HR: 0800h
AN: ED41A-03    [Abstracts]
TI: 3D Immersive Visualization: An Educational Tool in Geosciences
AU: * Pérez-Campos, N
EM: nahump@gmail.com
AF: Departamento de Ingeniería Geofísica, División de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Cárdenas-Soto, M
EM: martinc@servidor.unam.mx
AF: Departamento de Ingeniería Geofísica, División de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Juárez-Casas, M
EM: mjuarezc@pep.pemex.com
AF: Petróleos Mexicanos, Circuito Interior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Castrejón-Pineda, R
EM: rcastr@cancun.fi-a.unam.mx
AF: Departamento de Ingeniería Geofísica, División de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
AB: 3D immersive visualization is an innovative tool currently used in various disciplines, such as medicine, architecture, engineering, video games, etc. Recently, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) mounted a visualization theater (Ixtli) with leading edge technology, for academic and research purposes that require immersive 3D tools for a better understanding of the concepts involved. The Division of Engineering in Earth Sciences of the School of Engineering, UNAM, is running a project focused on visualization of geoscience data. Its objective is to incoporate educational material in geoscience courses in order to support and to improve the teaching-learning process, especially in well-known difficult topics for students. As part of the project, proffessors and students are trained in visualization techniques, then their data are adapted and visualized in Ixtli as part of a class or a seminar, where all the attendants can interact, not only among each other but also with the object under study. As part of our results, we present specific examples used in basic geophysics courses, such as interpreted seismic cubes, seismic-wave propagation models, and structural models from bathymetric, gravimetric and seismological data; as well as examples from ongoing applied projects, such as a modeled SH upward wave, the occurrence of an earthquake cluster in 1999 in the Popocatepetl volcano, and a risk atlas from Delegación Alvaro Obregón in Mexico City. All these examples, plus those to come, constitute a library for students and professors willing to explore another dimension of the teaching-learning process. Furthermore, this experience can be enhaced by rich discussions and interactions by videoconferences with other universities and researchers.
UR: http:www.ingenieria.unam.mx/~visualizacion3D/index.html
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly