David E. Breen
Associate Professor
Geometric Biomedical Computing Group
Computer Science Department and School of Biomedical Engineering,
College of Engineering Science and Health Systems
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office : 114 University Crossings
I am affiliated with the
I collaborate with three groups at Drexel:
I am currently on the Program Committee of
My interests are evident in the research that I have conducted to date.
These projects include the tessellation of complex surfaces with Steiner patches,
development of an object-oriented modeling and animation system, computational
animation techniques, deformable meshes for volume segmentation,
a particle-based model for simulating cloth drape, fitting cloth models to 3D
shapes, collision detection for augmented reality, multiresolution mesh
extraction, parallel volume rendering, 3D scan conversion techniques,
level set models for 3D metamorphosis, volume segmentation and surface
editing, stochastic geometry for displacement mapping,
contour-based surface reconstruction, network/graph visualization,
simulation of chemotaxis-based
cell aggregation/sorting, interactive free-form level set modeling,
shape analysis of biomedical images and self-organizing geometric primitives.
I am currently involved in five research projects:
My research is funded by
the National Science Foundation,
the US Army Research, Development &
Engineering Command - CERDEC,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and Drexel University.
Office # :
Dept. # :
FAX # : (215) 895-0545
david AT cs.drexel.edu
Here is some news about my latest
US
patent and
NSF grants:
CAREER Award and
Interactive Level Set Modeling.
PhD student Kurt Swanson and Dr. David Breen win VX Corporation
Idea Award at CAD '09 Conference.
My PhD student Manolya Eyiyurekli spent Summer 2009
working at Dreamworks Animation.
Check out
"Level
Set Morphing Goes to Hollywood!"
Math Images Project and the
ACIN Program.
the
Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine,
the
Computer Graphics International 2010 Conference,
the
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics,
the
2010 Symposium on Geometry Processing
and
the
2010 International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications.
I am a General Submissions Juror for the SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference.
Teaching
Previous Teaching Links
The central focus of my research is 3D geometry.
I am exploring and developing the methodologies needed for specifying the
shape of 3D objects, and the algorithms needed to process, animate and analyze
these shapes. The second component frequently found in my research is
physics-based modeling. This work revolves around using physics and
dynamic simulation to solve geometric and animation problems. Additionally,
I am fascinated by dynamic processes that aggregate small-scale, local
interactions to produce large-scale, macroscopic behavior and structures.
I am also interested in the application of geometric modeling and analysis.
These applications include computer-aided design, computer animation,
segmentation, medical image analysis, scientific visualization and simulation.
Research Interests
More Information
Geometric Biomedical Computing
Geometric Modeling
Large Data Visualization
Augmented Reality
Computer Animation
Selected Publications
Selected Ray-Traced Images
My book,
Cloth Modeling and Animation,
(co-edited with
Donald House) is
available from AK Peters!
Current Students
Former Drexel Students
Conference Information
Personal Links
Last modified on June 27, 2010.