Showcase 2026 | Texas A&M College of Architecture

Check in and On-Site Registration

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

Get signed in for the event and ask questions about the event. Free Showcase T-shirts will be available during check-in while supplies last.

Demonstration Booths

9:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

Old topics of Safety being presented with new interaction activities which use both the right and left side of the Brain! — Booth D1
Experience the science of safety through interactive, game-based demonstrations that reveal how fatigue, nighttime work, and other factors can affect decision-making, reaction times, and motor skills. Visitors will gain hands-on insight into the human factors that influence workplace safety and performance.

CRS-Know: What the CRS Archive Knows — Booth D2
Discover CRS-Know, an AI-powered platform that brings the CRS Center archive to life by connecting drawings, photographs, documents, and project records into a searchable knowledge base. Visit the booth to explore the archive and see how archival knowledge can inform design questions today.

Integrating AI-Based Instruction into Immersive Site Visit in Construction Education — Booth D3
Explore an AI-powered virtual site visit that brings electrical building systems to life through immersive, interactive learning. Discover how artificial intelligence is creating personalized educational experiences and transforming training in architecture, engineering, and construction.

NSF RETTL AR-Classroom: AI-Guided Spatial Learning and 6DoF Object Tracking — Booth D5
Experience RETTL, an NSF-funded XR learning environment that combines immersive technology, AI-powered tutoring, and real-time interaction to strengthen spatial reasoning skills. Explore hands-on XR activities and discover how virtual and physical objects can work together to create the next generation of design and architecture education.

Inside a Smart Construction Site Featuring an Immersive Data Sensing Experience — Booth D6
Experience DASLET, an immersive VR learning environment that simulates a construction site and showcases how drones, laser scanners, GPS, and data analytics are shaping the future of construction. Explore interactive scenarios and see how data-driven decision-making is transforming the built environment.

Evaluating Occupational Exoskeletons for Construction: A Human-Centered Approach to Safe and Effective Adoption — Booth D7
Can wearable robotics make construction work safer? Visit this interactive demonstration to experience occupational exoskeletons firsthand and learn how researchers are evaluating their potential to reduce physical demands, improve worker well-being, and transform the future of construction.

Designing Operating Rooms of the Future (ORSMART) — Booth D8
Experience a full-scale operating room mock-up and discover how healthcare designers are using research, simulation, and emerging technologies to create the hospitals of the future.

Outdoor Demonstrations

9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Rudder Complex

Housing Affordability: Challenges and Solutions
Step into the housing affordability challenge with CHUD’s interactive exhibit. Through engaging activities and simulations, discover the real-world decisions, tradeoffs and solutions shaping communities across Texas and beyond.

Autonomy for Everyone: Human-Centered Research on Autonomous Vehicles and Urban AI
Get up close with an autonomous research vehicle and discover how geospatial science, planning and social research are shaping the future of mobility. Explore student-led research on autonomous vehicles, accessibility and urban AI, and learn how emerging technologies can create safer, more equitable communities.

Information Tables

9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

• Graduate Programs in Construction Science informational

• Graduate Programs in Architecture informational

• Graduate Programs in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning informational

• Learn about Texas A&M’s Master of Urban Planning program and the NextGen Built Environments Scholars Pathways Program. Meet faculty and students to explore degree options, funding opportunities, career paths, the 3+2 accelerated pathway, and graduate school preparation resources.

• Curious about design careers that shape the natural and built environments around us? Stop by our table to explore inspiring project work and chat with student leaders from the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. You can discover exciting student activities, learn about what it is like to be in the program, and find out how to get involved with the Texas A&M Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

• Founded in 1988, Texas A&M’s Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center is a nationally recognized interdisciplinary research center focused on disaster resilience, hazard mitigation, recovery, and community preparedness. The HRRC advances research, education, and outreach to help communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and technological hazards.

• A multidisciplinary student organization affiliated with the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center that helps students explore disaster resilience, emergency management, and hazard mitigation while building leadership, service, and professional skills.

• Overview of TxTC and engagement poster to get feedback from students on topics.

• Explore how innovative design and emerging technologies support healthy, active living across the lifespan. Visit the DrAL Lab table to discover research on smart homes, AR, healthy aging, and dementia care through interactive demonstrations, project showcases, and opportunities to get involved.
• Seeing the Unseen: 3D Scanning and Infrared Thermography in Historic Preservation — Table 10
  Explore infrared thermography and 3D laser scanning through hands-on demonstrations with preservation technologies used by CHC faculty. Discover how these tools help document, analyze, and preserve historic buildings and cultural resources.

• Construction Surveying Technologies — Table 11
  The Construction Surveying Technologies booth will showcase state-of-the-art surveying equipment utilized in the Construction Science Department. Global Positioning Systems, Robotic Total Stations, and Laser Scanning equipment will be on hand for participant interactions. We will have our commercial drone on display and with graphics and videos of previous projects.

• DLR: DLR Group is the Architect of Record on the Aplin Center as well as Interior Architect. The Aplin Center is the first mass-timber structure on Texas A&M’s main campus and has been designed with Texas local materials in mind. DLR Group crafted a hospitality driven design experience rooted in storytelling, celebrating the Center’s mission, Aggieland culture, and the global impact of its programs.

• Pickard Chilton Associates (PCA)
• Design Workshop: Design Workshop’s landscape architecture team transformed the Aplin Center site from a parking lot into a welcoming campus commons. Our work centers on preserving and relocating mature live oaks, creating shaded gathering spaces and outdoor learning environments, integrating water-wise planting, and connecting the Center to the broader Texas A&M campus.
• Project Control
• Manhattan: Manhattan Construction Company is the general contractor for the Texas A&M Aplin Center. Our team coordinates closely with the owner’s representatives, design team, and end-user groups to ensure a successful project completion, while managing a wide range of subcontractors to deliver the project on time and on budget.
• Cleary Zimmerman
• Visitor Center & Aggieland Admissions
• TAMU Office of the University Architect

Emerging Ideas for Community-Led Hazard Adaptation

9:30–10:30 a.m. | Rudder Theatre

This faculty interdisciplinary presentation brings together leading scholars to explore emerging frameworks that bridge physical infrastructure design, policy planning, and community resilience. This session will discuss actionable solutions for integrating hazard adaptation directly into local land-use planning, and public infrastructure, relocating communities out of harms way, and reforming post-disaster recovery frameworks.

Moderator: Galen Newman
Panelists: Marccus Hendricks, Laurie Johnson, Julie Hartell and Gavin Smith

COA New Building Interdisciplinary Learning Initiative Forum

9:30–10:30 a.m. | Rudder Forum

Envisioning the new College of Architecture building as a living learning laboratory, the COA New Building Interdisciplinary Learning Initiative brings together 34 faculty members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and Construction Science to transform the building project into an interdisciplinary learning opportunity. Launched this semester, the initiative integrates learning modules into existing courses, engaging students and faculty as they explore the building from multiple disciplinary perspectives. This forum will showcase selected projects that demonstrate the diverse learning opportunities emerging from this collaborative effort.

Moderator: Shelley Holliday
Panelists: Stephen Caffey, Justin Golbabai, Irem Sezer, Chenjie Xiong, Benjamin Ennemoser, Deidra Davis-Williams and Bruce Dvorak

What’s New & Exciting in City Planning for Bryan-College Station: Experiences in Density, Development & Data-Centers

9:30–10:30 a.m. | Rudder Tower Room 501

It’s an exciting time to be planning in Bryan and College Station! In this session, hear from leaders in local urban planning efforts as they talk about their experiences shaping the heart of Aggieland. They will discuss the new high-rises in Northgate, efforts to revitalize the area around Post Oak Mall and Downtown Bryan, as well as the latest planning efforts, developments and controversies from both cities.

Moderator: Justin Golbabai
Panelists: Joey Dunn, Martin Zimmermann, Heather Wade, Anthony Armstrong

AI and Emerging Technologies

9:30–10:30 a.m. | Rudder Tower Room 504

Oral research presentations. This session explores how artificial intelligence, immersive technologies, digital twins and machine learning are transforming the design, planning and management of the built environment, with applications ranging from AI-assisted interpretation of construction documents to healthy campus design, smart home environments for dementia care, generative approaches to architectural form and reinforcement learning for highway construction productivity.

Moderator: Benjamin Ennemoser
Panelists: Dingding Ren, Li Deng, Xuemei Zhu and Janghwan Suk

Oral Presentations:

• Augmented Reality for Participatory Outdoor Design: Comparative Analysis of Student and Older Adult Responses Across Real and AR-Enhanced Outdoor Environments
• Digital Communication in Healthy Campus Design: Impacts of Mixed Reality-Enhanced Multisensory Landscapes on College Students’ Physiological and Psychological Well-being
• Reimagine Homes for Dementia Care: Support Caregiving through a Smart Homecare Digital Twin
• Intelligent Spatial Mapping of Highway Construction Production Rates through Reinforcement Learning

Poster Session A

10:15–11:15 a.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

• P-01 | Texas Housing Perspectives: The Intersections of Policy, Health, and Climate Resilience in Hispanic Neighborhoods
• P-03 | The Impact of a Disaster on Neighborhood Physical Disorder: Post-Disaster Recovery Trajectories
• P-05 | How can a Construction Management Apprenticeship Program Provide Opportunities for Underrepresented Students?
• P-07 | High average and linear scaling of Ecological Footprint in cities
• P-08 | Impact of Mental Fatigue During Human-Drone Collaboration in Construction
• P-09 | The Physical-Environment Features That Influence Social Capital: A Systematic Literature Review
• P-11 | Learning from Langford  —   Building a toolkit for future learning environments
• P-13 | Revitalizing Student Communities
• P-14 | From a Texas A&M Initiative to a Living Architectural Legacy: Architecture Education at BUET, Bangladesh
• P-15 | Conserve or Demolish? Public perception and decision-making frame work for Brutalist buildings in Texas
• P-16 | Mediators Examined in Associations Between Campus Environments and University Student Health: A Scoping Review
• P-18 | Bronex urban planning simulator
• P-20 | Contrasting spectral sky modelling approaches with field spectrophotometric measurements in Central Texas under clear, partly cloudy, and overcast skies
• P-21 | Robot-Ground Friction Randomization for Sim-to-Real Transfer of a Mobile Platform in Physical AI-Enabled Construction Environments
• P-23 | Wildfire and Rural Health: A Systematic Literature Review of Evidence and Gaps
• P-25 | Multi-Scale Migration Network Analysis: Evidence on Origin-Destination (OD) Flows, Before and After Hurricane Harvey, Texas
• P-26 | Barriers, Motivators, and Institutional Practice in Graduate Education Pathways for Disadvantaged Students in Design Disciplines: A Systematic Review
• P-28 | Designing for Healthy Aging: An Evidence-Based Framework for Intergenerational Living 
• P-29 | Smart Home and Smart Health Technologies for Caring for People Living with Dementia: A Review of Literature Reviews
• P-31 | Municipal Incorporation, Governance, and Flood Exposure in Metropolitan Texas
• P-32 | Housing Outcomes and Assimilation Among Hispanic Immigrant Subgroups
• P-33 | Environmental Monitoring and Land-Use Change at the Berkeley Pit: A Remote Sensing Analysis
• P-35 | Transit Equity and Accessibility Analysis in Brazos Valley, Texas
• P-37 | Hurricane Harvey @ 10: What have we learned for Houston resilience?
• P-40 | NSF ITEST: Advancing Computational Thinking in STEM K–12 for Exposure to Built Environment Careers
• P-41 | Daylight Resilience Hours (DRH): Quantifying Building Usability During Grid Outages in Austin, Texas
• P-43 | Comparative Strategies for Disaster Preparedness and Land Retention in Heirs’ Property Communities: Case Studies on Urban and Rural Texas
• P-46 | Damage, Repair, and Revaluation: Urban Form Shaped Building Value after Hurricane Harvey
• P-47 | Optimizing Envelope Design Parameters of a Community Shelter for Radiological Protection and Livability in High-Density, Hot-Humid Climates
• P-49 | PSEval: Evaluating AI Model Performance on Real-World Highway PS&E Review Tasks – Pilot

AI in Planning, Design, and Construction

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Rudder Theatre

This faculty interdisciplinary presentation explores how AI is reshaping design, planning, and construction. AI-assisted architecture design and construction management will be showcased along with insights and takeaways from the inaugural COA AI symposium. Lessons learned from AI’s application in research and practice, and prospective future steps will be shared.

Moderator: Zofia Rybkowski
Panelists: Xinwei Zhuang, Benjamin Ennemoser Ashrant Aryal and Xinyu Fu

Beyond the Bachelor’s: Navigating Graduate Education in the Built Environment Workshop

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Rudder Forum

Interested in advancing your education and expanding your impact in the built environment? Join faculty, admissions representatives and current graduate students for a practical workshop covering the College of Architecture’s graduate programs, application process, portfolio preparation, funding opportunities and tips for crafting a competitive application. Whether you’re considering a master’s degree, research-focused study or professional advancement, this session will help you take the next step with confidence.

Interior Design: Classic. Curated. Cool.

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 501

Special industry presentation. Join Aggie alumnus Benjamin Johnston, published author and Founder of Benjamin Johnston Design, and Gregory Luhan, nationally recognized architect, scholar, author and Texas A&M professor, for a thought-provoking conversation on interior design and the creative principles that shape exceptional spaces. Together, they will explore how inspiration, innovation and human experience influence their design process and inform the environments where we live, work and connect.

Community Resilience and Outreach

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 504

Oral research presentations. This session explores infrastructure, housing recovery, climate adaptation, participatory design and emergency preparedness, focusing on using local knowledge and community engagement to better prepare for and respond to future disruptions.

Oral Presentations:

• From Dumping Ground to Living Systems
• Translating Local Recovery Knowledge into Housing Design: A Living Lab Approach
• Tracing Disorder: Environmental Catalysts for Misdemeanors and Felonies in Chicago
• Hurricane Evacuation: 50+ Years of Supporting Texas Coastal Populations Plan for Evacuation

Plan-Design-Build Aggieland

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 701

Join a distinguished group of leaders who have shaped the built environment of Aggieland. Gain firsthand knowledge of their insights on planning, designing and building of our campus and its surroundings, and learn about their visions for Aggieland’s future. 

Moderator: Matt Henley

Panelists: Tim Green, Gary Hall, Shelley Potter, Michael Rey, Les Strech and Bill Vaughn

Poster Session B

12:00–1:00 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

• P-01 | Texas Housing Perspectives: The Intersections of Policy, Health, and Climate Resilience in Hispanic Neighborhoods
• P-02 | Reframing Efficiency: The Promise of PCM-Enriched Envelopes in Net-Zero Energy Retrofits
• P-03 | The Impact of a Disaster on Neighborhood Physical Disorder: Post-Disaster Recovery Trajectories
• P-05 | How can a Construction Management Apprenticeship Program Provide Opportunities for Underrepresented Students?
• P-07 | High average and linear scaling of Ecological Footprint in cities
• P-09 | The Physical-Environment Features That Influence Social Capital: A Systematic Literature Review
• P-12 | Ecoscape
• P-13 | Revitalizing Student Communities
• P-16 | Mediators Examined in Associations Between Campus Environments and University Student Health: A Scoping Review
• P-19 | Human factors considerations for safe and scalable human-robot collaboration in construction: A systematic review
• P-20 | Contrasting spectral sky modelling approaches with field spectrophotometric measurements in Central Texas under clear, partly cloudy, and overcast skies
• P-21 | Robot-Ground Friction Randomization for Sim-to-Real Transfer of a Mobile Platform in Physical AI-Enabled Construction Environments
• P-23 | Wildfire and Rural Health: A Systematic Literature Review of Evidence and Gaps
• P-25 | Multi-Scale Migration Network Analysis: Evidence on Origin-Destination (OD) Flows, Before and After Hurricane Harvey, Texas
• P-26 | Barriers, Motivators, and Institutional Practice in Graduate Education Pathways for Disadvantaged Students in Design Disciplines: A Systematic Review
• P-27 | Exploring Passive and Active Strategies for Energy-Efficient Single-Family House in Austin
• P-29 | Smart Home and Smart Health Technologies for Caring for People Living with Dementia: A Review of Literature Reviews
• P-31 | Municipal Incorporation, Governance, and Flood Exposure in Metropolitan Texas
• P-32 | Housing Outcomes and Assimilation Among Hispanic Immigrant Subgroups
• P-33 | Environmental Monitoring and Land-Use Change at the Berkeley Pit: A Remote Sensing Analysis
• P-35 | Transit Equity and Accessibility Analysis in Brazos Valley, Texas
• P-37 | Hurricane Harvey @ 10: What have we learned for Houston resilience?
• P-39 | Assessing Flood-Induced Waste Contamination Risks in the Beaumont–Port Arthur Area in Texas
• P-41 | Daylight Resilience Hours (DRH): Quantifying Building Usability During Grid Outages in Austin, Texas
• P-42 | Understanding Short-Term Rental Impacts on Homeownership in Puerto Rico
• P-43 | Comparative Strategies for Disaster Preparedness and Land Retention in Heirs’ Property Communities: Case Studies on Urban and Rural Texas
• P-45 | Revealing Spatial Conflicts Beyond Bar Charts: A Pilot Study on a Web-Based Line of Balance, a Serious Educational Simulation Game
• P-47 | Optimizing Envelope Design Parameters of a Community Shelter for Radiological Protection and Livability in High-Density, Hot-Humid Climates
• P-49 | PSEval: Evaluating AI Model Performance on Real-World Highway PS&E Review Tasks – Pilot

Building the Future: The Aplin Center

1:00 –2:00 p.m. | Rudder Theatre

From plan-design-build, hear directly from the team behind the Aplin Center and gain an insider’s look at the collaboration, creativity, and expertise that shaped one of Texas A&M’s most transformative projects from those involved in its construction.

Introduction: Jerry Strawser (Texas A&M University)

Moderator: Austin Fannin (Texas A&M University)

Panelists: Robb Berg (Design Workshop), Sam Lampe (Project Control), Anthony Markese (Pickard Chilton Associates), Emily Winter (DLR Group)

Urban Development and Design

1:00–2:00 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 504

Oral research presentations. In this session, presentations consider how cities can respond to changing mobility needs, integrate sustainable and resilient landscapes, enhance residents’ experiences of urban environments and improve construction production processes.

Oral Presentations:

• How people accept new transportation services: A case study of demand-responsive transit in South Korea
• The Story of Urban Planning: The Exam Is a List, the City Is a Story
• Developing Balanced Production Flow: A Simulation on Mura Reduction via Line of Balance
• Tree Canopy, Perceived Greenery, and Neighborhood Satisfaction among Residents of Age-Targeted vs. Non-age-targeted Communities

Book Signing

1:45–2:45 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

Meet acclaimed designer, author, and Texas A&M alumnus Benjamin Johnston for a special book signing following his morning Showcase presentation. Have your copy of Refined Interiors: Timeless Homes for Modern Living signed and connect with one of the industry’s leading voices in architecture and interior design.

Poster Session C

1:45–2:45 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

• P-02 | Reframing Efficiency: The Promise of PCM-Enriched Envelopes in Net-Zero Energy Retrofits
• P-04 | Women’s lives within the Ospedale degli Innocent
• P-06 | Beyond distance: A computational framework for route-based urban park accessibility
• P-08 | Impact of Mental Fatigue During Human-Drone Collaboration in Construction
• P-10 | Investigation on Freeze-Thaw Durability Testing Protocols for Additively Constructed Concrete by Extrusion
• P-11 | Learning from Langford  —   Building a toolkit for future learning environments
• P-12 | Ecoscape
• P-14 | From a Texas A&M Initiative to a Living Architectural Legacy: Architecture Education at BUET, Bangladesh
• P-15 | Conserve or Demolish? Public perception and decision-making frame work for Brutalist buildings in Texas
• P-17 | Housing the Aggie Community
• P-18 | Bronex urban planning simulator
• P-19 | Human factors considerations for safe and scalable human-robot collaboration in construction: A systematic review
• P-22 | Visualizing Floodplain Exposure: Texas Youth Camps and Spatial Risk Patterns
• P-24 | Designing and Implementing Community Telemedicine Booths for Underserved Communities: A Thematic Analysis of Expert Interviews
• P-27 | Exploring Passive and Active Strategies for Energy-Efficient Single-Family House in Austin
• P-28 | Designing for Healthy Aging: An Evidence-Based Framework for Intergenerational Living 
• P30 | Rethinking Nursing Stations for Violence Prevention in Behavioral Health Crisis Units Using Mock-Up Simulations and AI
• P-36 | Food Insecurity Recovery in Houston: A Nonprofit-Based Longitudinal Analysis
• P-38 | Next Challenges for Active Transportation
• P-40 | NSF ITEST: Advancing Computational Thinking in STEM K–12 for Exposure to Built Environment Careers
• P-42 | Understanding Short-Term Rental Impacts on Homeownership in Puerto Rico
• P-44 | Campus Tree Canopy and Student Success: Retention Outcomes Over time
• P-46 | Damage, Repair, and Revaluation: Urban Form Shaped Building Value after Hurricane Harvey
• P-48 | Energy, Thermal Comfort, and Economic Performance of Next-Generation Insulated Glazing Units in Office Buildings

COA Social

2:00–4:00 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

While supplies last, attendees can enjoy free gelato and espresso.

Preservation and Progress: Navigating Campus Growth

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Rudder Theatre

This faculty interdisciplinary presentation discusses how Texas A&M University’s campus architecture has balanced the need to grow and maintain its legacy by preserving, adapting and constructing new buildings. This will provide an opportunity to connect campus architecture and heritage with Texas A&M University’s 150th anniversary milestone.

Moderator: Timothy Jachna.
Panelists: Priya Jain, Marcelo Lopez-Dinardi, Bruce Dvorak, Ian Muise

Mobility by Design

2:30 –3:30 p.m. | Rudder Forum

Explore how planning, policy and infrastructure can support innovative campus mobility while improving safety and the design of shared public spaces.

Moderator: Robert Rose
Panelists: Debbie Albert, Jackson Archer and Maury Jacob

Prefabrication in Design and Construction at the Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 501

Special industry presentation. The Beck Group, HKS and Baker Triangke will be presenting on the prefabricated design and construction techniques used at the of the Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital in Austin, TX. This is an opportunity to hear from the integrated team of architects, general contractors and trade partners to understand on how we worked together to execute prefabrication on this project.

Panelists: Sam Balunda, Southern Ellis, Matt Luchak, Stephen Mery, Hunter Welch

Health and Safety

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 504

Oral research presentations. In this session, the presentations examine how the built environment affects health, safety and well-being. They cover supportive and healthy environments, tree landscape architecture and asthma, neighborhood security and construction safety.

Oral Presentations:

• Professional and Caregiver Perspectives on Autism-Supportive Public Environments: Shared Priorities and the Role of Familiarity and Support
• Physiological Responses to Walking Stimuli Among Older Adults in Inner-City Neighborhood: A case study in Houston, TX
• Socioeconomic Moderation of Tree Landscape Structure and Asthma Hospitalization: Spatial Evidence from Connecticut
• Breaking Through Heavy Machinery Vibrations: Proximity Sensing and Electrotactile Feedback for Safe Excavation

Plan-Design-Build Texas

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Rudder Tower Room 701

Former students from the College of Architecture have played significant roles in planning, designing and building a safe, healthy and prosperous Texas. Join a panel of industry leaders to learn about their journeys and their aspirations for the future of Texas.

Moderator: Peter Lange
Panelists: Aan Coleman, Whitney Fuessel, Stephen Lucy, Nelson Mitchell, Jeff Potter, Katie Turnbull

Poster Session D

3:15–4:15 p.m. | Rudder Exhibit Hall

• P-04 | Women’s lives within the Ospedale degli Innocent
• P-06 | Beyond distance: A computational framework for route-based urban park accessibility
• P-10 | Investigation on Freeze-Thaw Durability Testing Protocols for Additively Constructed Concrete by Extrusion
• P-17 | Housing the Aggie Community
• P-19 | Human factors considerations for safe and scalable human-robot collaboration in construction: A systematic review
• P-22 | Visualizing Floodplain Exposure: Texas Youth Camps and Spatial Risk Patterns
• P-24 | Designing and Implementing Community Telemedicine Booths for Underserved Communities: A Thematic Analysis of Expert Interviews
• P-30 | Rethinking Nursing Stations for Violence Prevention in Behavioral Health Crisis Units Using Mock-Up Simulations and AI
• P-36 | Food Insecurity Recovery in Houston: A Nonprofit-Based Longitudinal Analysis
• P-38 | Next Challenges for Active Transportation
• P-44 | Campus Tree Canopy and Student Success: Retention Outcomes Over time
• P-48 | Energy, Thermal Comfort, and Economic Performance of Next-Generation Insulated Glazing Units in Office Buildings

Keynote Conversation and Closing Ceremony

4:00–5:15 p.m. | Rudder Theatre

Moderated by Texas A&M University President Susan Ballabina, this special Keynote & Sesquicentennial Speaker Series conversation with Arch “Beaver” Aplin III ’80 will explore his entrepreneurial journey, his philosophy that every business is ultimately a hospitality business and the lessons he has learned while building a beloved brand from the ground up. Attendees will also hear his vision for hospitality, retail and experiential learning at Texas A&M, including the transformative Aplin Center currently taking shape on the university’s West Campus.

The Presenting Sponsor will receive the highest level of visibility and engagement throughout the College of Architecture Showcase and related activities:

• Exclusive “Presented By” recognition across all showcase marketing and event materials

• Premier logo placement on the event website, signage, digital displays and promotional communications

• Dedicated social media recognition campaign, including multiple sponsor spotlight posts

• Featured company profile on the showcase website

• Opportunity to provide company-branded materials and resources to attendees

• Exclusive opportunity to host a 60-minute educational presentation, workshop or industry engagement session in Rudder Tower

• Exclusive sponsorship of the Alumni and Student Luncheon, including:

  • Opportunity to provide welcoming remarks

  • Prominent recognition throughout the luncheon

  • Two reserved luncheon seats

• Recognition during major event announcements and opening remarks

• First right of refusal for the following year’s presenting sponsorship

Partner sponsors receive meaningful brand visibility and engagement opportunities with students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals attending the showcase:

• Company recognition through a dedicated social media spotlight post

• Company listing with logo and website link on the showcase website

• Logo placement on the event sponsor banner and sponsor recognition materials

• Opportunity to distribute company materials and information at a designated resource table

• One reserved seat at the Alumni and Student Luncheon

Gain highly visible brand recognition through the official event apparel worn by students, attendees, volunteers, and event staff.

• Exclusive company logo placement on the sleeve of all official Showcase T-shirts
• Recognition as the Official Showcase T-Shirt Sponsor on the Showcase website and sponsor signage
• Dedicated social media recognition post
• Recognition in event communications, where applicable

• Exclusive logo placement on event-branded espresso service materials.
• Recognition as one of the Official Espresso & Gelato Social Sponsor on event signage and the Showcase website.
• Dedicated social media recognition post.
• Prominent visibility throughout the networking event.

• Exclusive logo placement on event-branded gelato service materials.
• Recognition as one of the Official Espresso & Gelato Social Sponsor on event signage and the Showcase website.
• Dedicated social media recognition post.
• Prominent visibility throughout the networking event.

For more information contact Deanna Cowan at (979) 458-0400 or [email protected].