Origin
This project began as a product of The Brown University Center for Computer Graphics
and Scientific Visualization's outreach program. In 1996 the first version of
this page was created as part of a summer outreach project for teachers.
In the summer of 1997 the page was expanded to include the work of the high school
students in Mr. Rusconi’s 3D modeling classes. During the 1997-1998 academic year the
Virtual Cell Web Page team developed into its current form.
This project represents a multidisciplinary collaboration between students in
Science, Computer Graphics, and World Language Classes at
Coyle and Cassidy High School
in Taunton Massachusetts. The students in advanced science
classes design models and create the written text that will accompany them
on the web. The 3D computer graphics students take these specifications
and develop the models. Finally the world language students translate the text.
Mentor teachers monitor the process and guide the development
of the models. Collegiate level content experts review the models for accuracy.
In April of 1998 the project received a $10,000.00 grant from
CESAME (the
Center for the Enhancement of Science and Math Education). This made possible
the hiring of a team of students and to assemble the web page
that you see today.
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Acknowledgments
A project of this size is only possible through the efforts of many individuals
and many institutions.
Coyle and Cassidy High School
Teachers:
- Mr. Jim Rusconi - Project Leader, Model Development Coordinator
- Mr. Alec Burt - Physics Content Coordinator, HTML and Streaming Video Consultant
- Dr. Donna Boyle - Chemistry Content Coordinator
- Sr. Mary Catherine Burns - Math Content Coordinator
- Mr. Juan Decarlo - World Language Consultant
- Mr. Ted Cotter - Biology Content Coordinator
Student developers:
- Mr. Charles Berube- Web Master
- Mr. Andrew Maguire - Hardware Specialist
Model development team:
- Mr. John Manganaro
- Mr. Chris (Bud) Mastrangelo
- Mr. Eric Domuczicz
- Mr. Mike Ribiero
- Mr. John Besse
Additional model development:
Brown University:
- Dr. Andries Van Damm
- Ms. Ann Spalter
CESAME:
Software:
The models and animations here were created using
Caligari Corporation's
trueSpace3 3D modeling software. Most of the artwork here was created using
Adobe
Photoshop, Illustrator and Photodelux. The animated GIFs were constructed using
The GIF Construction Set from Alchemy Mindworks
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Copyright (1998):
All the models and animation included on these pages belong to the Virtual Cell Web Page.