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San Francisco

San Francisco

• Managed high-profile projects, including a U.S. embassy, a presidential library, and a 17.5-acre master plan.
• Worked on 50+ projects around the world, including in CA, OR, IL, NM, TX, ME, FL, AR, NJ, NY, Angola, Mongolia, the Middle East, Australia.
• Worked on a range of typologies, including high-end tech office buildings, biotech labs. corporate amenity buildings, manufacturing facilities, television productions studios, commercial spaces, corporate campuses, and.
• Leader of the Envelopes Working Group, which analyzes and helps design building envelopes at the intersection of occupant comfort, operational carbon, and embodied carbon.
• Embodied carbon: modeled life cycle impacts of buildings, proposed impact reduction strategies. Tools: One Click LCA, EC3, Excel
• Operational carbon: modeled renewable energy supply, proposed resilience strategies and procurement options. Tools: PVWatts, Excel

Berkeley, California, United States

• Full course development, from coming up with a syllabus to designing the course content and creating exercises.
• Teaching seminars and leading work sessions for a group of 24 architecture graduate students.Course content:
• Strategies to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of multi-story structures throughout the building lifecycle.
• Preparation to collaborate with clients, sustainability consultants, structural engineers, and (other) architects to reduce the carbon footprint of building structures.

Berkeley, California, United States

• ARCH 150/250: Introduction to StructuresThis course aims to develop a fundamental understanding of structural concepts, materials, and systems, and how they interact with architectural design. Responsibilities include:
• Leading lab sessions, in which lecture material is revised and review problems are tackled in a small-group environment
• Preparation of lab sessions, including lecture review and review problems
• Development of lab exercises in which students learn to compare their hand calculations to software results
• Development of lab materials, including scripts, instructions, and tutorials for Rhino 6, Grasshopper, and Karamba3D
• Collaboration with the head instructor and other student instructors to develop the course and ensure consistency in instructional methods and grading strategies across lab sections

San Francisco, California, United States

Master Of Science In Building Science, Technology, And Sustainability, Highest Distinction

• Master’s Thesis: “Life cycle impacts of timber unitized curtain wall systems” • Received the Outstanding Graduate Instructor Student.

Master Of Science In Architectural Engineering, Highest Distinction

• Master’s Thesis: “Design space exploration for comparing embodied carbon in tall timber structural systems” • Received a $100,000.

Bachelor Of Science In Architecture And Engineering, High Distinction

President of bru:tecture - The Architectural Engineering Student Organization. Set up the first procedural guides to ensure organizational.