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State College, Pa, Us

Altoona, Pennsylvania Area

Altoona, Pennsylvania Area

During my five years at Penn State Altoona, external research and creative activity funding increased by over 300% from $300,000 to over $1.2M annually. I expanded support for students and faculty participating in undergraduate research by creating the Undergraduate Research Coordinator position and Altoona Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (ASURF) program, expanding undergraduate research experiences to over 200 students per year. Formed an Undergraduate Research Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (UR DEI) committee that initiated new programming to increase the diversity of students conducting undergraduate research and support those students throughout their time at our campus. Initiated, identified funding for, and contributed to the long overdue renovation of our nanomaterials and optics research labs. Expanded my office to include support for campus-wide out-of-classroom learning experiences such as internships, community-based studies and entrepreneurship. Supported the launch of our new Engineering Leadership Development Program and complementary Engineering Leadership Society. For the past three years, I also served on the Pennsylvania Science Olympiad Board of Directors and as the State Tournament Director which has brought over 1,000 high school and middle school students to the Altoona campus each April for their state-wide competition.

Centre County, Pa

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors to fill a vacant At-Large position. The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of Ferguson Township (population 19,500) and comprises five elected officials who each serve four-year terms: two elected at large and three elected by ward. The Board of Supervisors is the policy-making body and is responsible for setting tax rates, approving an annual budget, and enacting ordinances to carry out policy.https://www.twp.ferguson.pa.us/board-supervisors

Elected as the West Regional Director to the ACSA Board of Directors and served on the following committees during my three year term: - Annual Meeting Committee- Research and Scholarship Committee- Executive Committee- Nominations Committee- New Faculty Teaching Award JuryI contributed to two ACSA white papers related to increasing the impact of and funding for research at our member schools. Co-chaired the task force that restructured the ACSA Annual Meeting to create a more inclusive, transparent, and impactful event. Served as co-chair for 2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference.

School of Architecture

The Research-Based Design Initiative transformed traditional lecture-based building science and technology courses into a series of on-going, graduate level seminars that revolve around two primary activities: (1) students conduct building science research of relevance to a project currently under design in a firm and (2) students are embedded in project teams where they attend all interdisciplinary meetings for the course of a term to witness and document interdisciplinary collaboration. In this unique way, students became contributing members of a design team and building science experts on issues relevant to current practice. For the architecture firms involved, working with universities allows practicing architects the ability to utilize a deeper level of research expertise in the design process and access resources not typically available in practice. One of the most exciting outcomes of this collaboration have been the semi-annual research symposiums where students present their work to representatives from all of the participating firms, creating a dialog around pressing building science issues with students, faculty and practitioners.

Portland, Oregon Area

​At Portland State University, BUILT was created to address the pressing need for future architecture and engineering professionals to have a robust education in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline of building science. Conducting hands-on research about how buildings use energy and other resources is critical to the design and engineering of green buildings.

Served as an elected board member to AIA Portland before the merger of all Oregon components into AIA Oregon.

Department of Architecture

Collaborated on the design of residential, commercial and civic projects including single-family houses and a border station. Served as project manager for a mixed-use development and participated in all phases of the design process from schematic design to construction documents.

School of Architecture

Researched the benefits of a greater connection between the built and natural environments in terms of occupant health and productivity, known as “biophilia.” for Green Development Services (GDS) at Rocky Mountain Institute. Participated in the GDS consulting practice through researching sustainable design and technologies, composing reports, and attending design charrettes.

Master Of Architecture (March), Architecture

Master Of Science (Ms), Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering (Architectural Engineering)