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Erik Brunvand University of Utah American Speaker Panel 2 |
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Erik Brunvand is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He has been a faculty member since 1990 after receiving his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. As a computer scientist his research interests are related to the architecture of computers (the detailed design of the internal organization of the computing hardware), and the integrated circuits that are used to build computers. He and his students have explored asynchronous circuit and system design, software tools used in the design and implementation of computer systems, and new architectures for computer graphics processors that support ray tracing, a technique for highly realistic image rendering. He teaches courses in computer design, digital circuits, and integrated circuit design. As an artist he is a co-founder of Saltgrass Printmakers, a not-for-profit printmaking studio and gallery in Salt Lake City, Utah. Saltgrass Printmakers is an open-access studio that features equipment and supplies for almost all printmaking processes. The goals of Saltgrass Printmakers are to provide educational programs, open community access to professional printmaking facilities, collaborative and individual opportunities for fine art printmakers, and to engage the community to increase the appreciation and understanding of printmakers' art. Professor Brunvand's prints have been shown in a variety of local, national, and international venues. He has also organized two previous panels at the Southern Graphics Council (SGC) conferences in 2007 (Kansas City) and 2009 (Chicago). His current collaboration with Alison Denyer involves making prints at a micro-scale by printing on the surface of silicon integrated circuits (ICs). The images are made using multiple layers of metal interconnection materials on the IC surface which are separated by silicon dioxide insulation. The resulting images range from 100 to 500 microns (millionths of a meter) on a side and includes lines as fine a 0.5 microns. A microscope is required for viewing the prints. Web sites: www.SaltgrassPrintmakers.org,www.cs.utah.edu/~elb email: ebrunvand@hotmail.com |
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