Department of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor
Director, Virtual Reality Applications Center

1620 Howe
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2649
e-mail: oliveriastate.edu

Education
Michigan State University, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1986
Michigan State University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1981
Union College, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1979

Areas of Interest
Design and manufacturing process automation using:
Geometric modeling
Computer graphics
Visualization
Simulation
Optimization
Virtual reality
Human computer interaction

Recent Publications
Perry L. Miller and James H. Oliver. “Extensible Architecture For Geometric-Model Database Translation.” In ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Chicago, Illinois USA. September 2-6, 2003. ASME Paper No. DETC2003/CIE-48235.

A. Sannier, B. Walter, J. Knutzon, and J. Oliver, "Command and Control in Distributed Mission Training - An Immersive Approach", NATO Conference on Critical Design Issues for the Human-Machine Interface, Prague, to appear, May 2003

P.L. Miller and J.H. Oliver, "B-Spline Representation of Non-linear Geometric Relationships for Closed-Form Coordinate Mapping," in review ASME transactions, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

P.L. Miller and J.H. Oliver, "Geometric Basis for General Turbomachinery Blade Design," in review ASME transactions, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

S.F. Chen, J.H. Oliver, and D. Fernandez-Baca, "A Fast Algorithm for Planning Collision-Free Paths with Rotations," Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 120, pp. 52-57, March 1998