Project Collaborators and Sponsors

The Virtual Creatures project is a multidisciplinary research effort being coordinated by the Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT) Group and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Our research group consists of educators, researchers, and graduate students who have a wide range of expertise in the fields of education, computer science, engineering, bioinformatics, biomechanics, animation and design. Middle school and high school students have also contributed in the development of appropriate design for educational tools. Here's a list of our collaborators with links when available:

• Lawrence Berkeley National Lab -- William Johnston (Computing Sciences): 3D Visualization of frog anatomy
• General Electric Computer Research and Development -- Bill Lorenson : Visualization Toolkit (VTK) developer
• Duke University Medical Center -- Allan Johnson: Director, Center for In Vivo Microscopy
• Stanford University Human Biology (HumBio) Department -- Ellen Porzig and Craig Heller
• Stanford Biomechanical Engineering -- Dennis Carter
• Local Primary and Secondary Schools:
  • Carlmont High School
  • Corte Madera Middle School
  • Egan School
  • Gunn High School
  • Hillsborough City School District
  • Lincoln High School
  • Menlo-Atherton High School
  • Roosevelt Middle School
  • Skyline High School
  • Westmore High School

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Partial funding by NSF Grant number CDA 9616441