Production II,
Visual Effects at the undergraduate and graduate
level, and Digital Design. Scott's research interests
are in graphics for live events including broadcast
and theatrical productions, and show control and
automation for television and live events.
Scott has also done
several lighting and scenic designs for theatrical
productions, and he freelances for a video production
company in Nasville, TN called
emagination-media.
See some of Scott's work here.
Academic Appointments
Lecturer/Chief Engineer – Fall
2004 to present
Department of Mass
Communication and Theatre
University
of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Application Engineer (Media Specialist) – Spring
2003 to Summer 2004
Envision Center for
Data Perceptualization
.5 FTE shared with
faculty appointment
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN
Assistant Professor – Fall 2000 to Spring 2004
Department of Computer
Graphics Technology
.5 FTE from Spring
2003 to Spring 2004
Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN
Visiting Professor – Spring
2000
Department of Computer Graphics Technology
Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN
Work Experience, Freelance Media Designer/Developer
Since 1998 Scott has performed the roles of designer,
project supervisor, and/or technical director for
computer graphics and video media for live events
including concerts for Metallica, Tim McGraw and
Faith Hill, industrial shows for Lucent Technologies
and Avaya Communications, and other live events
such as the Robin Hood Foundation’s annual
fundraiser and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony. He has also worked on several design
visualization projects for universities, professional
architects and consultants.
The
majority of the projects involved multimedia shows
that included live cameras and switching, large projection
and/or LED screens, theatrical lighting systems,
and video playback. Other notable projects were developing
virtual scenery for two promotional videos.
Florida Medical Association Physicians Associates
CAPS+ Promotional Video. Virtual scenery, graphics
design. 2005
LeafProof Promotional Video. Virtual scenery and
3D animations. 2004
Design Visualizations: H.L. Mohler and
Associates, Architecture and Interior Design, Lafayette,
IN. 1998-2003
Batman Dark Tomorrow: Digital Fauxtograpy. 3D animated
cut scenes. 2002
Civil Engineering Building Visualization Promotional
Video: Purdue University. 3D animations.
2001
Country Music Association (CMA) Fan Fair,
Promotional Video, Nashville, TN. Graphics design.
2001
Achiever’s Club
Annual Meeting: Avaya Communications. Graphics
coordination and design, 3D animation.
2000-2001
Metallica Summer Sanitarium Tour. Graphics design,
Assistant Video Director. 2000
Soul to Soul Tour - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. 3D
animations for IMAG screens. 2000
In-House Freelance Designer and 3D Animator;
MooTV. Nashville, TN (2000)
Robin Hood Foundation Fund Raiser, New
York, NY. 3D animation, Assistant Video Editor,
Assistant Video Director. 2000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Video
Director for on-stage video wall, graphics
coordinator. 2000
Achiever’s Club
Meeting: Lucent Technologies. Graphics
coordination and design, 3D animation.
1999-2000
Purdue Musical Organization's 1999 Christmas
Show: Purdue University. Video Projections designer,
3D animation.
Tim McGraw Tour. Contributed projections design.
1999
Robin Hood Foundation Fund Raiser, New
York, NY. 3D animation, Assistant Video Director.
1999
Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony,
Berkeley, CA. Graphics design, Assistant Video
Director. 1999
Purdue Musical Organization's 1998 Christmas
Show: Purdue University. Theatrical scenic design,
projections design, Scenic charge artist.
Princeton High School Auditorium Renovation
Project: Princeton, IL, High School District. 3D
renderings for publication. 1997
Related Work Experience (Employee)
Associate
of Jones & Phillips Associates,
Inc., Theatre Architecture Consultants, Lafayette,
IN (1997) - Responsible for CG architectural
and lighting visualizations, programming of architectural
lighting systems as well as CADD drafting.
Certifications and Training
Discreet 3ds Max Certified
Instructor (2001 – 2004)
Professional Trainer of Kaydara Motion
Builder (2002)
Professional Training of Discreet Combustion
(2001)
Grants
University Research Council Grant (2006) “Development
of a Real-Time 3D Virtual Scenery and Show Control
System.” $7355.77.
Digital Content Development Grant (2003) “Development
of a multilingual adaptive distance-learning instructional
delivery system," $16,654.99. PI Carlos
Morales, Co-PIs W. Scott Meador and Dr. Robert
Ogles
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.
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.
Total grant worth $2,860,000.00
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.” Total
grant worth $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). Total grant worth $210,000.00
Invited Presentations and Lectures
Motion Capture Distinguished Lecture Series, The
Ohio State University (2004) – Presented
ongoing motion capture applied research happening
at Purdue in February.
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. Mixed Reality Dance: Collaborative Development
of Live Motion Capture in a Performing Arts Environment.
ACM: Computers in Entertainment.
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)
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 Component Technology. Information
Visualization. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE
Computer Society.
Bozell, D., Cory, C., Meador, W.S. (2000). Comparison
of Architectural Modeling. Proceedings of The
International Association of Science and Technology
for Development, Cancun, Mexico.
Poster Presentations, Panels, Sketches and
Applications, and Workshops
Meador, W.S., O’Neal, K., Kurt, E. (2003).
Collaborating: Virtual Technology and Motion Capture
with Theatrical Dance. Sketches and Applications.
SIGGRAPH annual conference.
Meador, W.S., Madhavan, K. (2003). Leveraging Super
Computing Resources for Digital Content Creation.
Poster session presented at the annual Mid-Western
conference. EDUCAUSE, Chicago, IL.
Meador, W.S., Jones, R. (2001). Panel; Using Computer
Generated Projections as Scenery. United States Institute
for Theatre Technology (USITT), Long Beach, California.
Morales, C., Meador, W.S. (2001), Workshop; Creating
Custom Dynamic Distance Learning Solutions. Information
Resources Management Association (IRMA), Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Activities and Honors
James D. Dwyer Outstanding Undergraduate
Teaching Award for the School of Technology (2003),
Purdue University. Students within each department
select nominees for the award then a School committee
chooses the winner. $1000.00 cash award
James D. Dwyer Outstanding Undergraduate
Teaching Award for Computer Graphics Technology
(2002), Purdue University. Students
within each department select nominees for the
award.
Honorable Mention (2001) – AV
Multimedia Producer magazine’s “New
Age” awards for imagery created for the Avaya
Communications Achiever’s Club annual meeting
Interdisciplinary Projects
“The Life of an Umbrella” -
Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, VPA
Dance, VPA Theatre (2003 – 04) – Design
and implementation of a live motion capture performance
that includes motion-driven audio, large-scale
projection, optical motion capture, and real-time
image post processing
“The Art of the Fugue” - Envision
Center for Data Perceptualization, CGT, Purdue
Convocations, VPA Theatre, Misha Films, Besen Productions,
New Century Saxophone Quartet (2003- 04) – Design
and implementation of projected video-based scenery
for the New Century Saxophone Quartet’s touring
performance of Bach’s “The Art of the
Fugue.” Research areas include real-time
imagery and video show control.
“100d11A0N1C00E1” - Computer
Graphics Technology, VPA Dance (2002 – 03) – Design
and implementation of two live motion-capture performances. The
larger show used three projection screens, a Grass
Valley 3000 switcher, and three networked computers
to generate the imagery in real-time. Presented
at 2003 SIGGRAPH Sketches & Applications
DRE – HPC - Envision Center for Data
Perceptualization, IT@P, CGT (2003) – Digital
Rendering Environment – High Performance
Classroom. Development of a campus-wide distributed
3D rendering system for student and faculty use. Distributes
rendering jobs for Pixar’s RenderMan, Maya
native renderer, and 3ds max native renderer.
9/11 Pentagon Simulation - Envision Center
for Data Perceptualization, Computer Science, Civil
Engineering (2002 - 03) – Visualization/simulation
of the airline crash into the Pentagon on the 11th
of September 2001. Art Director and lead
animator on the project. Executed all renderings
and animations of the exterior shots. Processed
all imagery produced for print and video delivery. Received
international attention via news broadcasts in
the US and UK, submitted to 2003 SIGGRAPH, published
IEEE Visualization paper, will be included in an
upcoming Discovery Channel program
The Creature. Purdue Theatre, CGT, HLMC
(2000) – Designed the final scene of
the play, managed the graphics implementation of the
other designer’s work, managed a student group
in the creation of video projected imagery for the
production, as well as coordinated the use of Audio/Video
equipment from the Elliott Hall of Music (HLMC) on
the Purdue University Campus.
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