Faculty

Dr. Abbott's areas of interest include architectural practice, design communications and health facilities.

Dr. Akleman participates in research studies on shape modeling, geometric data structures, non-photorealistic rendering, volume modeling and rendering.

Dr. Andersons scholarly interests include Land Development, Site Analysis and Infrastructure, Residential Land Development, and Commercial Development.

Professor Babe has worked with Diamond + Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Michael Graves & Associates in Princeton, and Hopkins

Dr. Baltazar specializes in Energy Use Efficiency and Optimization, Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Use Profile Analysis.

Dr. Bame has a special interest in health systems planning and policy, survey research methods, environmental health, and health-related disaster planning.

Professor Bardenhagen's interests include natural and cultural resource planning, hazards and national parks, resource valuation, campus planning, urban design, recreation system planning and design.

Dr. Beltran's areas of interest are in sustainability, green building design tools, climate responsive design, energy efficiency, daylighting design and analysis, intelligent building facades, and climate-responsive design of vernacular and contemporary architecture.

Professor Benyamin's area of specialization is the history and theory of architecture from the19th century to the present. She also has a cross-disciplinary interest in architecture's intersections with media, in particular with photography and film. Her current research focuses on architectural manifestations in contemporary art practice and popular culture.

Joshua�s interests are broad. His work antagonizes history, fashion, critical theory, the impossibility of desire, and the value of art in the age of Post-Production. Joshua is involved in challenging solutions, eradicating answers, and encouraging inconsistencies in an effort to calculate meaning.

Professor Bigelow's interests include student competitions, residential construction, and universal design.

Dr. Bilbo specializes in emergency preparation and response, construction project management and administration, and industrial/technical education. He holds CPC certification from the American Institute of Constructors.

Mr. Boettgerâs interests point towards groundbreaking approaches and practices within the field of urban landscape architecture. He is teaching design strategies that overlay contemporary needs and requirements with multi-layered reading of landscape and city.

Geoffreys work experience covers a broad range of urban planning, public policy, real estate development and investment projects in both his native Australia and since early 2000, the USA. His research interests are in planning law and development entitlement reform, the definition and measurement of the Sustainability Dividend, and the application of visualization and virtualization technology Sensory Law in the improved design of place and creation of real estate value.

Mr. Brackenridge is interested in game development as it applies to learning, health, simulation, and business processes, advanced immersive visualization technologies, mobile user interface design and haptic interaction, and physiological and behavioral uses and applications of game related technologies

Dr. Brights current research focuses on the effects of property tax over-appraisal in low income neighborhoods and the importance of regional containment in central city health. Her other areas of expertise include economic development, zoning, environmental planning, and impact assessment.

Dr. Brody's areas of interest are environmental planning, coastal sustainability, ecosystem management, and Geographic Information Systems.

Dr. Bryant is currently with the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Qatar campus of Texas A&M University. _His research interests include HVAC systems design and analysis, energy policy and building energy codes, and building energy use and conservation.

Architecture, interiors and landscape as places of experience. Environmental strategies: open space/green space design, Sustainability: integration of “green” systems concerned with architectural forms and aesthetics. Landscape design: making spaces and places meanings, Methodology of design: how new sustainable technologies affect the path to design, dialectic between building and context, historical towns and contemporary design and life styles. Interior design: qualification of environments where to live, work and play. Well being: an holistic approach to design to create architectural excellence with a man centered vision. Real estate: when business matches architecture. Planning feasibility studies for the reconversion of residential and commercial developments as investment opportunities.

In addition to teaching various lower level classes, Professor Byrne manages the graduate and undergraduate internship programs, administers the bi-annual career fairs for the Department of Construction Science and is the Executive Director of the Construction Industry Advisory Council.

Dr. Caffey's research interests include empire and identity, visual and spatial literacies, neuroscience of aesthetic perception and virtual heritage gaming environments.

Dr. Campagnol's interests lie in Modern and Contemporary architectural history and theory, industrial heritage, sugar heritage, adaptive reuse, _and Latin American architecture and urban planning.

Ms. Carlson is interested in the areas of energy efficiency in residential construction, mechanical systems and materials and methods.

Dr. Choi's research interests have centered on infrastructure transportation construction and project management. His research elements fall into five key areas that address the unique spectrum of challenges and issues facing state transportation agencies, daily commuters, and business enterprises, such as (1) stochastic modeling, simulation, and quantitative effectiveness analysis for improved project delivery and innovative contracting strategies, (2) decision-support models to support life-cycle cost analysis on infrastructure LTPP projects, (3) urban sustainability, (4) schedule-cost-change-productivity-profit interdependency analysis, and (5) infrastructure asset management.__

Dr. Choudhury specializes in environmental control systems, housing, residential satisfaction, rainwater harvesting, architectural design, and project and construction management.

A native of New Orleans, Dr. Clayton is knowledgeable of issues relating to urban geography and historic preservation pertinent to hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts. He is an expert in Building Information Modeling, housing design and construction, facility management, information technology, building energy systems, and management of technology.

Dr. Culp�s interests include technology education, improving the comfort and energy efficiency of existing buildings, involving students in research, combining architecture with affordable technology to achieve high performance residential and commercial buildings, measurement and verification technology, air flow technology and human comfort in building spaces.

Dr. Daigneault practiced construction law in Texas and North Carolina before returning to teach construction law and risk management courses. In addition to teaching, Dr. Daigneault leads the Construction Science semester long study abroad & internship program in London, England.

Jay�s areas of interest include drawing, painting, 3D character animation, and improvisational acting

Professor Davison's areas of interest include design communication, drawing, painting, and color theory.

Dr. Deyong's field of study is the history and theory of modern architecture from the 19th century to the present. _Her research offers a critical reassessment of the postwar megastructure, with a focus on the architectural and urban design ideas of Alison and Peter Smithson, Aldo Van Eyck, Yona Fridman and Christopher Alexander. _Her interests include gaming, sustainability, and contemporary theories on design processes.

Dr. Downing's interests include architectural design, design process, design theory, design pedagogy, embodiment of place, and epistemology.

Professor Bruce Dvorak teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Landscape Architecture. His areas of interest include sustainable design, planning, and construction. His areas of research includes green roof and wall technology.

Professor Eilers' interests include multimedia, web design and photojournalism.

Dr. Eisele's areas of interest are transportation planning, access management, transportation impacts of land development, congestion monitoring, and transportation system performance measurement.

Dr. Ellis is interested in transportation finance and economics, economic development, impact assessment, demographics, and tax policies.

In addition to her teaching duties, Ms. Ellis serves as the faculty coordinator for study abroad.

Professor Erminy's areas of interest include architecture, architectural design, tectonic development, interior design, photography, architectural photography, digital imaging, visual communication and graphic design.

Dr. Escamilla is interested in project management, project performance, interdisciplinary design, site logistics, alternative project delivery systems and historical preservation.

Mr. Esquivel has been interested in the implementation of new digital technology within a new practice of design. His focus of attention has always been surfaces and their different possibilities from performative to affective. The introduction of surface modeling techniques, digital and analog, as well as understanding the importance of rapid prototyping and fabrication using CNC milling process and others.

Professor Eustace has over thirty-six years experience in construction and safety, facility planning and design, engineering, maintenance, operations and construction, environmental compliance including contract administration, utility systems operations, project scheduling management, and contingency planning.

Professor Fairey's areas of interest are in design foundations and plant exploration.

Professor Feigenbaum conducts research in the areas of Construction Estimating and Planning.

Dr. Fern�ndez-Sol�s' teaching, research, and engagement interests are in the areas of sustainability, environment, applied chaos theory, capstone, materials and methods, deterministic nonlinear systems, and advanced project management.

Pliny is considered one of the originators of the Sustainable Architecture and Planning movement in the U.S. His work has spanned from originating one of the first design build courses in the country using sustainable design procedures in the early 70's to being instrumental in helping formulate national policy and procedures regarding the design and planning professions. His teaching and research covers an equally wide range of subject matter from alternative materials and low impact building systems, biophilia in design, to alternative planning strategies developed from his work with Ian McHarg and many other well know figures in the environmental movement. He teaches undergraduate, graduate and Phd students.

Philip's areas of interest include generative art, physical computing, sound art and music, complexity science, and art theory. _His work includes the artistic exploration of complex systems, and the development of art theory bridging the gap between the cultures of science and the humanities.

Dr. Geva's areas of interest are architectural design (international, historic, and environmental context), historic preservation, sacred architecture, and history of building technology. She is also a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Heritage Conservation, a Fellow of the Religious Studies at TAMU.

Dr. Giustis interests include land development, urban and regional economic development and planning, and economic development and planning in developing countries, especially in Latin America.

Dr. Glowacki specializes in Classical and Near Eastern art and archaeology. His current research investigates domestic architecture and household activities in the prehistoric Aegean, especially on the island of Crete. He is the recipient of the 2001 Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Archaeological Institute of America. Dr. Glowacki is also a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Heritage Conservation and a co-editor of Preservation Education and Research, the journal of the National Council for Preservation Education.

Mr. Grisham is a retired District Court Judge and he specializes in legal issues involving Family law, Mediator, Arbitrator, Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship and Elder Law.

Dr. Haberl's areas of interest are in HVAC design, energy conservation savings measurement techniques, metering and monitoring equipment, calibrated building energy simulations, building energy data visualization, on-line diagnostics for HVAC equipment, solar energy heating and cooling systems, colar energy measurements, code compliance calculations, and emissions reductions calculations.

Ms. Hahm's interest is in typography, corporate identity and information design.

Ms. Hajash's area of interest is in publication design and typography.

Mr. Hamilton is interested in evidence based design for healthcare, and the relationship of facility design to organizational performance.

Dr. Haque's areas of interest are in reinforced/pre-stressed concrete design, fracture mechanics, design/construction visualization, computer applications in structural analysis and design, artificial neural network and GA applications and knowledge-based expert system design.

Dr. He's research field is design theory with particular focuses on translations across different forms of art, formal descriptions of space, metaphors of making, diagramming and visual thinking.

Professor Hills interests include social and behavioral factors in architecture, creativity and future studies. He is the faculty advisor for the American Institute of Architect Students, the American Creativity Association, Texas A&M Entrepreneurs Society, Texas A&M Wakeboarding Club, the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club, and the Entrepreneur Club.

Dr. Holland studies the areas of quality and safety as related to commercial, industrial & residential construction. She developed a student summer program and internship program in Mexico.

Ms. Holliday's areas of interest include structural steel, bridging the architecture/engineering gap, and interdisciplinary design.

Professor Horlen specializes in legal issues involving construction, dispute resolution, employment law, and product liability.

Professor Huang's areas of interest lie in design programming and _methodology, urban and community design, therapeutic garden design, design communication, and interdisciplinary design education. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a registered Landscape Architect in the State of Texas.

Dr. Joh is interested in sustainable transportation and the built environment, accessibility and equity issues in transportation, public transit systems, and international transportation policy and planning.

Dr. Kang's is interested in best utilizing emerging information technologies such as Building Information Model (BIM), 4D Visualization, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for construction engineering and project management.

Dr. Kim's interests include landscape spatial patterns and human behavior, landscape ecology and environmental perception, built environment and physical activity, urban design and physical planning, and evidence-based design methodology.

Dr. Klein specializes in the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. Her current research focuses on the development of sacred architecture on the Acropolis of Athens. She is also a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Heritage Conservation.

Mr. Knüvener's work focuses on the relationship of architecture and landscape architecture, the build and the natural environment. His further interest is the interaction of infrastructure with city and landscape. He conducted research in the temporary use of space and its strategic relevance for urban redevelopment processes.

Carol LaFayette uses technology to augment experiences of nature and the environment. Her artwork is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Printed Matter, and Microcinema International. She has exhibited interactive installations and video at venues such as SIGGRAPH, Zebra Poetry on Film, Berlin; Filmstock, UK; and Moondance. Her work has screened on video billboards in Los Angeles in the LA Freewaves Festival and at Victory Media Arts Plaza, Dallas. Reviews of her artwork have been published in "The BBC Technology News," "Chronicle of Higher Education" and "Wired."

Dr. Langs principal field of study is post-war Italian contemporary architecture and design history. He has written extensively on the sixties Italian Radical design movement and organized major exhibitions in this field. Active in urban theory, Lang has worked on recent trends in globalization and their impact on the city and in suburban contexts. His other interests include the evolution and documentation of informal architectural and urban productions in Asia, Europe and the United States and most recently the U.S.-Mexican borderlands.

Professor Larsen's areas of interest include visualization, programming, computer-aided design systems, and traditional photographic methods.

Dr. Lavy is interested in facilities management, health care and education sector, construction engineering, maintenance, performance, life cycle costs techniques, and quantitative methods in facilities management.

Dr. Lee's interests are in urban design and physical planning, urban form and non-motorized transportation, physical activity and public health.

Dr. Li 's interested in stormwater management, bioretention, soil erosion control, streambank bioengineering, and sustainable landscape construction technology.

Dr. Lindell is interested in environmental hazards, emergency management, and research methods.

Dr. Lomax's scholarly interest involves transportation planning, and performance measurement.

Dr. Lu's interests include health facility design, housing for the elderly, healthy community planning, environmental psychology, and design communication.

Professor Maffei's areas of interest are in architectural and urban design, design methodology, design pedagogy, building construction, industrialized construction, furniture design and construction, and vernacular building design.

Professor Mann has 50 years experience in the field of architecture for health through his consulting practice, teaching and research. He has established a national and international reputation as a leader in health facilities design, and has taught over 4,000 students and undertaken over 650 architecture for health projects all over the world.

Ms. Martin's scholarly interests lie in community development, housing policy, policy analysis, and policy evaluation.

Professor McGowan's interests are in safety and health programs for the general and construction industry.

Dr. McGraw is interested in the well being of people and their institutions in the context of a much improved and environmentally sustainable planet. His current focus is the planning and design of healthcare facilities and the policy, plans and programs that will see these facilities become physical realities in the context of a sustainable environment.

Mr. McLaughlins areas of interest include visual effects production, animation control systems, tools for collaborative creativity, and using visual perception information to minimize computer graphics processing. He is on the Board of Directors of the Visual Effects Society and a former Creature Supervisor at the Industrial Light & Magic.

Dr. McNamara's reserach focuses on the advancement of computer graphics and scientific visualization through novel approaches for optimizing an individual's experience when creating, viewing and interacting with virtual spaces. _She investigates new ways to exploit knowledge of human visual perception to produce high quality computer graphics and animations more efficiently. _She is also interested in eye-tracking, her current research combines eye-tracking with subtle image-space modulations to involuntarily draw an observer's gaze to specific image locations. _Other interests include distance perception, geometric simplification and character design.

Dr. Miranda's areas of interest are in architectural design, architectural computing, imaging, design process and energy optimization.

Ms. Morgan is interested in project controls, estimating and contract administration.

Dr. Murphy's interests lie in interdisciplinary design and programming, environmental planning and design and landscape architecture theory.

Dr. Ndubisi specializes in ecological design and planning; community design; growth management; and interdisciplinary design education.

Dr. Newman's interests include cultural landscape studies, land use management and urban planning/design, and advanced landscape representation.

Dr. Nichols' interests include masonry and concrete materials, computer modeling, and fracture mechanics.

Dr. John Nichols' interests include predicting fatalities in earthquakes, masonry materials, damage mechanics, and boat design.

Professor O'Brien's scholarly interests include systems integration, affordable housing design, Progressive-Era urban planning, historical development, and the use of organic and inorganic structures in design.

Dr. Parke has interests in many aspects of visualization and computer based systems, including facial animation, computer graphics, computer animation and immersive visualization.

Mr. Pasing is interested in space-encompassing artistic research, interaction between skin, fashion and architecture and parasite machines.

Dr. Peacock is interested in urban planning, sustainability and resiliency issues, natural hazard, hazard mitigation, long-term disaster recovery, and quantitative methods.

Dr. Perkinson's current research at TTI focuses on air quality issues, primarily emissions modeling and estimation methods. His other research interests include interdisciplinary approaches to transportation planning, travel data collection methods, organizational regulatory compliance, and the social impacts of transportation technologies.

Dr. Prater's interests are in environmental politics and policy and natural hazards and disasters.

Dr. Pugh's research interests include land use law, historic preservation, and utopian cities.

Design education, design methodology and campus planning are the major areas of Regans research. He has served as dean at three major universities, the University of Miami, North Carolina State University, and Auburn University, before becoming dean at Texas A&M. He also served as national president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and Executive Director of the Architecture+Construction Alliance, which he co-founded. Regan was Dean of the TAMU College of Architecture from 1998-2008, and TAMU University Campus Planner from 2005-08.

Professor Reid has worked professionally in the fields of visual communications and in large-scale graphic design for over 25 years. His architectural illustrations continue to be commissioned by International Architectural firms. _Reid's massive-scale fine art is represented by galleries in Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA, and; New York, NY. Prof. Reids teaching interests are in the areas of observational and analytical drawing languages, architectural design communications, urban planning communications, and the creative processes in visual communication theory in the rapidly changing pedagogical paradigm of the Millennial Generation.

Ms. Reitz is interested in architecture, visual studies, design communication, computer modeling and experimental design strategies.

Mr. Ringham is interested in programming for visualization and physically-based simulation of natural phenomena for purposes of visualization and animation choreography. His specific interest is in physically based aerodynamic flight of birds and behavioral flocking.

Dr. Rodiek's areas of interest are in wildlife and wetland habitat planning.

Dr. Rodiek is focused on the professional practice of architecture, especially design for aging and healthcare settings, with an emphasis on human-behavior research. She is a registered architect with NCARB certification.

Dr. Rogers is interested in the areas of sustainability, risk analysis and planning, technology and society, and quantitative methods.

Dr. Rogers is interested in design foundations, design communications, drawing, and design methods. She has traveled throughout Southeast Asia and is interested in Southeast Asian art and architecture.

Mr. Roldan's areas of interest are interdisciplinary design and collaborative projects of architects, landscape architects, urban designers, biologist, engineers and philosophers. He specializes in intermeddle scale projects in both urban and landscape-rural contexts.

Dr. Rybkowski's interests include evidence-based design, environmentally sustainable architecture and construction, life cycle cost analysis, and lean construction.

Network computing/distributed computing and sensor technology implementation for safety modeling, exploring the framework of construction businesses and the standard processes of construction activities.

Dr. Saginor specializes in land development, market analysis, and economic development.

Ms. Saslow's areas of interest include painting, digital painting and animation, drawing, and the design process.

Professor Schiffhauer is most interested in design communication, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and history of art.

Professor Segner specializes in construction management, project delivery systems, construction materials and methods, construction project management, and continuing education of all kinds.

Aesthetics of experience, immersive experience, responsive environment, and wearble computing.

Dr. Shepley specializes in architectural design, social architecture, health care facility design, applied research, and environmental psychology.

Dr. Smith enjoys researching the following fields of study: project acquisition, alternate delivery systems, design-build, and public-private partnerships.

Ms. Strum is interested in Architecture, urbanism, history and theory.

Dr. Sweeneys professional interests include health systems policy, and planning management and the creation of healthier communities. His research focus is the strategic planning methodologies employed by community coalitions.

Dr. Tabb's interest is in the area of community architecture with an emphasis on- climatic, energy and sustainable architectural design and village planning with a special focus on sacred building and place typologies. He is a founding faculty fellow of the Sustainable Urbanism Certificate Program and a board member for Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality. Dr. Tabb is a licensed architect and holds a NCARB certificate.

Dr. Tassinary is interested in person perception, environmental psychophysiology, neuroscience, non-invasive physiological recording techniques and historic preservation law.

Professor Teal's scholarly interests focus on transportation aesthetics and maintainability of landscape development, corridor management for visual and environmental quality, water quality and highway environments.

Dr. Turnbull's interests include transportation planning, public transportation, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities, and transportation policy.

Dr. Van Zandt's areas of interest include housing policy, sustainable community development, and social vulnerability following disasters. Her research examines ways to improve neighborhood stability and produce positive outcomes for households, particularly those that are lower-income.

Dr. Vanegas research and education interests are in built environment sustainability at urban, civil infrastructure systems, facilities, and housing scales; creativity, innovation, design, and entrepreneurship; advanced strategies, tools, and methods for integrated capital asset delivery and management; design/construction integration, constructability programs, and advanced modularization technologies; and undergraduate, graduate, service learning, continuing education, and technology transfer curricula and program development.

Dr. Varni's areas of expertise are measurement instrument development, conceptual models and cognitive-behavior therapy interventions in pediatric health conditions. He also conducts research and evaluation projects into the healing environment of children's hospitals, focusing on the effect of the built environment on child, parent, and staff outcomes as a basis for evidence-based architectural design for pediatric and adult healthcare facilities.

Mr. Vigus interests include traditional photography, experimental photography, and stereo-photography. In addition to teaching digital photography, Glen is responsible for the operation and support of the Laboratorys visual production infrastructure. He serves as producer and/or production editor, performs production-engineering duties and fosters technical awareness and capabilities by instructing students, faculty and staff in visual production planning and operations. He also performs webmaster duties, and manages resource scheduling.

Professor Volkman specializes in community design, landscape architecture history, historic preservation and rural landscapes.

Dr. Wagner's interests include Green Vernacular Building Techniques using natural building materials. Also teaches architectural history of Mexico including Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Modern. El Logan Wagner is a Practicing Design build Architect.

Dr. Wang is interested in ecological planning and design, landscape ecology, ecological aesthetics and lanscape perception. She works to advance the applications of various ecological theories in planning and design while highlighting the concern of public acceptance of environmentally beneficial landscape.

Professor Warden's areas of interest are in historic preservation and documentation and philosophy of architecture.

Professor Wells is most interested in architectural design, adaptive use, interior architecture, human factors, furniture design, health facilities and facility management.

Dr. Williamsons special fields of interest include educational psychology, instructional design, equipment management, computer technologies, and agile construction management strategies.

Dr. Woods has a special interest in Facilities Management and Green Buildings.

Professor Workman has over 25 years of experience in the commercial construction industry and teaches commercial construction, project management and estimating at Texas A&M.

Dr. Wunneburger's primary research interests include studies of social impacts due to interactions of demographics and spatially explicit policies and laws.

Dr. Xiao's research interests are in disaster management and recovery, regional economies, and state and local government finance.

Dr. Yan's areas of interest are in design computing, visualization, building technologies, building information modeling, and applications of computer graphics and computer vision in design.

Dr. Zhu is interested in healthy community design, non-motorized transportation, and public health; healthcare facility design; and general environment-behavior research as well as its application with a focus on health, disparity, and sustainability.