Visit to George Washington University

Rae Earnshaw

Overview

• Visiting Associate Professor, Dept of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, George Washington University, Washington DC

• Host: Prof James D. Foley• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Foley

• Delivered modules in computer graphics

Background of Prof Earnshaw

• University of Leeds, UK – Russell Group

• Illinois Institute of Technology – private University, Chicago. IITRI

• Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

• George Washington University – private University –downtown DC – close by White House and NSF – Foggy Bottom – Dept of Electrical Eng and Computer Science

• 4 books with Professor Rogers at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA

• University of Bradford, Professor of Electronic Imaging• http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ei/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/staff-

profiles/profile/?u=raearnsh

• Glyndwr University, Professor of Creative Industries

Washington DC

Map of Washington DC

Map of Georgetown

George Washington University

GWUhttp://www.gwu.edu

• Chartered 1821

• Named after George Washington, 1st President of the USA, 1904

George Washington University

• Private University

• Located in downtown Washington DC close by the Kennedy Center, embassies, and a few blocks from the White House

• It also has an associated Medical Centre

• The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) was founded on October 1, 1884 as the Corcoran Scientific School of Columbian University

Located at Foggy Bottom

• Foggy Bottom is one of the oldest late 18th and 19th-century neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. The area is thought to have received the name because its riverside location made it susceptible to concentrations of fog and industrial smoke, an atmospheric trait that did not prevent the neighborhood from becoming the original location of the United States Naval Observatory.

• Foggy Bottom is west of downtown Washington, in the Northwest quadrant, bounded roughly by 17th Street to the east, Rock Creek Parkway to the west, Constitution Avenue to the south, and Pennsylvania Avenue to the north. Much of Foggy Bottom is occupied by the main campus of George Washington University (GW).

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Bottom

Virtual Tour, GWU

• http://virtualtour.gwu.edu/#UMAP_2013090592962

• Campus map -https://www.gwu.edu/sites/www.gwu.edu/files/downloads/map%20pad.pdf

Residence – Apartment,2501 Q Street NW, Georgetown

Q Street Bridge

FormerTurkish

Embassy

Rock Creek Park

Breakfast!Bread and Chocolate, 2301 M St NW – breakfasts and lunches

Lunch!

The White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Au RevoirBread and Chocolate, 2301 M St NW – breakfasts and lunches

Au Revoir – Walking Tour of Georgetown

Beall-Washington House30th and R Street, former home of Katherine Graham, owner Washington Post

References

Brief History of GWU• http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=A_Brief_Hist

ory_of_GWGeorge Washington University – history and overview, founded 1821• http://www.gwu.edu/gw-overviewHistoric Georgetown Walking Tour• http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/washington-dc-

tours/walking-tours/historic-georgetown/Georgetown Walking Tour• http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-

guides/washington-dc-walking-tour-1/Georgetown History• http://www.georgetowndc.com/explore/georgetown_histo

ry/

Visit to US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

USNAhttp://www.usna.edu/ho

mepage.php

Prof David F. Rogershttp://www.nar-associates.com/technical-flying/biodfr_web.html

Books subsequently produced by Rogers & Earnshaw with the assistance

of contributing authors• Rogers D.F. and Earnshaw R.A. (eds.) 1993, "State of the Art in Computer Graphics -

Aspects of Visualization", Springer-Verlag ISBN: 0-387-94164-9, pp. 253. http://www.amazon.com/State-Art-Computer-Graphics-Visualization/dp/0387941649

• Rogers D.F. and Earnshaw R.A. (eds.) 1991, "State of the Art in Computer Graphics -Visualization and Modelling", Springer-Verlag ISBN: 0-387-97560-8, pp. 368. http://www.amazon.com/State-Art-Computer-Graphics-Visualization/dp/0387975608

• Rogers D.F. and Earnshaw R.A. (eds.) 1990, "Computer Graphics Techniques -Theory and Practice", Springer-Verlag ISBN: 0-387-97237-4, pp. 542. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Graphics-Techniques-Theory-Practice/dp/0387972374

• Rogers D.F. and Earnshaw R.A. (eds.) 1987, "Techniques for Computer Graphics", Springer-Verlag ISBN: 3-540-96492-4, pp. 512. http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Computer-Graphics-David-Rogers/dp/0387964924