TAD Webinars + Workshop Series

The TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD) board invites you to participate in a workshop and webinar series on research. Attend one or all of the events. Below is the schedule. More details will follow in the new year!

Webinar #1

Exploring/Defining the Research Landscape Within the Discipline of Architecture

What is the structure of research today? A series of presenters will give short presentations that represent different forms of research including history & theory, social sciences, and science-based models.

Moderator

Caryn Brause AIA
Caryn Brause AIA

Graduate Program
Director, Assistant
Professor and Design
Editor for TAD
University of Massa-
chusetts Amherst

Speaker

Joon-Ho Choi
Joon-Ho Choi

Assistant Professor of Building Science and Director of Human-Building Integration Research Group
University of Southern California

Speaker

Lynne Dearborn
Lynne Dearborn

Associate Professor of Architecture University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Speaker

Bess Krietemeyer
Bess Krietemeyer

Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty Fellow, Syracuse Center of Excellence, Director, Interactive Design and Visualization Lab
Syracuse University

Speaker

Marc J. Neveu
Marc J. Neveu

Editor of JAE and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture
Woodbury University

Webinar #2

Contextualizing Your Research

How does your research contribute to the field? Presenters will discuss the importance of understanding the spectrum of research already happening through literature/existing research reviews and demonstrate how they found an appropriate focus within their areas.

Moderator

Andrzej Zarzycki
Andrzej Zarzycki

Associate Professor,
Executive Editor for TAD,
New Jersey Institute
of Technology

Speaker

William W. Braham, PhD, FAIA
William W. Braham, PhD, FAIA

Professor of Architecture
Director, Center for Environmental
Building and Design
University of Pennsylvania

Speaker

Mark Clayton, PhD
Mark Clayton, PhD

William M. Peña Professor
of Information Management Texas A&M University

Speaker

Pari Riahi, PhD
Pari Riahi, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Webinar #3

Understanding Your Resources: Internal and External

March 29, 2018
2–3pm ET

How do you support your research through funding or other resources? Three researchers will present on the topic of funding from internal sources to writing for external grants, the spectrum of external funding types and sources for architectural researchers, and creating a funding strategy for research project.

Moderator

Marci S. Uihlein
Marci S. Uihlein

Associate Professor,
TAD Editorial Board,
BTES Past-President,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Speaker

Hazem Rashed-Ali
Hazem Rashed-Ali

Associate Professor,
President of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium,
University of Texas at San Antonio

Speaker

Kate Simonen, AIA, SE
Kate Simonen, AIA, SE

Associate Professor,
Founding Director of the Carbon Leadership Forum,
University of Washington

Speaker

Ryan E. Smith
Ryan E. Smith

Associate Dean for Research,
Director of the Integrated Technology in Architecture Collaborative,
University of Utah

Webinar #4

Maximizing Your Impact/Dissemination
April 20, 2018
12–1pm ET
Maximizing Your Impact. How do you share your research with your chosen audience? In this webinar three presenters will reveal how the impact of your research work can be measured through examining indexes, citations, social media, and more; and provide insight into how to position your research to maximize your impact.

Moderator

Chad Kraus, Architect
Chad Kraus, Architect

Associate Professor,
TAD Editorial Board,
Dirt Works Studio, Director,
University of Kansas

Speaker

Barbara Opar
Barbara Opar

Architectural Librarian,
Chaired the Architecture Core
Reference Task Force,
Syracuse University

Moderator

Rose Orcutt
Rose Orcutt

Art, Architecture and Planning Librarian
Vice President/President Elect of the
Association of Architecture School
Librarians University at Buffalo

Speaker

Mahbub Rashid, PhD
Mahbub Rashid, PhD

Associate Dean for Research
and Graduate Studies,
University of Kansas