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Chand T. John, Ph.D.








Graphics & Physics-Based Simulation

Video showing how human muscles turn on and off to coordinate human walking over ten gait cycles 3D Muscle-Driven Simulation of 10 Gait Cycles of Walking 3D physics-based rigid body simulation of a passive dynamic walker: a purely mechanical device whose only source of energy is gravitational potential energy, which it converts to kinetic energy in order to walk downhill Passive Dynamic Walking Simulation
Short movie of numerous blue spheres moving together like a splashing fluid that gradually settles Fluid Simulation Tutorial
(Featured on PhysicsBasedAnimation.com) 		Fractal animation transforming between the words Austin and Texas Fractal Animation between Splines
Animation of ray-triangle intersection algebra Ray-Triangle Intersection Algebra Sketch of a desktop computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and cables Patent: Biomechanics for Vehicle Design
Cartoon picture of books Sorting Lesson with >3.8M Views

#11 Trending YouTube Video 		Snapshot of a research paper containing equations Publications
Image of a computer-animated character standing up Learn to Code via Animation Sequential image of several skeletons with blue and red lines representing muscles, walking Algorithm Enabling 20x Longer Simulation (>700 citations)
A green cube connected by two red line segments to two long white blocks on top of a black and white checkerboard OpenSim Muscle Controller Plug-in Tutorial Lower half of a human skeleton walking along a pencil-sketched pathway Physics of Sideways Balance
Skeleton with several red line segments representing muscles facing forward in a walking pose Muscle Stiffness & Damping Stabilize Walking Picture of a tendon and muscle with several stiffness and damping curves highlighted Muscle Physics Model
Image of medical image with control points and a green contour connecting the points, outlining the object in the image Medical Image Segmentation & Coordinate Systems Picture of a molar in a wireframe box with different segments highlighted in different colors Making Mountains out of Molars
2D image resembling a thundercloud Efficient Cloud Animation Screenshot of Chand John's SimTK.org page Biophysics Simulation Software, Data, & Documentation
Picture of two curves next to a picture of a more complex shape roughly resembling the overall shape of the two curves Controlling Complex Shapes with Simple Curves A grid of circles that are mostly red, with the middle columns blue, the middle rows yellow, and the middle four circles green Light Array Exercise (Fall 2019 & Spring 2021)
Scaled UTCS summer camp programming activity for use by hundreds of C S 303E students in Challenge #3
Picture of a convex algebraic curve subdivided into two segments Subdivision of Plane Curves (2003) Grid showing result of a thermodynamic cloud formation simulation Simulating Cloud Formation (2003)




Recognition

Logo of Physics-Based Animation blog My fluid tutorial featured on Physics-Based Animation blog (2025) Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Applause Award (2024)
For "hard work in support of" OTTAVA's IDE approval by the US FDA
Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Cheer Award (2024)
For "incredible leadership and technical contributions" during multiple overlapping program milestones 		Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Celebrate Award (2024)
For persistence, tenacity, and grit in delivering critical program milestone
Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Celebrate Award (2024)
For insight and partnership in candidate hiring 		Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Celebrate Award (2024)
For inspiring leadership in resolving a complex, critical software bug via thorough analysis and diligence
Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Cheer Award (2024)
For active role in hiring for candidate skills and inclusive culture 		Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Applause Award (2023)
For diligence, managing ambiguity, and working cross-functionally to implement user control & 3D graphics software under high pressure
Logo of Johnson & Johnson MedTech J&J Inspire Shout-Out Award (2023)
For hard work in driving software to design intent 		Image of BBC News reporter BBC Features My Lesson (Portuguese)
Image of BBC News reporter BBC Features My Lesson (Spanish) Image of Quartz article Quartz Features My Lesson
Image of BoingBoing article Boing Boing Features My Lesson Image of Digital Trends article Digital Trends Features My Lesson
Image of LifeHacker article LifeHacker Features My Lesson Image of IMDB page IMDB Page for My Lesson
Image of Reddit post Reddit Features My Lesson Image of UT-Austin homepage UT Homepage Features My Teaching (2021)
Image of UT-Austin computer science feature article UT Computer Science Makes Me "Homepage Hero" (2021) Image of piano entitled, Be Yourself and Learn Computer Science UT Faculty Innovation Center Features My Teaching (2019)
A picture of a blue letter O with a person jumping out of it with a shadow cast by both of these shapes OpenSim Fellow (2014-2017) Image of my walking simulation etched into a stone bench outside Stanford's medical school My Simulation Etched into Stanford Bench (2012)
Logo of Stanford Engineering Opportunity Job Fair Award (2011) Logo of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME Semi-Finalist (2009)
Logo of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists ARCS Fellow (2008-2009) Image of Biomedical Beat article entitled, Cool Movie: Walking the Line NIH Biomedical Beat Feature (2008)
Snapshot of top part of the cover of Biomedical Computation Review magazine BCR Cover Features My Research (2006-7) Logo of the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS Science Excellence (2006-2008)
Logo of the US National Institutes of Health NIH Predoctoral Fellow (2005-2008) Logo of Stanford Engineering Stanford Engineering Fellow (2003-2004)
Logo of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois Distinguished Fellow Offer (2003) Image of the words, Dean's Honored Graduates UT Dean's Honored Graduate (2003)
Image of the words, UT Co-Op George H. Mitchell Award George Mitchell Award (2003) Logo of the Computing Research Association CRA Outstanding Undergrad Finalist (2003)
Logo of the National Science Foundation NSF VIGRE Math Research Grant (2002-2003)




Science Communication

Image of TED-Ed page TED Page for My Sorting Lesson Comic on how clouds make snow with water droplet saying, I'm supercool, and particle with arms up saying, Not for long! Chief Meteorologist Features My Weather Comics
Image of comic on Katherine Johnson's enablement of NASA's first crewed US space flight, first US orbit of Earth, and Apollo 11 Texas Science Features My Katherine Johnson Comic Comic of Ada Lovelace with equations and a picture of a boat and lighthouse Texas Science Features My Ada Lovelace Comic
Picture of ACM Inroads back page feature of a comic on computer science for kids ACM Inroads Features My CS Comic Picture of Austin Texas Science Communicators homepage Board Member of ATXSciComm
Performance Training for Instructors at UT-Austin Performance Training for Instructors (2019) cs-comics.com header image with a diagram, blocks, and two characters' heads CS, Weather, Math, Physics, & Tech Comics




Service

Logo of Stanford Alumni Mentoring Stanford Alumni Mentor (2012-Present) Certification of completion for STEM Muse mentorship STEM Muse Mentor (2023)
Comic illustrating differences between diversity, equity, and inclusion Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion @ UT Photo of two people with a slide entitled Unconscious Bias in the background Unconscious Bias Workshop (2018)
BigCommerce, Austin, TX
Slide entitled Breaking The Glass Presents ELEVATE with picture of Chand John Breaking the Glass Elevate Campaign Recognition (2021) Invited by Dean of UT's College of Natural Sciences to select group of faculty pioneering student mindset-focused science education Inaugural UT Faculty for Texas Mindset Initiative (2021)
Photo of two people in front of a laptop Speaker: Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit (2023) Logo of U.S. National Weather Service's SKYWARN program SKYWARN (2020)
Became a U.S. National Weather Service trained weather spotter
Photo of two people in front of a laptop Advisor to Breaking the Glass Photo of bottom half of an analog desk clock Award for Supporting Students with Disabilities (2019)
Array of photos of 24 people Community Champions Award (2019) Picture of pink and purple robotic arm Robotics Programming @ UTCS Summer Camps (2019)
White text, Experiential Learning Initiative (ELI), on red background Experiential Learning Grant Award (2019) Photo of six people sitting in front of a classroom Dean's Scholars Inaugural Alumni Panel (2019)
Slide from unconscious bias presentation illustrating that more diverse teams were proven to perform better at a quantitative problem Trained Program Manager (2019 & 2020)
for unconscious bias talk for Anaconda's hiring managers 		Logo for UT-Austin's Women in Computer Science (WiCS) organization Faculty Lunch Mentor
(2019 & 2020)
Women in Computer Science (WiCS) @ UT-Austin
Logo of Code.org Code.org Speaker (2018)
Gasquet Mountain School 6th-8th grade STEM class 		Picture of speed mentoring event at Charles Schwab in 2018 Speed Mentor for Women in Tech (2018)
Charles Schwab, Austin, TX
Slide illustrating a study that found a higher percentage of women as directors on company boards correlates with huge increases in equity, sales, and invested capital; in other words, more diverse board directorship correlates with better business performance Unconscious Bias Curriculum (2018)
with Breaking the Glass, Austin, TX 		Picture of computer keyboard, pen, thumb drive, and monitor base on a desk Volunteer: Coding in the Classroom (2018)
Beth Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy, Austin, TX
Old image, need to replace Milestone Renaming (2017)
Induced organization to change all-male project names to gender-neutral names 		Logo of Code.org Code.org Speaker, Don Callejon School (2016)
3rd grade class: what it means to be a computer scientist and software engineer
Logo for the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival Table Leader (2014)
Helped middle & high school students with challenging math problems @ Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival





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