Kent Stevens, PhD, Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon
One of the highlights of Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries is a 60-foot-long, life-size model of an Apatosaurus skeleton mounted before a screen that shows the animal morphing before your very eyes. This interactive station is based on the DinoMorph computer program, created by Stevens and his colleagues. The program visualizes dinosaur skeletons, using biomechanics and kinematics to reconstruct their posture and movements. DinoMorph was first used to determine how the great sauropod dinosaurs held their necks, changing the scientific view on how they fed. Now many other questions are being addressed using digital models, where articulated skeletons are revealing new information about overall posture, flexibility, and characteristic movements of dinosaurs. Join Stevens for a fascinating evening about how he used DinoMorph to create the stunning Apatosaurus and how new discoveries are bringing dinosaurs alive.
Wednesday, December 10
7:00 p.m.
Phipps IMAX Theater; use IMAX evening entrance
$12 member, $15 nonmember
