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Dr. Blue received his B.S. in Bioengineering from Texas A&M University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1995 and 1997, respectively. His research concentration at RPI involved real-time reconstruction algorithms for three-dimensional electrical impedance imaging, parallel programming techniques, and high performance computing platforms.

After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Blue joined the Computer Graphics and Visualization Program at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, where he focused on developing innovative technology solutions in the area of industrial visualization, principally for GE Aircraft Engines. This work included developing automated path planning and haptic path planning techniques for maintainability analysis and the development of a virtual reality system and automated sequencing algorithms for determining assembly and disassembly sequences for service applications.

Since joining Kitware, Dr. Blue has primarily worked on projects involving 3D structured light systems for reconstructing 3D environments, including automatic system calibration and mapping of 2D data onto the 3D surface.  Dr. Blue has also continued his contribution in the field of haptics, developing a training application (for maintenance of aircraft engines) utilizing dual haptic devices.  More recently, he has worked with Dr. Law and Dr. Schroeder and researchers at Harvard on the Connectome project (http://iic.harvard.edu/projects/connectome.html), developing an application for visualizing and analyzing very large datasets (on the order of terabytes) from high-resolution microscopy.


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