1964/67 - Undergraduate/Apprentice
to the Conservator - Chicago Art Institute
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1968/74 - BA/MFA (Masters of Fine
Art) - San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California, USA (see Fine Art Shows . . .)
1973/75 - Masters Work in
Psychology/Art Therapy - John F. Kennedy University
Walnut Creek, California, USA
1973/75 - Art Therapist, National
Institute of Mental Health at Emmanuel,
Turlock, California, USA
Directed art therapy for NIMH funded
research on first break psychosis without the use of phenothiazines in
the therapeutic process.
1976/79 - Manufacturing Research
Engineer/Aerospace, Rohr Industries,
Riverside, California, USA; responsible
for development, planning and reporting in:
Sound Attention - DynaRohr NNS
& CNS acoustical testing to dampen certain sound frequencies from
jet engines.
Air Force Materials Lab Molded Holes
- molding of holes to be used as fasteners in advanced composite
materials (graphite and Kevlar).
Automation of Advanced Composite
Fabrication including composite flat pattern cutting by waterjet
and
laserjet and material placement.
DC10 and 727 Composite Nacelles -
created first composite nacelle using the metal tooling (DC10) and
delivered on schedule the first commercially flown composite nacelle
(727).
CAT - computer aided tooling
parametrics.
Stretch 80 Tooling
3KSES Quote Surface Effect Ship
Honeycomb Core Robot
Development - see Abstracts.
1979/82 - Manufacturing Technology
Engineer/Aerospace, Nonmetals Technology Department, General Dynamics,
Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Program Manager of Technical Modernization
Fabrication of Skin to Core, responsible for development, planning
and reporting in:
1982/83 - Senior Manufacturing
Engineer/Automation, Cooper Petroleum Equipment Division of Gardner
Denver, Dallas, Texas, USA
1984/90 - President, Applied
CAD/Applied 3D Fort Worth, Texas, USA;
Computer Aided Design Consultants,
System Analysis for development of:
Johnson Controls - PC based CAD
workstations for designing control systems.
Steak & Ale - PC based CAD
workstations for designing restaurants.
Mostek - PC based CAD
workstations
for microchip processing and machine design.
Baumbright Management/Dallas Cowboys
- PC based CAD workstations for tracking and controlling properties and
design of Dallas Cowboys' stadium.
Tandy Corporation/Radio Shack -
PC
based CAD workstations for physical plant and products; application of
CAD software for electrical design.
Bell Helicopter - PC based CAD
workstations for helicopter parts design.
Carswell US Air Force Base - PC
based CAD workstations for electrical design of electronic counter
measures and warfare.
Miter - PC based CAD workstations
for fashion design.
Cooper Homes - PC based CAD
workstations for retirement villages and materials database.
Technicut - program driver to run
CNC for waterjet and laserjet cutters; advanced ocular workstation for
microsurgery on eye.
Fort Worth Ballet - design of
theater sets using 3D CAD.
Bass Brothers Enterprises -
Telecommunication Proposal for "Action Space"
Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth Center
for the Performing Arts - design of theater systems, acoustics and
seating using 3D CAD.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration), Cape Canaveral, Florida - training seminars in CAD.
1990/99 - President, Applied CAD/Art
Eugene, Oregon, USA; company's focus is
virtual reality construction for advanced tooling designs, historical
and environmental restoration. Projects include:
1991/99 - Teacher for advanced 3D-CAD,
Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon, USA; authored textbook, Applied
3D CAD.
1999 to present - Associate
Professor, Computer Arts Lab, University of Aizu
Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, JAPAN; recent
publications:
"Computer Models of Historical Sites:
Sazaedou - from The Aizu History Project " Carl W. Vilbrandt, James
M. Goodwin, Janet R. Goodwin, Proceedings of the 1999 EBTI, ECAI,
SEER and PNC Joint Meeting, January 18-21, 1999, Taipei, Academia
Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 489-502. (1999)
| SOCIETIES and
COMMITTEES: |
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Senior Member and Chairman
Educational Committee
Robotics International Society of
Manufacturing Engineers
Charter Member and Pro-Tem Program
Chairman
Society for the Advancement of
Material and Process Engineering
Vice-Chairman
National Management Association
Teacher of Management Development
Series
Texas A & M University
Manufacturing Support Association
Chairman of Committee for
Productivity as a representative of General Dynamics
United States Institute for Theater
Technology
Technical Advisory
Committee/Applied Engineering
Lane Community College, Eugene,
Oregon
| FINE ART
SHOWS, COMMISSIONS, HONORS: |
TO GALLERY:
ART
REVIEWS:
Exhibitions and awards in mixed media
paintings, ceramic, resin, fiberglass, aluminum, bronze and welded
steel
sculpture from 1970 to the present:
Frank Gallery, San Francisco,
California - ceramic sculpture
Media '70, Civic Center, Walnut
Creek, California - ceramic sculpture
California Design 11, San
Francisco, California - ceramic sculpture
San Francisco Art Institute, San
Francisco, California - photography
San Francisco Art Gallery, San
Francisco, California - ceramic sculpture
John Bolles Gallery, San
Francisco, California - two man show with painter Terence Netter -
ceramic sculpture
Art Forum - November 1971 -
"San Francisco" by Knute Stiles - an article featuring a
description of the artist's techniques
Taylor and Eng, San Francisco,
California - ceramic sculpture
Stockton Art League, Stockton,
California - sculpture award for cast bronze; ceramic and cast bronze
sculpture
Our Lady of Fatima Church,
Modesto, California - commission with artist Ralf Parton - 24 ft. by 18
ft., bronze wall
Media Survey '73, Fine Arts Gallery
San Diego - ceramic sculpture
American Hand Gallery, Washington,
D.C. - ceramic sculpture
California State College Stanislaus,
Turlock, California - photography
Annual San Francisco Art Festival,
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, California - 25 ft. welded sheet
steel, cast bronze, and fiber glass sculpture; 12 ft. welded sheet
steel
and cast aluminum sculpture
Motorland - October 1975 - photo
of sculpture at the San Francisco Art Festival
Lyon Gallery, Stockton,
California
- cast aluminum, welded sheet steel, and ceramic sculpture; commission
for fiber glass sculpture
Annual San Francisco Art Festival,
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, California - painting, enamel on
paper
Alice Worsley for California State
College Stanislaus, Poetry of Kenneth Rexroth, Turlock, California - commission for
sculpture,
8 ft. resin and fiber glass
Dr. Vladimir Tuman for Observatory at
Del Puerto Canyon, California - commission for bronze bas relief
West Coast Arts (international
catalogue), Los Angeles, California - ceramic and cast bronze
sculpture
Fort Worth Ballet, Tarrant County
Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas - mixed media theater set design
for numerous ballets
Caravan of Dreams/Center for
Performing Arts, Fort Worth, Texas - mixed media theater set design
and bas relief sculpture
Full City Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
- one man show, enamel on paper painting
| IN SUMMARY: written in 1998 please see recent
works above |
Carl has devoted his life to the study
of 3D spatial perception, understanding materials and processes in the
real world and their representation in the virtual world.
Carl's emphasis while a graduate
student at the San Francisco Art Institute was in sculpture. He
mastered
the technique of moulage moldmaking, such as is used in medical models,
and is noted for his complex 3D molds (some over one hundred pieces) of
realistic and imaginary, original wax sculptures. He has cast in
ceramic, resin, fiberglass, aluminum and bronze; built ceramic kilns
and
bronze tilt furnaces. He created monumental sculpture in welded sheet
steel and is a master ceramist, studying pottery from around the world
with a special love for Japanese ceramic techniques. Carl has had a
lifelong goal of automating complex compound curves such as found in
the architectural forms of the Catalonian architect, Antonio Gaudi, in
Barcelona, Spain.
Because of such interests, Carl found a
match in industry in aerospace, creating manufacturing processes for
the
complex compound forms of airplane construction. In this environment,
he
mastered the use of computer-aided design to create mechanical and
eventually architectural virtual designs and numerical control
manufacturing processes in 3 dimensions. He was one of the first to
transfer this technology to PCs (personal computers) and facilitate
small to mid size companies in their ability to use this technology
with
its powerful virtual 3D design capabilities. He has taught seminars at
NASA, Cape Canaveral, Florida and in conjunction with Holte Mfg. of
Eugene, Oregon, designed and patented an advanced geobit (earth
drilling
underreamer) which is currently being used to bore the holes for earth
anchors on skyscrapers in Hong Kong (see URG see abstracts ).
In 1992, Carl was joined by his son,
Turlif Vilbrandt (see http://www.turlif.com).
Together, they have created 3 companies Applied CAD/Applied 3D, Applied
Vector Modeling, and Myth Works (see
http://www.myth-works.com)
with a network of engineers and artists specializing in animated films
and VRMLs of virtual industrial designs, historical restorations and
artistic/fantasy animations. In 1995, they worked with the University
of
Aizu in the creation of the Aizu History Project, studying under mia
daiku, Mr. Yamagishi. They completed the first virtual reconstruction
animated walkthrough of Enchiji. Utilizing archaeological data and
information from ancient scrolls provided by Prof. Janet Goodwin's
research, (see http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~jmg/ah/menu.html) the
animated model was based on as accurate numerical data as possible in
contrast to just an artistic rendering. Interest was generated in
Sazaedo (see see http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~jmg/ah/sazaedo.html) at
that time, and an accurate model has been in virtual construction for
the last year and half, Sazaedo being a very complicated design of the
double helix. Currently, Carl and Turlif are working with Prof. Michael
Cohen of the University of Aizu, providing an animated morph of Sazaedo
to the helical keyboard.
(see http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/~mcohen/helical-keyboard/icad96-helical.html)
They are also working with the City of
Aizu and Aizu Japan Co., Ltd to create an animation of Kogamachi-dori
as
it was 150 years ago.
Finally Carl has been happily married
for 30 years with two children: his son, Turlif, mentioned above and
his
daughter, Teha Vilbrandt Kordich, a former ballerina with the Kirov,
now
in the Ph.D. program in Physics at Yale University (see http://www.teha.com).
