NDSU - First Week of School - Fall 2024

The first week of another school year has begun at NDSU in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. I have taught this design technology seminar for several years in their graduate architecture program!

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Design for Deconstruction Presentation - Northeastern University - Integrated Building Systems

Last week I had to opportunity to present (remotely) to architecture students at Northeastern University taught by my friend Lori Ferriss!

I presented some of the work Lake|Flato is doing related to Design for Deconstruction. 

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Morgan State University Lecture on Firm Culture and Design Technology

I had the opportunity to present (remotely) to architecture students at Morgan State University earlier this week. I shared the role of firm culture and design technology at Lake|Flato.

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Recap - AIA San Francisco Design Technology Symposium

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the AIA San Francisco Design Technology Symposium in California.

As the Director of Design Technology at Lake Flato, Author, Educator at NDSU, and AIA national COTE Leadership, I was excited to share my experiences related to practice, education, technology, and equity.

Today's post is a recap of the wonderful event.

Photo: Event organizers, moderators, and panelists

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University of Minnesota Lecture to Lighting Design Minor Students

Last month, I had the opportunity to present on lighting design at the University of Minnesota. I enjoy presenting what Lake|Flato is doing in design performance to our future architects and interior designers.

Today's post will highlight my presentation, where I discussed:

• Workflow (electric lighting): Lighting design using Revit + Elumtools
• Workflow (daylighting): Access and glare using Rhino + Climate Studio

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UTSA Architecture 2023 Mini Ice Box Challenge

Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch three groups of graduate architecture students present and unveil the results of their Mini Ice Box Challenge at UTSA here in San Antonio, Texas.

The goal was to design and build a structure that would minimize the melting of ice stored within while set outside for several days.

The presentations were thoughtful, and the results suspenseful:)

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Prairie View A&M University Career Fair Fun!

I got to attend the career fair at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) yesterday with Lake|Flato associate Sophia Razzaque, AIA, IIDA, NOMA, LEED AP!

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NDSU - First Week of School - Fall 2023

The first week of another school year has begun at NDSU in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. Employing synchronous learning, I have taught remotely for 12 semesters now (from Minnesota and now Texas), where all the graduate architecture and landscape architecture students are on campus.

Here is a screenshot of the students in my class this semester:)

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Early Energy Modeling Presentation at UTSA - School of Architecture

Yesterday I presented in-person to architecture students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). This was an excellent opportunity to share what we are doing at Lake|Flato with a local architecture program.

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University of Minnesota - Spring 2023 Lighting Design Presentation

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to present (remotely) on lighting design at the University of Minnesota.

Today's post will highlight my presentation, where I discussed:

• Design Performance at Lake|Flato
• Electric lighting: Lighting design using Revit + Elumtools
• Daylighting: Access and glare using Rhino + Climate Studio

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Recap of UT Austin Symposium - Architecture After AI

Last Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, I attended a symposium at UT Austin’s School of Architecture titled Architecture After AI. This is the topic of today’s post.

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Penn State - Department of Architecture - Student Design Review 2022

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in Associate Professor Rahman Azari's Arch 431/491 end-of-semester design review at Penn State. This is the topic of today's post.

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Penn State Presentation on Early Energy Modeling

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to present a small portion of Lake|Flato's early energy modeling workflow to professor Rahman Azari's architecture students at Penn State. Today's post offers a brief recap of the presentation.

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University of Minnesota - Lighting Design Presentation

Yesterday I had the opportunity to present on lighting design at the University of Minnesota. Today's post will highlight my presentation where I discussed:

• Design Performance at Lake|Flato
• Workflow (electric lighting): Lighting design using Revit + Elumtools
• Workflow (daylighting): Access and glare using Rhino + Climate Studio

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Penn State - Department of Architecture - Student Design Review

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in Associate Professor Rahman Azari's Arch 431/491 end-of-semester design review at Penn State. This is the topic of today's post.

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University of Minnesota Presentation on Lighting Analysis

For several years I have been presenting to Professor Abimbola O. Asojo's interior design students at the University of Minnesota. Last week I covered lighting analysis using the Autodesk Revit add-in ElumTools by Lighting Analysts, Inc.

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Pratt Futures Presentation on Land, Energy, and Building Cycles

I had the opportunity to present to students at Pratt Institute last night, via Zoom. The presentation segment, called Land, Energy, and Building Cycles, had two other speakers from BlocPower and Cornell (Circular Construction Lab).

The presentation was streamed live on YouTube. The recording is now ready to view.

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Presentation to University of Michigan Architecture Students

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present, along with Lake|Flato's design performance coordinator Kate Sector, on operational and embodied carbon for University of Michigan graduate architecture students. This is the topic of today's post.

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My Online Courses - Lighting, Energy, MEP, Visualization

Keen on learning something new to close out a crazy year? Or, perhaps you are looking for a professional development item to add to your annual goals for next year?

I have four reasonably priced online courses you can start working on right away!

• Lighting analysis ($120 ea)
• Energy Optimization ($99)
• MEP for Remodels and Alternates ($99)
• Visualization using Revit and Enscape ($99)

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Lighting Design and Real-Time Rendering at the University of Minnesota - Fall 2020

Yesterday, from 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) away, I once again had the good fortune to present to Professor Abimbola O. Asojo's  students at the University of Minnesota. I covered lighting analysis using the Autodesk Revit add-in ElumTools by Lighting Analysts, Inc. I also spent some time on real-time rendering using Enscape!

With the everyone's permission... I took this screenshot:)

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