News
Sep 2, 2016
Center for Built Environment to blend smart ceiling fans and communicating thermostats
Center for the Build Environment Announces funding to develop ways to integrate commercially available “smart” ceiling fans and communicating thermostats, and to evaluate how they may improve energy efficiency.
Aug 19, 2016
Professor Emeritus Michael Dear Pens Op-Ed on the Failures of Border Building
Professor Dear argues that walls do not ultimately work as permanent solutions to conflict, and therefore always fail.
May 13, 2016
Assistant Professor of Architecture Andrew Atwood receives Hellman Fellowship
Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carol Christ has announced that Andrew Atwood, Assistant Professor of Architecture, is a recipient of the prestigious Hellman Family Faculty Fund.
Mar 21, 2016
Designing the Border Wall?
Associate Professor of Architecture, Ronald Rael, wrote an article published in the Architects Newspaper about the controversial competition called “Building the Border Wall?” organized by the Third Mind Foundation.
Feb 22, 2016
A new recipe for construction
Ron Rael, Associate Professor of Architecture, is one of a small group of researchers advancing a novel type of 3D printing capable of processing recycled as well as under-utilized materials into a range of sturdy products.