Bio: Dr. Gary R. Bertoline is the Dean of the College of Technology, Executive Director of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and a Distinguished Professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Computer & Information Technology at Purdue University. He earned his PhD at The Ohio State University and was on the faculty in the College of Engineering for 3 years before coming to Purdue University in 1990. From 1995 through 2002, Gary served as Department Head of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He also served 5-years as the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in the College of Technology before becoming dean of the college.

Gary led the development of the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization at Purdue University and served as its Director for 5 years. Gary also had a major role in the build-out of Purdue’s campus cyberinfrastructure while serving as Associate VP and Director of the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) that he co-founded. He recently co-founded the Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-MaC) as well as the Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University. The Polytechnic initiative is a major effort to transform the college’s curricula and learning experience for the students to prepare graduate for the 21st century requirements of industry and society.

He has authored numerous papers in journals and trade publications on engineering and computer graphics, computer-aided design, and visualization research. He has authored and co-authored seven text books in the areas of computer-aided design and engineering design graphics. Gary’s research interests are in scientific visualization, interactive immersive environments, distributed and grid computing, workforce education and STEM education.