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  • Distinguished Chair for Resilient Places, School Of Architecture
  • Professor, School Of Architecture
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Professional Service

  • Facade Tectonics Institute. President. 10/2021 - 12/31/2023
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) Utah. Board Member. 12/2021 - 09/2023
  • Facade World Congress 2022. Chair of the Scientific Committee. 07/2021 - 10/2022
  • Symposium on Simulation for Architecture + Urban Design (SimAUD 2022) Scientific Committee. Scientific Reviewer. 03/01/2022 - 07/2022
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)/European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) 2022 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2021 - 01/2022
  • Facade Tectonics Institute. Vice President. 10/2020 - 10/2021
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) 2021 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2020 - 04/2021
  • Facade Tectonics Institute. Board Member. 10/2019 - present
  • Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, 80X50 Study Steering Committee. Technical Steering Committee Member. 07/2019 - 01/2021
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Technical Advisory Group for High-Insulating Windows Research Projects. 06/2017 - 06/2020
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)/European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) 2020 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2019 - 04/2020
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) 2019 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2018 - 04/2019
  • Energy and Buildings. Technical Reviewer. 01/2020 - present
  • Journal of Architectural Engineering. Technical Reviewer. 06/2018 - present
  • Building Technology Educators Society 2019 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2018 - 06/2019
  • The Plan Journal. Technical Reviewer. 01/2018 - present
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)/European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) 2018 Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2017 - 06/2018
  • Sustainability. Technical Reviewer. 01/2017 - present
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC 2017) Conference. Scientific Committee. 06/2016 - 06/2017
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)/European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) 2016 Conference. Session Chair. 06/2016 - 06/2016
  • Journal of Architectural Education. Technical Reviewer. 01/2016 - present
  • Journal of Green Building. Technical Reviewer. 01/2015 - present
  • Journal of Building Engineering. Technical Reviewer. 01/2014 - present
  • John Wiley & Sons. Editorial Reviewer. 01/2014 - present
  • 9th Energy Forum 2014: Advanced Building Skins. Technical Committee and Session Chair. 08/2013 - 10/2014
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) 2015 Conference “Future of Architectural Research”. Conference Chair. 07/2013 - 04/2015
  • Buildings Journal. Technical Reviewer. 01/2013 - present
  • Energies Journal. Technical Reviewer. 01/2013 - present
  • Francis & Taylor (Routledge). Editorial Reviewer. 01/2013 - present
  • 2nd NSF Workshop on Architecture and Engineering of Sustainable Buildings. Workshop Co-Chair. 01/2013 - 07/2013
  • Perkins and Will Research Journal. Founder and Editor. 08/2008 - 05/2022
  • Facade World Congress 2024. Organizing Committee. 06/2023 - present
  • Design Research Society (DRS) 2024 Conference. Track co-Organizer. 06/2023 - present
  • Simulation Journal. Associate Editor. 04/2023 - present
  • Utah System of Higher Education. Program Reviewer. 02/2023 - 04/2023
  • Facade Tectonnics Institute (FTI) Education Forum 2023. co-Organizer . 01/2023 - 06/2023
  • Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2023. Scientific Committee . 01/2023 - 05/2023
  • CoStar Impact Award . Jury Member. 11/2022 - 03/2023
  • Valenica International Biennial of Research in Architecture, 2022. Scientific Committee. 04/2022 - 11/2022
  • Facade Tectonics Institute. Role: Organizing Committee Chair. Facade World Congress 2022, Los Angeles . 04/01/2021 - 10/12/2022
  • Facade Tectonics Institute. Education Committee Co-Chair. 11/2019 - present

Internal Service

  • Interim Co-Chair, Division of Multi-Disciplinary Design . 01/2022 - 08/2022. College service.
  • Director, Transforming Places, Practices and Pedagogies Collaborative (TP3C). 08/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Chair, School of Architecture. 08/2021 - 08/2023. College service.
  • Leadership Committee. 08/2021 - 08/2023. College service.

Outreach

  • “High-Performance Building Facades” Workshop Co-Organizer. 08/2020 - 02/2021
  • “Imagining Future Innovative Facades” Workshop Co-Organizer. 05/2020 - 08/2020
  • Jones Library Design and Addition Study, community involvement with students. 07/2017 - 12/2017
  • New York Professional Outreach Program, Faculty Leader. 01/2016 - 05/2016
  • Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Net Zero Energy Design Competition, Faculty Advisor . 12/2013 - 02/2014

Honors & Awards

  • FTI Fellow. Facade Tectonics Institute, 10/2022
  • Distinguished Teaching Award Finalist, 2018. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 06/2018
  • Green Giant Award, Education. Western Massachusetts American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment and USGBC-West Branch, 10/2017
  • Design Honor Award for Parkland College Student Union. Perkins&Will Design Leadership Council, 12/2016

Affiliations

  • Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Construction Technologist Specialist (CDT), 08/2010 - present
  • U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional, 06/2008 - present

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