Eliot Winer

Affiliation

Iowa State University

Biography

Eliot Winer, Ph.D., is the director of the VRAC Research Center, a professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering (main), Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy), the Department of Aerospace Engineering (courtesy), and a faculty member of the Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program at Iowa State University. His research interests include large-scale collaborative design methods; analysis, visualization, and interaction with large data sets (i.e. “Big Data”); multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization; computer-aided design and graphics; and extended reality (XR) for use in engineering design and manufacturing. Dr. Winer has over 25 years of experience working in virtual reality and 3D computer graphics technologies on sponsored projects for John Deere, the Boeing Company, the Department of the Army, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NSF, Department of Energy, the Federal Highway Administration, the FAA, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. He is also a co-founder of three startup companies, the latest being BodyViz.com.