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Scott Burns is an engineering professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I webpage). He teaches courses in mechatronics, engineering analysis and design, and conducts research in the area of structural design and numerical methods. This artwork is an outgrowth of research in visualization of numerical methods and dynamical systems. He exhibits this artwork at several art fairs each year.

Books in which his images have appeared

  • James Gleick’s Chaos: Making a New Science (a 1987 nonfiction best seller)
  • Ivars Peterson’s The Mathematical Tourist
  • John Brigg’s The Patterns of Chaos
  • For All Practical Purposes (multiple authors, math textbook)
  • Thomas & Finney’s Calculus and Analytic Geometry textbook
  • Joseph Gallian’s Abstract Algebra textbook
  • David Cohen’s Precalculus textbook

Periodicals in which his images have appeared

  • Science News (cover story Feb 28, 1987)
  • OMNI
  • Business Week
  • Chicago Sun Times
  • 3-2-1 Contact
  • Electronic Engineering Times
  • Computer Graphics Review

Art Fair Awards

  • Award of Merit (all categories): Oakbrook Invitational Fine Arts Show, Oakbrook, IL, September 2008
  • Signature Award (top award all categories) Midwest Salute, Fairview Heights, IL, August 2007
  • Award of Merit (all categories): Oakbrook Invitational Fine Arts Show, Oakbrook, IL, September 2006
  • Best of Show (in category): Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI, July 2004
  • Best of Show (in category): Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI, July 2003
  • Best of Show (in category): Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, MI, July 2002
  • Best of Show (in category): International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN, September 2001
  • Best of Show (in category): International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN, September 2000
  • Award of Merit (all categories): Oakbrook Invitational Fine Arts Show, Oakbrook, IL, September 1996
  • 1st Place (in category): Long Grove Art Fair, Long Grove, IL, July 1996
  • 1st Place (in category): Arts in the Park, Danville, IL, June 1996
  • Award of Merit (all categories): Prairie Arts Festival, Schaumburg, IL, May 1996
  • Award of Merit (all categories): Oakbrook Invitational Fine Arts Show, Oakbrook, IL, September 1994
  • Best of Show (in category): Cultural Arts Festival, Champaign, IL, May 1994
  • 3rd Place (all categories): Prairie Arts Festival, Schaumburg, IL, May 1994
  • Best of Show (top award all categories): Fine Art Fair, Homewood, IL, June 1993
  • 2nd Best of Show (all categories): Cultural Arts Festival, Champaign, IL, August 1992
  • 2nd Place (all categories): Fine Arts Festival, Downers Grove, IL, September 1991
  • Best of Show (in category): Cultural Arts Festival, Champaign, IL, May 1991

Exhibits

  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Oct 2005
  • Land's End Corporate Headquarters Art Gallery, Dodgeville, WI, Jan-March 2000
  • Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL, March-April 1995
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Feb-March 1995
  • SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 1992
  • Old Quarter Gallery, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA, March 1990-March 1991
  • Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, Jun-Oct 1988
  • Parkland College Gallery, Champaign, IL, Nov-Dec 1987