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Tim Wilbers

Professor Emeritus

Emeritus

College of Arts and Sciences: Art and Design

Contact

Email: Tim Wilbers
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Degrees

  • MFA, Photography, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), 1981
  • M.A., Art Education, The Ohio State University, 1974
  • B.A., Art Education, The Ohio State University, 1972

Profile

Tim Wilbers taught at the University of Dayton starting in 1983, covering all levels from introductory courses to senior capstone courses primarily in the Photography area of the Department of Art and Design.

He has been an academic advisor starting in 1980 and continued departmental advising until July 2007 when he became attached to the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as an Assistant Dean. He has returned to full-time teaching as an Associate Professor within the Department of Art and Design at the University of Dayton.

Tim has a Bachelor of Art Education degree from The Ohio State University with a major in Art Education, a Master of Arts degree from The Ohio State University, also with a major in Art Education, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a major in Photography.

His areas of expertise are in digital imaging and 3-dimensional computer modeling and animation. He began working with digital imaging in 1986 and 3D computer modeling and animation on a professional basis in 1988. He started teaching digital imaging and photography courses in 1988, offering courses in 3D and developing a program for digital artists in 1992. He was a forum assistant and moderator for Autodesk's 3ds max Discussion Web-Board from 2003 to 2015.

Professional activities

  • Member ACM SIGGRAPH

Research interests

  • 3D computer graphics
  • Digital Photography: Multiple Panoramic Assemblages

Selected publications

Article and web-page illustration: "Technology Review: Autodesk 3ds Max 9," by Mike de la Flor, Studio Monthly, Access Intelligence LLC, 2007.

Technical Editor: 3ds max 8 Fundamentals, by Ted Boardman, ISBN 0-321-41253-2, 398 pages, 2006.

Technical Editor: 3ds max 7 Fundamentals, by Ted Boardman, ISBN 0-321-32138-3, 544 pages, 2005.

Technical Editor: 3ds max 6 Fundamentals, by Ted Boardman, ISBN 0-7357-1385-5, 2004.