Karsten Eckert is a Product Designer at Liveread.io. They is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe them as "It has been my pleasure to have taught Karsten Eckert when he was a graduate student at Washington State University during the 2020 - 2021 academic year. I had Karsten in two courses, one was a lab course and the other was a studio course. Karsten demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills in both courses despite the challenges associated with transitioning online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the studio course, Karsten worked in a team of three that was tasked with generating a proposal for a 25,000 sq ft multi-family mixed-use development on a site in Spokane's University District. Karsten was instrumental in resolving the ground floor condition and seamlessly connecting it to the larger urban context. Karsten was able to clearly communicate his ideas through diagrams using his outstanding hand sketching in combination with his high-quality computer skills. In the lab course, Karsten worked with two other students to propose innovations to a novel passive cooling system (passive downdraft cooling tower) to bring it in alignment with the needs of the 21st century. Karsten demonstrated ingenuity by proposing a tower envelope made of a gas-filled membrane that responds to ambient temperatures and changes its geometry in accordance with the cooling needs of the space it is attached to. Karsten will be a wonderful addition to any organization and I have no doubt that he will be extremely impactful and successful. I highly recommend Karsten and wish him all the best in his future endeavors." and "I had the distinct pleasure of working with Karsten from 2020-21 when he was president of the American Institute of Architecture Students (A.I.A.S.) in the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University. I served in the capacity of “advisor” to that student group, although in this case I did very little advising: I recall meeting with Karsten via Zoom once—just once—before the academic year began to chat broadly about what he had in store for the year, and then Karsten took it from there: organizing professional events, inviting guest lecturers, and hosting workshops to help skill-building for the students. Despite everything happening on Zoom, Karsten’s energy and excellent leadership helped the group maintain its strong presence in our school and ensured its continuinty and future success. I expect Karsten would be an extraordinary asset to any firm or company that is lucky to have him; I recommend him very highly to you."