Affiliated Researchers: Building Design

Nathan Brown

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Early Design Phases, Design Space, Early Stage, Architectural Design, Embodied Carbon

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Office Buildings

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Energy Use, Thermal Energy Storage, Energy Systems

Timothy Simpson

Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Product Family, 3D Printers, Design, Manufacturing, Students

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Shape Grammar, Grammar, Design System, Urban Design, Mass Customization

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Building Envelope, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment

Julian Wang

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Conservation, Thermal Comfort, Thermal Performance, Building Envelope, Energy Performance

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Curtain Wall, Curtain Wall Systems, Glazing System, Residential Building, Glazing Systems

Yuqing Hu

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Information Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Construction Robot, Learning System, Construction Industry

Corey Gracie-Griffin

Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Structural System, Embodied Energy, Structural Materials, Existing Buildings, United States

Mary Frecker

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Compliant Mechanism, Actuation, Actuator, Topology Optimization, Design Optimization

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Technical System

Lisa Iulo

Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Energy Performance, Affordable Housing, Microgrid

Eliza Pennypacker

Top research keywords: Stormwater Management, Rain Water, Rainwater, Stormwater, Rain

Stuart Patton Echols

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater Management, Rainwater, Rain Water, Stormwater, Rain

Rebecca Henn

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Impermanence, Boundary Objects, Urban Dwelling, Evolution, Digitization

Scarlett Miller

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Central Venous Catheterization, Design For Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Engineering Design, Concept Selection, Engineering Student

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Mycelium-based Composites, Mycelium, Shape Change, Three Dimensional Printing, 3D Printing

Robert Leicht

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Building Information Modeling, Construction Industry, Construction Projects, Information Modeling, Constructability

Zoubeida Ounaies

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Elastomer

John Messner

Charles and Elinor Matts Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Information Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Case Study, Cyber-physical Systems, Construction Industry

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Rebecca Napolitano

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Masonry Structure, Structural Health Monitoring, Masonry Building, Masonry Structures, Historic Structures

Darrell Velegol

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Colloidal Particles, Electrophoresis, Non-uniformity, Colloidal Particle, Doublet

Gordon Warn

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sequential Decision Process, Decision Process, Trade Space Exploration, Finite Element Modeling, Structural System

Saya Lee

Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Steam Generator, Particle Image Velocimetry, Test Section, Rod, Helical Coil Steam Generator

Juan Pablo "JP" Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali-activated Cement, Sodium, Aluminosilicate, Magnesium Oxide, Cementitious Material

David K. Hall

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Propulsion System, Transport Aircraft, Propulsor, Boundary Layer Ingesting

Masataka Okutsu

Associate Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Mars, Low-thrust, Cycler, Jupiter, Synodic Period

Somayeh Asadi

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Utilization, Scheduling, Renewable Energy Resources, Hot Temperature, Asphalt Pavements

Ken Tamminga

Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Melissa Kreye

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Forest Owners, Landowners, Florida, Private Forests

Travis Flohr

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Justice, Methods Courses, Urban Trees, Mean Radiant Temperature, Virtual Field Trips

Wesley Reinhart

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Learning System, Machine Learning, Nanochannel, Finite Element Analysis, Thin Films

Tak Sing Wong

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotube, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Brochosomes

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Vibration Control, Tornado, Building Structure, Semi-active, Actuator

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Flow Distribution, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Computer Simulation, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Heat Sink

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Greenhouse Gas, Feedstock, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Engineering, Jet Fuel

Laura Leites

Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Quercus, Growth Potential, Response To Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Graphene, Nanoribbon, Density, Electronic Properties, Carbon Nanotube