Publications

Journal and Magazine Articles

1. Virtual Reality as a Vehicle for Education in the Domain of Structural Building Systems C. J. Rodgers, J. Henschen, E. Shaffer, A. C. Sychterz Computers & Education, 2025
2. Crystal Vision: A Virtual Reality Game for Learning Materials Crystallography N. Tabassum, E. Shaffer, N. Garg Structural Dynamics, 2025
3. Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Materials Crystallography via Virtual Reality: Role of User Comfort and Game Design D. S. Bejjarapu, Y. Chen, J. Xu, E. Shaffer, N. Garg Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
4. Efficient Parallel Optimization of Volume Meshes on Heterogeneous Computing Systems Z. Cheng, E. Shaffer, R. Yeh, G. Zagaris, L. Olson Engineering with Computers, 2017
5. How Does the Connectivity of Open-framework Conglomerates within Multi-scale Hierarchical Fluvial Architecture Affect Oil-sweep Efficiency in Waterflooding? N. Gershenzon, M. Soltanian, R. Ritzi, D. Dominic, D. Keefer, E. Shaffer Geosphere, 2015
6. A Multiresolution Representation for Massive Meshes E. Shaffer, M. Garland IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2005
7. Real-Time Immersive Performance Visualization and Steering E. Shaffer, D. Reed ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Newsletter, 2000
8. Virtue: Immersive Performance Visualization of Parallel and Distributed Applications E. Shaffer, S. Whitmore, B. Schaeffer, D. Reed IEEE Computer, 1999

Conference Papers

1. Best Practices for Assessing Students' Programming Skills in the Era of Large Language Models I. Xu, M. Nowak, E. Shaffer ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER), 2026
2. Crystal Vision: An Interactive Video Game for Engineering Materials N. Tabassum, J. R. Amos, J. Henschen, E. G. Shaffer, N. Garg ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2026
3. Visualizing Polarization Effects of Gravitational Waves Using Particle Rings and Surfaces in Virtual Reality K. Schumacher, S. Joshi, D. Srivastava, A. Shaffer, A. Jog, J. Shih, E. Shaffer International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2024
4. Hybrid Voxel Formats for Efficient Ray Tracing R. Arbore, J. Liu, A. Wefel, S. Gao, E. Shaffer International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2024
5. FocusFlow: Leveraging Focal Depth for Gaze Interaction in Virtual Reality C. Zhang, T. Chen, R. Nedungadi, E. Shaffer, E. Soltanaghai ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
6. What Goes into an Engineering Decision: An Infrastructure Decision-Making Game for Exploratory Equity Learning – Phase 2 Multiple Stakeholders A. Beck, E. J. Cha, L. Paquette, E. Shaffer ASEE Annual Conference, 2024
7. GR in VR: Using Immersive Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool for General Relativity K. Schumacher, S. Joshi, J. Kang, E. Shaffer, J. Raley, et al. ASEE Annual Conference, 2023
8. Virtual Reality Laboratory Experiences for Electricity and Magnetism Courses R. Ilie, E. Shaffer, C. D'Angelo, D. Cermak, E. Kudeki, M. Lin, H. Chen ASEE Annual Conference, 2021
9. A Case Study of Early Performance Prediction and Intervention in a Computer Science Course M. Silva, E. Shaffer, N. Nytko, J. Amos ASEE Annual Conference, 2020
10. Efficient GPU-based Optimization of Volume Meshes E. Shaffer, Z. Cheng, R. Yeh, G. Zagaris, L. Olson International Conference on Parallel Computing (ParCo), 2013
11. Mining for Hydrologic Features in LiDAR Data R. Reizner, E. Shaffer, B. Birman International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN), 2013
12. Robust Classification of Curvilinear and Surface-Like Structures in 3D Point Cloud Data M. Kamali, M. Stroila, J. Cho, E. Shaffer, J. C. Hart International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2011
13. CoMoTo – the Collaboration Modeling Toolkit C. Meyer, C. Heeren, E. Shaffer, J. Tedesco ACM ITiCSE, 2011
14. A Toolkit for Parallel Overset Grid Assembly Targeting Large-Scale Moving Body Aerodynamic Simulations G. Zagaris, M. T. Campbell, D. J. Bodony, E. Shaffer, M. D. Brandyberry International Meshing Roundtable, 2010
15. Streaming Mesh Optimization for CAD T. Xia, E. Shaffer International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), 2008
16. Parallel Mesh Adaptation for Highly Evolving Geometries with Application to Solid Propellant Rockets D. Guoy, T. Wilmarth, P. Alexander, X. Jiao, M. Campbell, E. Shaffer, R. Fiedler, W. Cochran, P. Suriyamongkol International Meshing Roundtable, 2007
17. A Multiphase Approach to Efficient Surface Simplification M. Garland, E. Shaffer IEEE Visualization, 2002
18. Efficient Adaptive Simplification of Massive Meshes E. Shaffer, M. Garland IEEE Visualization, 2001

Book Chapters

1. Real-time Raytracing of Large Voxel Scenes R. Arbore, S. Gao, J. Liu, A. Wefel, E. Shaffer GPU Zen, Vol. 3, 2024
2. GPU Accelerated Derivative-free Mesh Optimization E. Shaffer, G. Zagaris GPU Computing Gems, Vol. 2, 2011

Posters and Abstracts

1. FocusFlow: Leveraging Focal Depth for Gaze Interaction in Virtual Reality C. Zhang, T. Chen, R. Nedungadi, E. Shaffer, E. Soltanaghai Adjunct Proceedings of ACM UIST, 2023
2. 3D Visualization of Plasma Sheet Properties Based on the Reconstruction of Minimum Magnetic Field Surface E. Shaffer, R. Ilie, J. Liu AGU Fall Meeting (AGU23), 2023
3. Using Visual Analytics to Understand Emoji-first Communication J. Shih, R. Kumar, E. Shaffer, S. Khandekar IEEE VIS (poster), 2019
4. Deferred Ray Tracing Using Intersection Binning A. I. Ellis, E. Shaffer, J. C. Hart High-Performance Graphics (poster), 2017
5. Streaming Tetrahedral Mesh Optimization T. Xia, E. Shaffer ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (poster), 2008