The BRL-CAD development team would like to take this opportunity to
thank the many people and organizations who have contributed to make
BRL-CAD the package it is today.
BRL-CAD was originally conceived and written, for the most part, by
the late Michael John Muuss. He is our original primary architect and
author. His work lives on in testament to his intellect and
indomitable spirit through the contributions and improvements by
others.
Over the years, Mike and the Advanced Computer Systems Team at the
U.S. Army Research Laboratory (* see note) as well as many others
around the world worked on developing BRL-CAD. In December 2004,
BRL-CAD development was opened and expanded with the conversion to
Open Source.
We strive to accurately and completely recognize the groups and
individuals that have helped make BRL-CAD the package it is today.
Contributors are grouped together and ordered chronologically with the
earliest named first; likewise, the more recent contributors are
listed at the bottom.
Names are optionally followed by the date of their first contribution
and a list of affiliations. Individuals supporting and contributing
to the project on their own time and of their own accord have an
affiliation listed as "Open Source".
BRL-CAD is the collective effort of many contributors (** see note).
Developers are characterized as individuals that have made substantial
contributions (hundreds or even thousands of features) to the project
over an extended period of time (years or even decades). Other
contributor credits are organized into the following general
categories depending on the level and type of involvement:
* Mathematical, Algorithmic, and Geometric Support
* Documentation, Artwork, and Website Contributors
* Code Contributors
* Special Thanks
Participation and contributions are graciously appreciated and
credited in following.
Original Architect and Author
"The future exists first in the imagination,
then in the will, then in reality."
- Mike Muuss
Open Source
Point of Contact
Morrison, Christopher Sean
U.S. Army Research Laboratory Point of Contact
Yapp, Cliff
Developer
Muuss, Michael John
Nicknames mike
1978 August (RCS: 1984 April)
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Applin, Keith A.
1982
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Gwyn, Douglas A.
Nicknames gwyn
1986 January
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Dykstra, Phillip
Nicknames phil
1986 August
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Moss, Gary S.
Nicknames moss
1986 September
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Kennedy, Charles Michael
Nicknames kermit, g2asc
1986 November
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Stay, Paul Randal
Nicknames stay
1986 October
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
University of Utah
Hanes, Jeff
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Johnson, Christopher T.
Nicknames cjohnson
1989 February
Cray Research, Inc.
Geometric Solutions, Inc.
Paladin Software
JRMTech, Inc.
Butler, Lee A.
Nicknames butler, lbutler
1989 July
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Tanenbaum, Paul J.
Nicknames pjt
1991 January
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Markowski, Michael J.
Nicknames mmark, mm
1991 June
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Durfee, Glenn Edward
Nicknames gdurf
1992 August
ARL Student Hire / Carnegie Mellon University
Anderson, John R.
Nicknames jra, johnranderson
1993 May
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Altus Engineering, Inc.
Open Source
Ross, Adam
Nicknames adam
1995 October
Geometric Solutions, Inc.
Parker, Robert G. **
Nicknames include bparker, bob1961
1995 January
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Open Source
Morrison, Christopher Sean**
Nicknames sean, morrison, brlcad
1998 December
ARL Student Hire / Johns Hopkins University
Quantum Research International, Inc.
Open Source
Bowers, Ronald Anthony
Nicknames rbowers
2001 March
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Christy, TraNese Shantell
Nicknames tranese
2001 March
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Hartley, Robert F.
Nicknames hartley
2002 August
ARL Student Hire / Virginia Tech
Shumaker, Justin
Nicknames twingy, justin
2003 June
Quantum Research International, Inc.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Greenwald, Erik**
Nicknames erikg, erikgreenwald
2003 November
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Open Source
Roßberg, Daniel **
Nicknames d_rossberg
2005 June
Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG)
Open Source
Yapp, Cliff **
Nicknames starseeker
2007 September
Open Source
Quantum Research International, Inc.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Bowman, W. Keith **
Nicknames indianlarry
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Weiss, Richard **
Nicknames r_weiss
2008 December
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Browder, Thomas M. Jr. **
Nicknames tbrowder2
2008 June
ManTech International Corporation
Open Source
Reed, Nicholas **
Nicknames n_reed
2008 July
ARL Student Hire / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Quantum Research International, Inc.
Moore, Jr., Carl G. **
Nicknames cmoore, carlmoore
2011 October
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Mathematical, Algorithmic, and Geometric Support
Weaver, Earl P.
1980
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Davisson, Edwin O. **
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Rogers, David
U.S. Naval Academy
Stiller, Peter
1987-1988 (unverified)
Texas A&M University
Reed, Harry
Geometric Solutions, Inc.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Applin, Keith A.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Kregel, Dwayne **
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Weaver, Stephanie 'Rain' **
2009 June
ARL Student Hire / Bridgewater College
Code Contributions
Kingston III, Douglas P.
Nicknames dpk
1983 December
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Hartwig, Jr., George W.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Pistritto, Joseph C.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Natalie, Ronald B.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Toth, George E.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Miles, Robert S.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Reschly, Jr., Robert J.
Nicknames reschly
1986 May
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Mermagen, Jr., William
Nicknames wm
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Barker, Natalie L.
Eberius, Natalie L.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Becker, David
Cray Research
Muuss, Susanne L.
Nicknames sue
1989 February
U.S. Ballistic Research Laboratory
Dender, Daniel C
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Hunt, Jim
Nicknames jehunt
1991 May
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Coates, Susan A.
Nicknames scoates
1991 September
U.S. Ballistic Research Laboratory
Ross, Brant A.
General Motors, Inc.
Lindemann, William
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Smith, Timothy G.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jackson, Christopher J.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Fiori, James D.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DiGiacinto, Tom
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Bowden, Mark Huston
University of Alabama
Suckling, Bob
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Gigante, Mike
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Dray, Adam
Geometric Solutions, Inc.
Nuzman, Carl J.
Nicknames cnuzman
1994 June
ARL Student Hire / Princeton University
Laut, Bill
Gull Island Consultants, Inc.
Hewitt, Terry
Manchester-Computing Centre, UK
Brand, Mario
McCarty, Cormac
Nicknames mccarty
1998 July
ARL Student Hire / Johns Hopkins University
Owens, Jason
Nicknames jlowens, jlowenz
1998 July
ARL Student Hire / Johns Hopkins University
Yemc, David J.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Anderson, David
SGI
Garriques, Jr., Rick
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Gillich, Michael John
Nicknames mjgillich mgillich
2002 December
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Howard, Doug
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Silva, Prasad Prometheus
Nicknames prasad_silva
2006 May
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
James (swcto)
Open Source
Bonomo, Jonathan
Open Source
Myers, Timothy J.
Nicknames joevalleyfield
2007 April
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Li, Dongxu
Nicknames dongxu_li dli
2007 April
Open Source
Poole, Ben
Nicknames poolio
2007 June
ARL Student Hire / Carnegie Mellon University
Godbey, David
Nicknames dgodbey
2008 March
Altus Engineering, Inc.
Montecelo, Manuel A. Fernandez
Nicknames mafm
2008 April
Open Source (GSoC)
Castelo, André
Nicknames andrecastelo
2008 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Van Ruitenbeek, Timothy
Nicknames pacman87
2008 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Thomas, Dawn
Nicknames homovulgaris, madant
2008 June
Open Source (GSoC)
Saunders, Benjamin
Nicknames Ralith
2008 July
Open Source
Knaute, Philip
2009 February
Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG)
Reeves, David D.
Nicknames dreeves
2009 April
Open Source
Kennedy, Stephen
Nicknames irpguardian
2009 June
ARL Student Hire / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Shinn, Rob
2010 April
Open Source
Nicknames Alexandrus
2010 July
Open Source
Hinesley, Brandon
Nicknames bhinesley
2011 March
Open Source (GSoC)
Kunigami, Guilherme
Nicknames kunigami
2011 March
Open Source (GSoC)
Jain, Sachin
2011 April
Open Source
Easterbrook, Zach
Nicknames lainiwakurax
2011 July
Open Source
Nandy, Abhijit
Nicknames abhi2011
2011 July
Open Source (SOCIS)
Silvko, Ksenija
Nicknames ksuzee
2012 March
Open Source (GSoC)
Dueck, Chris R.
Nicknames crdueck
2012 April
Open Source (GSoC)
Jianbang, Wu
Nicknames phoenix, phoenixyjll
2012 April
Open Source (GSoC)
Precup, Cristina
Nicknames cprecup
2012 April
Open Source (GSoC)
Murty, Anurag
Nicknames anrgmrty
2012 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Oezdogan, Mesut
Nicknames kane_
2012 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Taylor, Alex
Nicknames Al_Da_Best, aldabest
2012 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Laijiren
Nicknames plussai2008
2012 June
Open Source (GSoC)
Niculaescu, Oana
Nicknames elf11
2012 August
Open Source (SOCIS)
Ungureanu, Silviu
Nicknames Silvrous
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Kashyap, Akshay
Nicknames Skriptkid
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Borisov, Dimitar
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Pal, Ambar
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Elnazli, Cezar
Nicknames caen23
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Huang, Michael
Nicknames fernozzle
2012 November
Open Source (GCI)
Nicknames Reikaze
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Phillips, Lachlan
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Calle, Adrián Arroyo
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Keesing, Aaron
Nicknames agkphysics
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Govindjee, Arjun
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Nagy, Csaba
Nicknames ncsaba
2013 April
Open Source
Check, Nyah
Nicknames Ch3ck
2013 July
Open Source (GSoC)
Shah, Kesha
Nicknames keshashah
2013 April
Open Source (GSoC)
Bogolin, Vlad
Nicknames vladbogo
2013 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Kaur, Avneet
Nicknames avneetkhalsa
2013 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Daga, Mohit
Nicknames zero_level
2013 June
Open Source (GSoC)
Kamga, Isaac
Nicknames Izak
2013 July
Open Source (GSoC)
Singh, Harmanpreet
Nicknames harmanpreet
2013 May
Open Source (GSoC)
Huff, Emory
Nicknames hknoll
2013 July
ARL Student Hire
Engbert, Jonathan
Nicknames ejno
2013 July
Open Source
ARL Student Hire / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Andrew
2013 November
Open Source (GCI)
Schulte, Johannes
2013 November
Open Source (GCI)
Amidon, Peter
2013 November
Open Source (GCI)
Chiplunkar, Shardul
Nicknames microchip
2013 November
Open Source (GCI)
Берегов, Станислав
2013 December
Open Source (GCI)
Nicknames huskmate13
2014 January
Open Source
Gustave Granroth
2014 May
Open Source
Jain, Rishub
2014 July
ARL Student Hire
Roberts, Mitchell
2014 July
ARL Student Hire
Bayes, Matthew
Nicknames klinger4077
2014 July
ARL Student Hire / University of Maryland College Park
Mirea, Ștefan-Gabriel
2014 October
Open Source
Special Thanks
Weaver, Earl P.
1980
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Henrikson, Bruce
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Wolff, Stephen
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Stanley, Charles
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Deitz, Paul
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Kuehl, Gary
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Martin, Glenn E.
Northrop Research and Technology Center
Willson, Stephen Hunter
Northrop Research and Technology Center
Merritt, Don
Nicknames merritt
1988 September
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
zum Brunnen, Rick
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Smith, Jill
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Monk, Mary
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Spencer, Thomas W.
University of Utah
Buckley, Stephen
Nicknames steveb
1988 August
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
McKie, Jim
Davies, Steve
Turkowski, Ken
Woods, James A.
Orost, Joseph
Strausser, Robert L.
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Lorenzo, Max
CECOM Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
Dome, John
CECOM Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
Florek, David
CECOM Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
Stoudenmire, Eugene A.
CECOM Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
Kekesi, Alex
CECOM Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
Pronk, Sander
TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory
Moulton, Jr., Russ
EOSoft, Inc. (CECOM)
Reed, Jr., Harry
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Slattery, Terry
Nicknames tcs
1989 October
U.S. Naval Academy
Satterfield, Steve
U.S. Naval Academy
Johnson, Joe
U.S. Naval Academy
Woo, Alex
University of Illinois
Musgrave, F. Kenton
Skinner, Robert
Sebok, William L.
Grosh, John
Nicknames jgrosh
1993 October
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Haywood, Heather
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Ousterhout, John
Williams, John P.
QUADRA Enterprises
Bokkers, Wim
TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory
Giffuni, Pedro
Open Source
Thomas, Balbir
Open Source
Remenak, Daniel T.
Nicknames DTRemenak, Erroneous
2005 July
California Institute of Technology
Open Source
Caruso, Mike
Qryon LLC
Arunaogun, Razak
Qryon LLC
Butkiewicz, Mark
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Kulhavy, Karel
Nicknames clock3
Open Source
Jacobs, Jan-Pieter
Nicknames jpjacobs
2006 November
Open Source
Fiedler, Stefan
Open Source
Chang, Loui
Nicknames louipc
2007 August
Open Source
Nabazas, Aldas
2007
Open Source
Markus Elfring
2007
Open Source
Ed Schouten
2007
Open Source
Bautu, Elena
Nicknames ebautu
2008 April
Open Source
Hocevar, Samuel
Nicknames sam, sammy
2008 July
Open Source
Clubley, Simon
2008 August
Open Source
Iuculano, Giuseppe
Nicknames devrevko
2008 September
Open Source
Saika, Nikolai
Nicknames nicksaika
2008 November
Open Source
Le, Van Hoa
2009 February
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Tegtmeyer, Michael
2009 July
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Devanney, Jack
2009 November
Open Source
Emton
Nicknames imcbml
2009 November
Open Source
Mann, Cary
2009 December
ITT Corporation
Lundahl, Östen
2010 May
Open Source
Horn, Niels
Nicknames niels.horn
2010 May
Open Source
Bishop, Bryan
2010 June
Open Source
Lamaita, Luciano
2010 June
Open Source
Anckaert, André
2010 July
Open Source
Sayol, Jordi
Nicknames epileg, jordisayol
2011 January
Open Source
Pitts, Christopher M.
Nicknames cmpitts
2011 August
Open Source
Wang, Max
Nicknames wmaanxg
2012 October
Open Source
Ha, An Tuan
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Singh, Gauravjeet
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Saxena, Amit
Nicknames amit.daBeast
2012 December
Open Source (GCI)
Saini, Talwinder
Nicknames talwindersaini
2013 July
Open Source
YuGin, Tan
2013 November
Open Source (GCI)
Nicknames mandar
2013 December
Open Source (GCI)
Lotsu, Alexander
Nicknames Alex
2013 December
Open Source (GCI)
Hyams, Daniel
Nicknames dhyams
2014 February
Open Source
Reddy, Raj
Nicknames raj12lnm
2014 May
Open Source
Corporate and Organization Support
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
formerly named the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)
Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate
U.S. Naval Academy
Northrop Corporation
Northrop Research and Technology Center
SGI
formerly named Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Geometric Solutions, Inc.
JRMTech, Inc.
SURVICE Engineering, Inc.
Quantum Research Laboratory, Inc.
Paladin Software, Inc.
Manchester-Computing-Centre, UK
Computer Graphics Unit, MCC
Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG)
TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory
Free Software Foundation
Open Source Technology Group
SourceForge.net, freshmeat.net
Qryon LLC
