Cofer, D. W., Zhu, Y., Edwards, D. H., Aquillo, A., Cymbalyuk, G. and Owen, S. G. A 3-D graphics environment for behavioral neurobiology research. ACM SIGGRAPH conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2004.
Cofer, D. W., Reid, J., Zhu, Y. and Edwards, D. H. A 3-D graphics toolkit for studying neural basis of adaptive behaviors. ACM SIGGRAPH conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2005.
Cofer, D. W., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. and Edwards D. H. AnimatLab: A Physics Based 3-D Graphics Environment for Behavioral Neurobiology Research. Computational Neuroscience, Edinburgh, UK, 2006.
Cofer, D. W., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. and Edwards D. H. Effects of the Loss of the Semi-Lunar Process during a Biomechanical Simulation of Locust Jumping. Computational Neuroscience, Toronto, CA, 2007.
Cofer, D. W., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. and Edwards D. H. Effects of the Loss of the Semi-Lunar Process during a Biomechanical Simulation of Locust Jumping. International Congress of Neuroethology, Vancouver, CA, 2007.
Cofer, D. W., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. and Edwards D. H. Analysis of Jumping in a Physically Realistic Virtual Locust. American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, 2008.

PUBLICATIONS

Cofer, D. (2009). Neuromechanical Analysis of the Locust Jump. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Georgia State digital archive. (http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/biology_diss/57/)
Cofer, D., Cymbalyuk, G., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Heitler, W. and Edwards, D. H. (2010). AnimatLab: A 3-D graphics environment for neuromechanical simulations. J Neuroscience Methods. 187, 280-288.
Cofer, D. W., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. and Edwards, D. H. (2010). Neuromechanical simulation of the locust jump. J Exp Biol 213, 1060-1068.
Cofer, D., Cymbalyuk G., Heitler W.J., and Edwards D.H. (2010) Control of tumbling during the locust jump. J Exp Biol., 213(Pt 19), p. 3378-87.

TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS

Computer Skills:

Languages: C/C++, C#, VB.Net, ASP.net, Javascript

Applications\API’s: DirectX, OpenGL, MS Access, SQL Server, Word, Excel.

Hardware Skills: PC Board design and fabrication, robot construction, computer assembly and repair and network setup and administration.

Intra-cellular and extra-cellular electrophysiology in crayfish, PCR and gel electrophoresis.

Neural and biomechanical processes involved in the control of locomotion.
Understanding how simple neural systems interact to produce complex, emergent behaviors.
Using simulation and robotic tools to verify the sufficiency of neural mechanisms, and to produce useful, real-world applications.

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