Computer Graphics Technology Department

Where technical meets creative

Expanding the boundaries of technology and creativity.

department of Computer Graphics Technology

Our career-ready majors touch all aspects of computer graphics, from animation to scientific visualization, and from user experience to game studies. Research projects on these topics push the boundaries of how the medium can be used, while the variety of degree options to prepare students to be practitioners and managers in an array of computer graphics-related careers.

EXPLORE OUR MAJORS

UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS

GRADUATE MAJORS

FEATURED FACULTY

James Mohler

Associate Vice President for Scientific Integrity and Research Compliance, RIO, & Professor

Vetria Byrd

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head

Jeffery Kesselman

Assistant Professor

Tim McGraw

Associate Professor

IN THE NEWS

CGT professor, colleagues awarded $7.5M NSF Center of Excellence grant for science gateways

An effort to facilitate collaboration and research related to cyberinfrastructure (CI) has been awarded $7.5 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The effort was conceived by a...

CGT professor selected for Just Tech Fellowship

Rua Williams, assistant professor of user experience design, has been selected for the Social Science Research Council’s inaugural Just Tech Fellowship.

Jiahui Dong, graduate research assistant in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology, discusses his research project "CryoVR - Virtual Reality Augmented CryoEM Training"

Student researchers present Holistic Safety and Security projects at spring poster session

Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue Polytechnic presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s...

Parsons receives first NSF CAREER award in Purdue’s Department of Computer Graphics Technology

Paul Parsons, assistant professor of computer graphics technology, earned the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. He is the first CAREER...

Purdue Polytechnic's Future Work and Learning research impact area

Future Work and Learning research projects focus on all human-technology interactions

Since 2018, Purdue Polytechnic faculty have been collaborating to explore the intersection between learning and work within the context of technology. Through new approaches to education and...

The Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment, known as I-GUIDE, will help researchers better estimate and predict risk and anticipate impacts from natural disasters or climate change.

CGT professor, colleagues awarded $15 million geospatial science research grant

Purdue Polytechnic’s Vetria Byrd and a multidisciplinary research team received a five-year $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish I-GUIDE, a new...

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