All lectures are from 6:00-7:00pm in the PhD seminar room (216), 3410 S. State St., Chicago.
The PhD Program's Research Forum lecture series brings to IIT Architecture the latest research by faculty, PhD candidates, visiting scholars and scholars from throughout Chicago and around the world.
AUGUST 30
Ankit Bhalla
"India`s Endeavor in Mitigating Climate Change"
PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
SEPTEMBER 6
Eric Mumford
"Designing the Modern City: Modern Urbanism and its Postwar Critics"
Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University
SEPTEMBER 13
Robert Fishman
"The Second Urban Revolution"
Professor, Taubman College, University of Michigan
SEPTEMBER 20
Scott Pfeiffer
"The Aural Environment in Architecture: An Exploration of Design that Responds to What We Were Meant to Hear"
Partner at Threshold
SEPTEMBER 27
Anthony Denzer
"Solar Architecture: Historical and Contemporary Investigations"
Associate Professor, Department Head, Civil & Architectural Engineering, University of Wyoming
OCTOBER 5
Claudia Perren
"Bauhaus Centenary: Trial and Error"
CEO and Director, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
OCTOBER 11
Sarah M. Dreller
"The Farnsworth House Re-Viewed"
Independent Scholar
OCTOBER 18
Didem Ozevin
"Towards Structural Design with Integrated Damage Detection Philosophy"
Associate Professor, Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
OCTOBER 25
Mohammad Heidarinejad
"Towards Practical Optimization of Building Energy Systems in the Built Environment"
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
NOVEMBER 1
Philip Plowright
"Cycles of Meaning: Embodiment and the Conceptualization of Architectural Space"
Professor, Architectural Design + Theory, Editor-in-Chief, Enquiry, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Tech
NOVEMBER 8
Pat Johnson-Winston
"IIT Dissertation Formatting Guidelines"
Director of Academic Writing and Thesis Examiner, Illinois Institute of Technology
NOVEMBER 15
Sybil Derrible
"Shaping Future Cities to be Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient"
Director, Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory; Associate Professor, Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
NOVEMBER 29
Edgar Stach
"Mies van der Rohe: Space – Material – Detail"
Professor, College of Architecture and the Built Environment; College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Joint Faculty Oak Ridge National Laboratory – ORNL