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Biography
My
name is Derrick Eichele, I am currently a senior at North
Dakota State University (NDSU) enrolled in Biological Science
Education and Sociology with an Emphasis in Anthropology.
My
anthropology experiences include folklore collections from
the Great Plains performed for a Folklore and Culture class
instructed by Dr. Timothy Kloberdanz, professor of Anthropology
at NDSU. An ethnography of a school board written for the
Cultural Anthropology course at NDSU taught by Dr. Bill Brunton,
professor of Anthropology at NDSU, retired. I also have worked
at the Archaeology Technologies Lab (ATL) for the year and
a half under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey T. Clark, professor
of Anthropology at NDSU. My work conducted at the ATL lab
includes digitally capturing and modeling archaelogical and
material artifacts for display on the Digital Archive Network
for Anthropology (DANA).
I
was awarded with the participation in the GraSUS grant for
the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 academic year. The GraSUS grant
is a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported research
project providing graduate and undergraduate students, combined
with secondary public school instructors, the opportunity
to enhance science and mathematic instruction in the area
schools. The 2001-2002 academic year I had the privelage to
work with Mr. Jefri Jones and Mrs. Denise McCarthy at Ben
Franklin Junior High School. Presently, I am working with
Mr. Mike Finneseth and Mr. Greg Unruh at Fargo North High
School in the Science Department.
Melissa
Zuroff, a 2002 graduate in Anthropology at NDSU, and myself
presented a paper entitled "3D Visualization in Anthropology"
at the University of Minnesota's 24th annual Undergraduate
Anthropology Conference (May 2002) and were awarded the Best
Biological Anthropology paper at the conference. This paper
discussed the use of 3D laser scanning of Archaeological artifacts
for display on a web-based database,the use of Virtual Reality
in reconstruction of archaelogical sites and the reconstruction
and animation of a Neandertal thumb cast for analysis on hand
movements and biomechanics.
My
future endeavors include graduating from North Dakota State
University with Bachelor's degrees in Biological Sciences
in Education and Sociology with an emphasis in Anthropology
and attending graduate school in Anthropology.
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