Kenyon - BriefBio

Brief Summary

Dr. Kenyon received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, in 1970, a M.S. degree in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago, in 1972, and a Ph.D. in Physiological Optics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978. From 1978 to 1979 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1979, he was hired as an assistant professor the Department in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. In 1985, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In 1986, he accepted a position as Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During the summer of 1995, he was a visiting assistant professor at Wright State University and a visiting research associate at Wright-Patterson's Human Research Laboratory. On July 1, 2001, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was split into two newly created departments: the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As an interdisciplinary scientist whose expertise spans many disciplines, Dr. Kenyon joined the Department of Computer Science to foster his work on human computer interaction. From 2000-2002 he was a visiting Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. In 2006, was a visiting Research Associate at the College de France, Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, working with Prof. Alain Berthoz.

Professional Experience

2007-Present	University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Computer Science; Professor.
2007-Present	University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Bioengineering; Adjunct Professor.
2007-Present	Northwestern Medical School, Northwestern University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adjunct Professor.
2001-2007	University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Computer Science; Associate Professor.
2004-2007	University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Bioengineering; Adjunct Associate Professor.
2004-2007	Northwestern Medical School, Northwestern University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adjunct Associate Professor.
2006	College de France, Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Visiting Associate Professor, January - August.
2000-2003	University of Washington, Department of Industrial Engineering, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Visiting Associate Professor.
1996	Summer Research Associate at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
1996	Summer Research Associate at Wright-State Univ., Dayton, OH.
1986-2001	University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Associate Professor.
1985-1986	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Associate Professor.
1979-1986	Joint appointment: Whitaker Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School-MIT Joint Programs.
1979-1985	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Assistant Professor.

Consulting

1979	University of Dayton: Consultant on Eye Movement technology applied to Flight Simulation.
1980-1983	State University of New York: Consultant on real-time computers applied to human experimentation.
1982	Ad Hoc Advisor on Airlift, USAF Military Airlift Command: Visual factors associated with air refueling.
1982-1984	HH Aerospace Design: Consultant on Flight Simulator Imaging technology.
1985-1987	Environmental Tectonics Corp.: Consultant on performance measures of Pilots in high-g centrifuge environment.
1985-1987	Applied Sciences Laboratory: Consultant on Flight Simulator Display Technology.
1985-1988	Director/Instructor of M.I.T. Summer course on: Fundamentals of Flight Simulation (for Industry/Government Professionals). Course taught with two other faculty.
1990	USAF School of Aerospace Medicine: Workshop on manual control methods and visual research; real-time data acquisition systems.
1990	Advanced Data Systems: Consultant for NFS report on thirty year projection of US computer needs and uses in science and industry.
1990-Present	Legal Consultant on: Engineering, Computers, and Graphics.
1996	USAF Armstrong Aerospace Med. Res. Lab, Wright-Patterson, AFB, OH
1999-Present	General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, Mi: Perception in Surround-Screen Stereoscopic Display Systems
2000-2003	Eastman Kodak Co., Human Factors in Virtual Environments.
	Wright State University, Department of ECS, Dayton, OH.

Awards and Fellowships

1971-1972	Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago & University of Illinois Chicago Circle; Research Assistant.
S: 1973	Smith Kettlewell Institute of Visual Science; Research Assistant.
1973-1979	Pre-doctoral Trainee, National Institutes of Health.
1978-1979	Post Doctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health.
1975-1979	Assistant Director of Neuro-optometry Clinic, School of Optometry, Berkeley.
1978-1979	University of California, San Francisco; Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Research Assistant.
S: 1979	Fellow, Faculty Research Program, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
S: 1979	Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education; Summer Faculty Research Fellow.
2001	External Team Member: Innovation Achievement Award, Eastman Kodak Co.

Education

University of California, Berkeley	1973-1978	Ph.D.	Physiological Optics
University of Illinois, Chicago	1971-1972	M.S.	Bioengineering
University of Rhode Island, Kingston	1966-1971	B.S.	Electrical Engineering

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