Ph.D. - Art Education
Ohio State University - 1981
Thomas Linehan
University Retirees - Arts Technology
Professional Preparation
M.A. - Art Education
Ohio State University - 1972
Ohio State University - 1972
B.A. - Fine Arts
Webster University - 1966
Webster University - 1966
Publications
Thomas E. Linehan, From Object to Object Transformed, ACM-SIGGRAPH Art Show Catalog, August 2006 2006 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, Far-Future Conflict Game, Massively Multiplayer On-Line Game Design Document, US Army Intelligence, Futures, Fort Monroe, VA., May 2006 2006 - Publication
Visual Proceedings, The Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of SIGGRAPH'93, Edited by Thomas E. Linehan, Computer Graphics Annual Conference Series, Association For Computing Machinery, (ACM), 1993, 240. 1993 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, Digital Image -- Digital Cinema, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 33, No. 7, July 1990, 30-37 1990 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, Computer Graphics: Opportunity for Artistic Vision, Journal of Art Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1983, 11-14 1983 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, and Guy Hubbard, Arcade Games, Mindstorms and Art Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1983, 18-20 1983 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, The City as an Electronic Game board, The Computing Teacher, Vol. 8, No. 7, 1981, 44-48 1981 - Publication
Thomas E. Linehan, The Interdisciplinary Curriculum Series, A set of twelve classroom simulation game books, Herder and Herder, New York, 1969 1969 - Publication
Appointments
Associate Director
Ohio State University [1982–1989]
Ohio State University [1982–1989]
Assistant Professor
Ohio State University [1981–1984]
Ohio State University [1981–1984]
Instructor
Ohio State University [1970–1981]
Ohio State University [1970–1981]
Projects
Socio-Cultural Training through Behavior Modeling in Interactive Games.
2009–2009 Thomas E. Linehan with Benjamin Jordan, Military Modeling Support Activity, INFORMS, San Diego, CAAdditional Information
Personal Statement
Dr. Thomas Linehan is currently the director of the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at UT Dallas. "UTD students are the smartest I've taught," he says. "Most of them write very well, so it gives me great hope that the stories of the future will come out of this generation. They've got good, fresh ideas. This university is a university for this century."
He has a background in both corporate management and educational administration. He has served as a college president, a corporate vice president, an associate dean, a research laboratory director, a professor and a public school teacher.
Most recently, he served as the president of The Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. There he directed successful ventures in: selective enrollment increases, consensus-based strategic planning, faculty governance reform, housing and instructional facilities construction, increased corporate collaboration, improved faculty/staff/student morale and the directed the best financial performance in the college's history.
As senior vice president of CRSS Architects, a world-wide design firm (400 architects and 15 offices), he managed a number of major corporate units and implemented CRSS' early entrance into advanced computer-based design and computer visualization. Dr. Linehan has experience in research and educational planning with the arts and technology.
He has developed several premiere degree programs in media arts technology. (Ohio State University's Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, Texas A&M University's Visualization Laboratory and The Ringling School of Art and Design's Computer Animation Program.)
Each of these programs provides an advanced computing environment in support of an industry-relevant education. Dr. Linehan has served as a consultant in the development of similar programs in The Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand and Canada.
News Articles
UTD Establishes One of the Few Motion Capture And Virtual Reality Laboratories in the Country
RICHARDSON, Texas (Jan. 18, 2005) — An interdisciplinary Motion Capture and Virtual Reality Laboratory for the digital recording of motion in 3-D spaces and creating virtual-reality environments has been established at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Expected to open late next month, it will be one of only a handful of facilities in the country to employ cutting-edge technologies to facilitate the study of human movement, which could spur advances in many disparate fields, including entertainment, education, military, medicine and numerous other research areas. A collaboration of UTD’s School of Arts and Humanities and the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, the state-of-the-art lab was funded by monies made available to UTD through a much-publicized economic-development agreement involving Texas Instruments, the State of Texas and the University of Texas System. Under the agreement, code-named “Project Emmitt,” the university is scheduled to receive an infusion of as much as $300 million in public and private funds to beef up its engineering and computer science programs.
UTD Establishes One of the Few Motion Capture And Virtual Reality Laboratories in the Country
RICHARDSON, Texas (Jan. 18, 2005) — An interdisciplinary Motion Capture and Virtual Reality Laboratory for the digital recording of motion in 3-D spaces and creating virtual-reality environments has been established at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Expected to open late next month, it will be one of only a handful of facilities in the country to employ cutting-edge technologies to facilitate the study of human movement, which could spur advances in many disparate fields, including entertainment, education, military, medicine and numerous other research areas. A collaboration of UTD’s School of Arts and Humanities and the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, the state-of-the-art lab was funded by monies made available to UTD through a much-publicized economic-development agreement involving Texas Instruments, the State of Texas and the University of Texas System. Under the agreement, code-named “Project Emmitt,” the university is scheduled to receive an infusion of as much as $300 million in public and private funds to beef up its engineering and computer science programs.
Computer Animation Visionary Dr. Tom Linehan Joins UTD as Professor, Director of New Institute for Interactive Arts and Technology
RICHARDSON, Texas (Jan. 10, 2002) - Dr. Thomas E. Linehan, a visionary in the field of computer animation, has joined The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) as a professor of aesthetic studies and director of UTD’s newly formed Institute for Interactive Arts and Technology.UTD’s School of Arts and Humanities and its Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science collaborated to create the institute, which will provide students an opportunity to learn about interactive advancements in the fields of communication, entertainment, education and training, as well as in scientific and medical applications.
Computer Animation Visionary Dr. Tom Linehan Joins UTD as Professor, Director of New Institute for Interactive Arts and Technology
RICHARDSON, Texas (Jan. 10, 2002) - Dr. Thomas E. Linehan, a visionary in the field of computer animation, has joined The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) as a professor of aesthetic studies and director of UTD’s newly formed Institute for Interactive Arts and Technology.UTD’s School of Arts and Humanities and its Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science collaborated to create the institute, which will provide students an opportunity to learn about interactive advancements in the fields of communication, entertainment, education and training, as well as in scientific and medical applications.
UTD Arts and Technology Program Hits the Road
RICHARDSON, Texas (June 21, 2005) — The Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) later this month will take its highly acclaimed program on the road — to the Mexican Research Center for Mathematics (known as CIMAT) in Guanajuato, Mexico — with a course in computer animation and Internet graphics.The class, which begins on June 27 and is scheduled to last six weeks, will focus on advanced animation techniques and Internet graphic methods. Students will be required to complete an interactive technology project and will have an opportunity to use UTD’s state-of-the-art animation software.
Dr. Thomas Linehan, who is a director of the UTD institute, along with Pablo Trinidad, a Ph.D. student in arts and technology, will lead the undergraduate-level program.