Interim Dean
School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Texas A&M University
timm@tamu.edu
US

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Tim McLaughlin

Tim McLaughlin is Interim Dean of the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts at Texas A&M University. He was the founding Head of the Department of Visualization (2008-2020). Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M University, Tim worked in the visual effects and animation industries for thirteen years. At Industrial Light & Magic his work focused on digital creature development including rigging, deformations, dynamics, and production workflow on large feature film projects. His credit list includes 15 theatrically released feature films including ‘Star Wars: Episode I’, ‘War of the Worlds’, ‘Van Helsing’ and ‘Mars Attacks!’.

At Texas A&M, Tim’s research interests focus on increasing the breadth and diversity of the visual computing workforce, broadening use of virtual production techniques across industries, developing systems for real-time collaborative design, perception-based animation and evidence-based methods for determining the most effective visual fidelity for education, training, and simulation. He teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and supervises both research thesis and MFA works. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Visual Effects Society, and is an ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneer.

More information is available at: Tim McLaughlin | LinkedIn.