Dean’s Office

Chanam Lee
Professor, Executive Associate Dean
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Dean’s Office
Expert Area: Built Environment and Physical Activity; Healthy Living/Communities by Design
Contact: 979-845-7056; chanam@tamu.edu

Ivy Hu
Incoming Dean of the College of Architecture
Dean’s Office
Expert Area: Intersection of Transportation and Land Use; Planning Policy;

Patrick Suermann
Professor, Interim Dean
College of Architecture; Department of Construction Science
Expert Area: Military Construction; Lunar Construction; Expeditionary Construction
Contact: 719-339-9611, suermann@tamu.edu
Architecture

Ahmed K. Ali
Associate Professor; Director Resource-Based Design Research Lab (RBDR/Lab)
Department of Architecture
Expert Area: Design in Circular Economy, Waste & Industrial Symbiosis, Building Materials & Assemblies
Contact: 540-449-7030, ahali@tamu.edu

Juan-Carlos Baltazar
Professor, Director, Building Performance Assessment Center (BPAC), Associate Director, TEES-Energy Systems Laboratory
Department of Architecture
Expert Area: Renewable Energy Systems; Energy Use Efficiency
Contact: 979-845-5041; jcbaltazar@tamu.edu

Zhipeng Lu
Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Center for Health Systems & Design
Department of Architecture; Center for Health Systems & Design
Expert Area: Health Facility Design for Older Adults; Telemedicine for Behavioral Health
Contact: 979-845-6183; luzhipeng@tamu.edu

James Tate
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture; Center for Health Systems & Design; Center for Housing and Urban Development
Expert Area: Wildfire Mitigation; Recovery And Community Planning
Contact: jtate@arch.tamu.edu

Wei Yan
Professor
Department of Architecture; CRS Center
Expert Area: Computational Methods in Architecture, Augmented Reality, AI, Building Information Modeling, Parametric Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization
Contact: wyan@tamu.edu; 979-574-8305

Jorge Vanegas
Dean Emeritus; Director of the Institute for Sustainable Communities; Professor
Department of Architecture
Expert Area: Built Environment; Sustainability with a Focus on Livable, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities enabled by Intelligent Facilities and Infrastructure
Contact: (979) 204-2577; jvanegas@tamu.edu
Construction Science

Manish Dixit
Associate Professor
Department of Construction Science
Expert Area: Energy and Building Information Modeling; Facility Performance Assessment
Contact: 979-458-9375; mdixit@tamu.edu

Chuma Nnaji
Associate Professor, Cecil O. Windsor Jr. ’66 Endowed Professor
Department of Construction Science
Expert Area: Construction Safety; Construction Automation; Sustainable Construction
Contact: 979-845-7075; cnnaji@tamu.edu
Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning

Sherry Bame
Professor Emerita; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center; Center for Health Systems & Design
Expert Area: Health Systems Planning and Policy; Environmental Health; Health-Related Disaster Planning; Hurricane; Community Planning;
Contact: 979-845-8407, sbame@tamu.edu

Robert Brown
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
Expert Area: Microclimate Design; Thermal Comfort and Heat Health
Contact: robert.brown@tamu.edu

Ivis Garcia
Associate Professor; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center; Center for Housing & Urban Development
Expert Area (Tags): Housing; Community Development; Planning in/with Minority and Low-Income Communities; Equity and Community Planning for Disaster Recovery; Recovery And Public Health; Hurricane; Community Planning;
Contact: ivis.garcia@tamu.edu

Sungmin Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning; Center for Health Systems & Design
Expert Area: Urban Trees in Crime Prevention; Built Environment
Contact: sungminlee@tamu.edu; 979-587-4159

Dongying Li
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Center for Health Systems & Design
Expert Area: Nature and Mental Health; Environmental Psychology; Urban Informatics
Contact: 979-862-1211; dli@arch.tamu.edu

Jaimie Hicks Masterson
Director, Texas Target Communities; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Expert Area: Community Resilience And Sustainable Development; Hurricane
Contact: jaimiehm06@tamu.edu

Michelle Meyer
Associate Professor, Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Expert Area: Recovery And Public Health; Wildfire Mitigation, Recovery And Community Planning; Hurricane
Contact: mmeyer@arch.tamu.edu

Galen Newman
Professor; Department Head; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Department; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Expert Area: Urban Regeneration, Land Use Science, Spatial Analytics, Flood Resilience and Community/Urban Scaled Design; Community Resilience and Sustainable Development; Wildfire Mitigation, Recovery And Community Planning; Hurricane; Urban Regeneration
Contact: gnewman@arch.tamu.edu

Walter Gillis Peacock
Professor; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; U. S. Census Bureau; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center; Texas Target Communities; Center for Housing and Community Development; Texas Research Data Center (TXRDC)
Expert Area: Evacuation And Transportation; Wildfire Mitigation, Recovery And Community Planning; Hurricane; Evacuation; Restoration and Long-Term Recovery from Disasters; Disaster Mitigation and Resilience.
Contact: 979-845-7835, peacock@tamu.edu

Tom Sanchez
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
Expert Area: Urban Planning Methods and Technologies; AI in Planning
Contact: twsanchez@tamu.edu

Doug Wunneburger
Instructional Professor; Faculty Fellow,
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Expert Area: Evacuation And Transportation; Hurricane;
Contact: dwunneburger@arch.tamu.edu

Siyu Yu
Assistant Professor; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Expert Area: Community Resilience And Sustainable Development; Wildfire Mitigation, Recovery And Community Planning; Hurricane; Built Environment, Disaster Relief, Policy, Community Resilience, Climate Adaptation
Contact: 979-676-7689; syu@arch.tamu.edu

Shannon Van Zandt
Professor; Faculty Fellow
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center; Center for Housing and Urban Development; Texas Target Communities
Expert Area: Community Resilience and Hazards Mitigation; Disaster Recovery; Social Vulnerability; Low-Income Housing; Climate Adaptation (buyouts); Recovery And Public Health; Hurricane
Contact: 979-458-1233, svanzandt@tamu.edu