TIM HOLT

... currently a senior faculty research assistant in the Dept. of Forest Science
... at OSU since 1985, including a number of years on the COAS research ship R/V Wecoma developing data acquisition and visualization software.

... for several years worked in the entertainment games industry for Valve Software, known for their games Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike.

... now concentrates his work in the area of "Serious Games" - the applications of game ideas and technologies to non-entertainment subjects.  

... has been a speaker, guest lecturer and consultant in the "Serious Games" area for several years now, merging together two rather disparate work experiences into a single field of research and development.

... co-PI on the GNNViz forest visualization project.
("innovative, 3-D, interactive, and immersive techniques for visualizing, querying, and understanding regional maps of forest vegetation, fuels, and fire risk")