AHMED K. ALI, PH.D. Department of Architecture Texas A&M

CURRICULUM VITAE AHMED K. ALI, PH.D. Department of Architecture Texas A&M University 3137 TAMU | Langford Building A | Office 413 College Station, TX 77843 United States of America voice: (979) 845-7698 email: [email protected] ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9513-7389

EDUCATION

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Ph.D. in Architecture and Design Research School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Master of Science in Architecture (Building Science & Construction Track) School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Master of Architecture with Honors | Thesis Book Award Recipient School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture with Distinction Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

1997 | Present

Registered Architect (RA), License Number13/04169 Egypt Engineers Syndicate, Architecture Section (EES-ARCH) Alexandria, Egypt.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

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Assistant Professor of Architecture (Tenure Track) Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States. Assistant Professor of Architecture Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Adjunct Research Professor (Integrated Design and Building Construction) School of Architecture + Design | Department of Building Construction College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Graduate Teaching Assistant (Design Studios | Building Materials & Construction) School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Adjunct Professor of Architecture School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States. Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture

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Department of Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design, Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Alexandria, Egypt. Graduate Research Assistant Flexible Low-cost Automated and Scaled Highway Research Project (FLASH) Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Instructor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Research Associate Center for Sustainable Mobility, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Virginia Tech. Designer and Architect Intern Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas | architects+planners, Virginia, United States. Project Architect Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC), Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Architect Intern Weaver Architecture Studio, Bristol, Tennessee, United States. Project Architect House of Environmental, Architectural Designs Studies (HEADS) Alexandria, Egypt. Architect and Project Manager AR Group for Design and Construction, Amr Rifaat Architects, Alexandria, Egypt.

AWARDS / HONORS

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New Researcher Award 2017-2018, Architecture Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) for emerging figures in architectural and environmental design research that demonstrate innovation in thinking, dedication in scholarship, contributions to the academy, and leadership within architectural and environmental design research. J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Prize, College of Architecture Dean’s Advisory Council, Texas A&M University. For orchestrating transformational educational experiences through innovative design studios and research initiatives that facilitate student collaboration with peers and professionals from other disciplines. ACSA Architectural Education Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (team member of the c u b e project at Virginia Tech). Multi-year design build project as part of building materials and construction courses. Distinguished Design Research Award, School of architecture + design, College of Architecture and Urban Studies Virginia Tech. Travel Funding Program Award, Graduate School, Virginia Tech. to present accepted paper in the sustainability conference in University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Architecture Research Centers Consortium King Medal (ARCC), Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research. Travel Scholarship Award, Autodesk University (AU) 2010. Educators of architecture collaborating with Autodesk, Las Vegas, Nevada. Outstanding Graduate Thesis Book Award, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech. for the best thesis book in the 2003 MARCH class. Outstanding Achievement Award, Egypt Engineers Syndicate, Alexandria, Egypt. For the best undergraduate graduation final project and top GPA in 1997 class of architecture. Certificate of Honor MENA for Real Estate Development, Alexandria, Egypt. For academic achievements in the overall undergraduate degree of architecture class of 1997.



RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Design in Circular Economy, Building Materials and Construction, Process Design, Traditional & Digital Crafts, Design/Build Education, Construction History, Architectural Pedagogy.

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS

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Founder and Director, Resource-Based Design Research Lab (RBDR), College of Architecture, Texas A&M University. Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems and Design (CHSD), College of Architecture, Texas A&M University. Faculty Fellow, Center for Housing & Urban Development (CHUD), College of Architecture, Texas A&M University. Research Associate, Center for Sustainable Mobility (CSM), Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Virginia Tech. Research Associate, Center for High Performance Environments (CHPE), College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech.

GRANTS | FUNDED RESEARCH | FUNDED PROJECTS (INTERNAL) Awarded (A) Pending (P)

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(PI) Matrix Trays: From Waste to Opportunities. T3: Texas A&M Triads for Transformation, President's Excellence Fund. (With Astrid Layton, Mechanical Engineering, and Ankit Srivastava, Materials Science). $37,000. (PI) Circular Economy Design, Engineering, and Fabrication Project. 2017/18 Tier One Program, Office of the Dean of Faculties, Texas A&M University. (With Manish Dixit, COSCI, Maurice Rojas, Mathematics, Jorge Alvarado, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. $299,336. (CO-PI) Modular Mobile Health Clinics for Vulnerable Border Communities (with E. Bardenhagen, S. Van Zandt, LAUP, B. Bigelow, COSCI, M. O’Brien, ARCH). $24,600. (CO-PI) AVPA Arts Enhancement Grants for Faculty 2016 (with Weiling He). Light Fixtures from Surplus and By-product Materials: An Exhibit at the Austin Trash Makeover Challenge Reception 2017. $7,500. (PI) OAK Fund, Texas A&M University Funds to support the publication of a book chapter on Urban Agriculture (with Bruce Dvorak). $1,300. (PI) College of Architecture | TAMU | Interdisciplinary Design+Build community service learning. Bryan Urban Farmers Market and Hoppess masterplan. (with Ben Bigelow, and Bruce Dvorak) $23,000.

GIFTS | SPONSORSHIP FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (EXTERNAL) Awarded (A) Pending (P)

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2017 (A)

(PI) General Motors in-kind donation and transportation of 1000 PEAK engine module matrix trays for circular economy design research $5,895. (PI) General Motors in-kind donation and transportation of 39,011 lbs. of galvanized sheet metal for building envelope research. $21,495.



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(PI) Benghazi Neuroscience Institute Masterplan and Design. Dr. El-Naihum’s Foundation for Pediatric Neuroscience Surgery. $10,000. (PI) General Motors sponsored Second annual students design competition at TAMU Architecture. Cash awards to students’ winners plus in-kind travel expenses to jury the competition from Zahner, GM, Lake|Flato, Corgan, and US BCSD. $10,000. (PI) Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation, Rio de Los Brazos de Dios Center. Committed funding from the foundation to match the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant. $100,000. (Project is on hold pending city approval). (PI) City of Bryan in kind Donation, Rio de Los Brazos de Dios Visitor Center. Staff time and salary donation to support the proposal of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant. $23,400. (Project is on hold pending city approval). (PI) Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation | TAMU Fall 2015 first annual students Design Competition. Cash awards for students’ winners and in-kind donation of jury travel and presentations at the City of Bryan. $3,000. (PI) Reflections on Egypt: Time + Place | Robert Turner Scholarship to establish the first study abroad program in Egyptian Architecture at Virginia Tech. $5,000.

PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP

BOOKS (Non-Peer Reviewed)

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2008

Ali, Ahmed K., Peterhans, B., (2017). Robert Turner 1947-2014. Tempietto in the Wilderness. In collaboration with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Jeff Goldberg / ESTO Architectural Photography. ISBN: 978-0-692-86602-3. PUBLISHING XPRESS, Michigan. Ali, Ahmed K. (2008). Silence, Darkness, and Light: The Grand Egyptian Museum. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. ISBN 9783836468077. (Invited publication of 2004 M.Arch thesis from Virginia Tech).

BOOKS (PENDING) (Peer Reviewed)

Book Proposal in Progress

Ali, Ahmed K. Conversation with El-Wakil: Timeless Dimension in Architecture. The work of world-renowned architect and authority in Islamic Architecture Abdel Wahed El-Wakil. In preparation for Bloomsbury Publishing, London, UK.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN DOUBLE-BLIND REFEREED JOURNALS (Peer Reviewed)

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Ali, Ahmed K. (2017) Architecture within a circular economy: Process mapping a resource-based design- bid-build project delivery system. Enquiry the ARCC Journal Vol. 14, Issue 1: 48-61. doi:10.17831/enq:arcc.v14i1.432. ISSN: 2329-9339 Ali, Ahmed K. (2017) Unconventional Engagement: Reviving the Urban Marketplace. THE PLAN Journal. Vol. 1, Issue 2: Design for Social Impact, 261-285. doi: 10.15274/tpj.2016.01.02.08. ISSN: Ali, Ahmed K., & Badinelli, R. (2016). Novel Integration of Sustainable & Construction Decisions into the Design Bid Build Project Delivery Method Using BPMN. Procedia Engineering, 145, 164-171. doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.038. ISSN: 187770588. Ali, Ahmed K., Badinelli, R., & Jones, J. R. (2013). Re-Defining the Architectural Design Process through Building a Decision-Support Framework for Design with Reuse. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice 8(1), 1-18. doi: 10.18848/2325-1166/cgp/v08i01/55385. ISSN: 2325-1166



ARTICLES PENDING IN REFEREED JOURNALS (Peer Reviewed)

Under Review

Submitted 7/23/18

In Progress

Ali, Ahmed K. A Case Study in Circular Economy Application between Automotive Solid Waste and Architectural Tectonics. Technology| Architecture + Design (TAD) ACSA Journal. Submitted on 8/13/2017. Ali, Ahmed K. A Case Study in Developing an Interdisciplinary Learning Experiment between Architecture, Building Construction, and Construction Engineering & Management Education. In preparation for the Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. Ali, Ahmed K. A Comparative Analysis between Two Similar Building Types in the Turkish & Spanish Vernacular Architecture. In preparation for Construction History: International Journal of the Construction History Society.

BOOK CHAPTERS (Peer Reviewed)

2016

Dvorak, Bruce D., & Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Urban Agriculture Case Studies in Central Texas: From the Ground to the Rooftop. In M. Samer (Ed.), Urban Agriculture (pp. 3-21). InTech. doi: 10.5772/62350. ISBN 9789535124047.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Peer Reviewed)

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Kio, P., Ali, Ahmed K., Alvarado, J. (2018). Alternative Architectural Design Methods on the Reuse and Remanufacturing of Scrap Metals for Commercial Buildings Facades. Proceedings of the WASCON 2018 No Cradle, No Grave-Circular Economy into Practice - 10th International Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials. Tampere, Finland. 6-8 June 2018. In Pentti Lahtinen & Ville Raasakka (Eds.). ISBN 978-951-758-631-3. ISSN 0356-9403. (pp.150-158). Ali, Ahmed K., Alvarado, J., Kio, P., Wang, Y. (2018). A Case Study in Circular Economy Design Transforming Industrial Automotive Waste into Building Skins. Proceedings of the WASCON 2018 No Cradle, No Grave-Circular Economy into Practice - 10th International Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials. Tampere, Finland. 6-8 June 2018. In Pentti Lahtinen & Ville Raasakka (Eds.). ISBN 978-951-758-631-3. ISSN 0356-9403. (pp.129-134). Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). Building Posture: Glasgow School of Art’s Driven Voids of Light and Body Dynamics. In Maver, T., Chapman, P., Platt, C., Portela, V., and Eaton, D., (Eds.) Paper Proceedings of Envisioning Architecture Space, Time, and Meaning. The 13th European Architectural Envisioning (EAEA) Conference. (pp. 138-145) Freight Publishing, Glasgow, UK. ISBN: 9780957666085. This paper was reviewed, cited and republished in the Steven Myron Holl Foundation’s Critical Research archive. April 3, 2018. https://www.stevenmyronhollfoundation.org/scholarship/ Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). Architecture (disambiguation): Mapping a Resource-Based Design Process System. In the Architecture of Complexity | Design, systems, society & environment. Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Conference. (pp. 402-410) ISBN-13: 978-1-935129-22-6 ISBN-10: 1-935129-22-8. Ali, Ahmed K., Ko, J. (2017) The La’mella House | Tiny Efforts: Big Impacts. In L.F. Rico-Gutierrez & M. Thorne (Eds.), Project Proceedings of the ACSA 105th Annual Meeting, Brooklyn says, "Move to Detroit". (pp. 026-027). ACSA Press. ISBN: 978-1-944214-07-4. Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). Transforming Architectural Education at the Cross Roads of the World. In da Costa, M. J. R. C., et al. (Eds.), Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges: Proceedings of the EAAE / ARCC 10th International Conference. (pp. 1207-1214). Lisbon, Portugal, Taylor & Francis Group CRC Press. Print ISBN: 978-1-138-02966-8, eBook ISBN: 978-1-351-84958-6, doi: 10.1201/9781315226255-185.



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Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Paradoxical Territories between Traditional and Digital Crafts in Japanese Joinery. In R. Corser & S. Haar (Eds.), Shaping New Knowledges: Paper Proceedings of the 104th ACSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington (pp. 359-364). Washington, DC: ACSA Press. ISBN: 9781944214036. Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Transformation of Emerging Building Materials Reuse Industry through Mapping Sustainable Architectural Design Processes using BPMN. In K. Kähkönen & M. Keinänen (Eds.), Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Volume I - Creating built environments of new opportunities (Tampere University of Technology. Department of Civil Engineering. Construction Management and Economics. Report; Vol. 18). (pp. 552-564). Tampere, Finland: Tampere University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering. ISBN: 978-952-15-3741-7 (vol. I) https://tutcris.tut.fi/portal/files/6186667/WBC16_Vol_1.pdf. Ali, Ahmed K. (2015). Hugs and Kisses in Turkish Religious Architecture. In ARCHTHEO ’15 IX: Theory and History of Architecture. (pp. 471-477). Istanbul, Turkey: The Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DAKAM). ISBN: 978-605-9207-10-2

PAPERS PENDING IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Peer Reviewed)

In Press

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Ali, Ahmed K., Kio, P. (2018). Finding Perfection in Imperfection: A Case Study of Adding Value by Design in Circular Economy. 2018 ARCC/EAAE International Conference. Architectural Research for a Global Community. May 16-19, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). The War-hole Wall: Between the Ridiculous and the Profound. 2017 ACSA Fall Conference, Crossing between the Proximate and the Remote. October 12-14, 2017. Marfa, Texas. (This publication will be an outcome of a peer-reviewed conference paper listed below). Ali, Ahmed K. Kio, P. (2018). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Architectural Design of Building Envelopes by Reuse of Automotive Metal for Material and Energy Savings. Nascent material conscience session. The 2018 ACSA International Conference: New Instrumentalities. June 14-16, 2018. Madrid, Spain. Ali, Ahmed K. (2019). Architecture + Structures: Ethics and Responsibilities in Academic Design/Build Studios, Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) Special Focus Session: Technology Matters. 106th ACSA Annual Meeting | The Ethical Imperative March 15-17, 2018 | Denver, Colorado. Hernandz, S., Ali, Ahmed K. (2019). Una Revisión Crítica de las Técnicas Constructivas de Mampostería del Puente Histórico “Los Esclavos” en Guatemala. III Congreso Internacional Hispanoamericano de Historia de la Construcción, Ciudad de México, January 21-25, 2019. http://arquitectura.unam.mx/chahc.html (This publication will be an outcome of a peer-reviewed conference paper listed below).

ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED PROCEEDINGS (Peer Reviewed)

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Hernandz, S., Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). A Critical Review of the Masonry Construction Techniques of The Historical Los Esclavos Bridge in Guatemala. Construction History Society of America 6th Biennial Meeting, University of Maryland. May 24-26, 2018. In Ibarra-Sevilla, B. (Eds.) (pp.55) Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). A Novel Design-Driven Approach in Transforming Automotive Solid Waste into Building Skin Systems. The 5th International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment May 22-24, 2018, Venice, Italy. Topic: T09 – Materiality. S.ARCH-2018 09.031. ISBN: 978-3-9818275-7-6. May 2018. http://s-arch.net/html/programme.html Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). Remanufacturing Architecture: How the Automobile Industrial Solid Waste used in Building Construction. Critical Practice in An Age of Complexity, an Interdisciplinary Critique of The Built Environment. Feb.22-23, 2018, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://architecturemps.com/abstracts-uoa/



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Ali, Ahmed K., O’Brien, M. (2016) Knowledge Transfer: Single Wall Construction and Modern Quest for a one-Component Structure and Enclosure, Construction History Society of America Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas, May 26-28, 2016. (pp.39). In Ibarra-Sevilla, B. (Eds.) https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/5th-chsa-biennial-meeting/id1116274254?mt=11

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (Non-Peer Reviewed)

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Ali, Ahmed K. (2012) “Redefining the Architectural Design Process Through Building A Decision-Support Framework for Design with Reused Building Materials and Components.” Ph.D. Dissertation Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49549 Ali, Ahmed K. (2012) “The Problem of Building Materials Waste In The Architectural Design And Construction Industry (A Knowledge Acquisition Process). M.Sc. ARCH Thesis Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Ali, Ahmed K., Davis, J. (2008) “New Knowledge, New Ways of Seeing.” MAGAZ Design Magazine, P. 94-103, Issue 104, October 2008. Published by Dukor Ltd. Themistokli Dervi, 6, Papyros Building, P.C. 1702, Nicosia, Cyprus. Chewning, R., Ali, Ahmed K. (2008) “Reflections of Egypt” Blurb Publishing, San Francisco, United States. Ali, Ahmed K. (2004) “Silence, Darkness and Light, The Grand Egyptian Museum” Master of Architecture Thesis, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/9731 Ali, Ahmed K. (1997) “Music of Architecture, Performing Arts Center in Alexandria” B.ARCH Thesis Project Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

Forthcoming

Forthcoming

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2018

Hernandz, S., Ali, Ahmed K. (2019). Una Revisión Crítica de las Técnicas Constructivas de Mampostería del Puente Histórico “Los Esclavos” en Guatemala. III Congreso Internacional Hispanoamericano de Historia de la Construcción, Ciudad de México, January 21-25, 2019. http://arquitectura.unam.mx/chahc.html Kio, P., Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). Exploration in the use of Scrap Metal from the Automotive Industry as Non-Residential Green Walls. Poster presentation at the 3rd Annual Texas A&M Conference on Energy. 9/24/2018. http://energy.tamu.edu/texas-am-conference-on-energy/ Ali, Ahmed K. Kio, P. (2018). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Architectural Design of Building Skins by Reuse of Automotive Metal for Material and Energy Savings. Nascent material conscience session. The 2018 International Conference: New Instrumentalities. June 14-16, 2018. Madrid, Spain. Ali, Ahmed K., Alvarado, J., Kio, P., Wang, Y. (2018). A Case Study in Circular Economy Design Transforming Industrial Automotive Waste into Building Skins. WASCON 2018 No Cradle, No Grave-Circular Economy into Practice - 10th International Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials. Tampere, Finland. 6-8 June 2018. http://programme.exordo.com/wascon2018/delegates/presentation/34/ Kio, P., Ali, Ahmed K., Alvarado, J. (2018). Alternative Architectural Design Methods on the Reuse and Remanufacturing of Scrap Metals for Commercial Buildings Facades. WASCON 2018 No Cradle, No Grave-Circular Economy into Practice - 10th International Conference on the Environmental and Technical Implications of Construction with Alternative Materials. Tampere, Finland. 6-8 June 2018. http://programme.exordo.com/wascon2018/delegates/presentation/122/ Hernandz, S., Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). A Critical Review of the Masonry Construction Techniques of The Historical Los Esclavos Bridge in Guatemala. Construction History Society of America 6th Biennial Meeting, University of Maryland. May 24-26, 2018. pp.55 (Eds.)



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Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla. Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). Finding Perfection in Imperfection: A Case Study of Adding Value by Design in Circular Economy. 2018 ARCC-EAAE International Conference. Architectural Research for a Global Community. May 16-19, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (This presentation will result in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). A Novel Design-Driven Approach in Transforming Automotive Solid Waste into Building Skin Systems. The 5th International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment May 22-24, 2018, Venice, Italy. (This presentation will result in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). Architecture + Structures: Ethics and Responsibilities in Academic Design/Build Studios, Building Technology Educators Society (BTES) Special Focus Session: Technology Matters. 106th ACSA Annual Meeting | The Ethical Imperative March 15-17, 2018 | Denver, Colorado. Ali, Ahmed K. (2018). Remanufacturing Architecture: How the Automobile Industrial Solid Waste is used in Building Design & Construction. Critical Practice in an Age of Complexity, An Interdisciplinary Critique of the Built Environment. Feb. 22-23, 2018. University of Arizona. (This presentation will result in the proceedings publication listed in Abstract Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). The War-hole Wall: Between the Ridiculous and the Profound. 2017 ACSA Fall Conference, Crossing between the Proximate and the Remote. October 12-14, 2017. Marfa, Texas. (This presentation will result in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). Building Posture: Glasgow School of Art Driven Voids of Light and Body Dynamics. 13th European Architectural Envisioning Association Conference (EAEA), Glasgow, UK. 6-8 September 2017. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K., Bushnaq, D. (2017) Three Strategies for Mass Timber Construction in Seattle. Construction History on the Frontier. Construction History Society of America (CHSA) July 20-22, 2017. University of Washington, Seattle. Ali, Ahmed K. (2017). Architecture (disambiguation): Mapping a Resource-Based Design Process System. Architecture of Complexity | Design, systems, society & environment. ARCC 2017 Conference in Salt Lake City June 14-17, 2017. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K., Ko, J. (2017) The La’mella House | Tiny Efforts: Big Impacts. In L.F. Rico-Gutierrez & M. Thorne (Eds.), Project Proceedings of the ACSA 105th Annual Meeting, Brooklyn says, "Move to Detroit". Detroit, Michigan. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Two Models of Structural Knowledge Integration into Design-Build Studios, Working Out: Thinking While Building II, Issues in design Build. Design-Build Exchange (dbX) December 10, 2016. Ali, Ahmed K., Gasco, G. (2016). Transforming Architectural Education at the Cross Roads of the World, European Association for Architectural Education EAAE/ARCC 2016 International Architectural Research Conference, Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-18 June 2016. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K., O’Brien, M. (2016) Knowledge Transfer: Single Wall Construction and Modern Quest for a one-Component Structure and Enclosure, Construction History Society of America Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas, May 26-28, 2016. Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Paradoxical Territories between Traditional and Digital Crafts in Japanese Joinery, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 104th Annual Meeting, Shaping New Knowledge, Conference Proceedings, Seattle, Washington. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2016). Transformation of Emerging Building Materials Reuse Industry through Mapping Sustainable Architectural Design Processes using BPMN, CIB World Building



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Congress 2016, Intelligent Built Environment For Life, Tampere, Finland. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K., Badinelli, R. (2016). Novel Integration of Sustainable Design and Construction Decisions into the Design-Bid-Build Project-Delivery Method Using BPMN, ASCE/Elsevier International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction ICSDEC 2016. Procedia Engineering, Arizona State University. (This presentation resulted in the paper publication listed in peer reviewed journal articles). Ali, Ahmed K. (2015). Hugs and Kisses in Turkish Religious Architecture, ARCHTHEO ’15 IX. Theory and History of Architecture, Conference Proceedings, Dakam Publishing (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center), ISTANBUL, Turkey. (This presentation resulted in the proceedings publication listed in Conference Proceedings). Ali, Ahmed K. (2013). “Between Design Process and Process Design” Integrating Reuse Decisions into Design Process” in Reclaim + Remake Symposium, Crough Center for Architectural Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Ali, Ahmed K., Jones, J. (2012) “Lessons Learned from Process Engineering”, International Conference on Sustainability, University of British Colombia, Canada. Jan. 10-12, 2012. (This presentation resulted in the paper publication listed in peer reviewed journal articles). Ali, Ahmed K. (2011) “Business Process Modeling in Architectural Design Decisions” in The International Conference on Deconstruction and Material Reuse, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. May 15-19, 2011.

CONFERENCE / SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS (Non-Peer Reviewed)

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2009

Ali, Ahmed K. (2011) “Design with Reuse Framework Development” in the Faculty Research Symposium, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech Conference Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 2011. Ali, Ahmed K. (2011) “Design with Reuse: Mapping the Process”, in the 27th GSA Research Symposium, Virginia Tech GLC Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, March 2011. Ali, Ahmed K., Loschiavo, M. (2009) “Collaborative Neighborhoods, Railroad Crossing Urban Design Project” in The Roanoke Collaboration Symposium, Roanoke Higher Education Center, Roanoke, Virginia, United States. May 2009 Ali, Ahmed K. (2009) “The Problem of Waste in the Design and Construction Industry” in The International Conference on Deconstruction and Material Reuse, The University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Illinois. United States. April 28-30, 2009.

SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS (Peer Reviewed)

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2008

Kawagashira, K., Ali, Ahmed K., Margin. Awarded an Honorable Mention from 300 submissions in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2018 Steel Competition (Affordable Housing Category). Jury members: Margaret Griffin, Griffin Enright Architects & SCI-Arc; Hans C. Herrmann, Mississippi State University; & Joanna Zhang, Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Ali, Ahmed K., Huo, P., Unbuild the Wall, Open Idea Competition. Archstorming. United States/Mexico boarders, August 2017. (Finalist) http://www.archstorming.com/info-utw.html Ali, Ahmed K., Huo, P., Wang, X., Duan, Y. Kaira Looro International Architectural Competition. Juried by Kengo Kuma. Sacred Architecture. Tanaf, Senegal, April 2017. In Kaira Looro, Ass Balouo Salo, Raoul Vecchio, Sebastiano D'Urso (Eds.). ISBN-10: 1549567594. http://www.kairalooro.com/competition/winningprojets_sacredarchitecture.html. Ali, Ahmed K., Ko, J., The Lamella House | Tiny Homes International Design Competition | American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter. January 2016. http://www.tinyhomeschicago.org/ Ali, Ahmed K., Storms, K., Graham, S., Loschiavo, M. Merit Award, Roanoke Urban Effect, International Design Competition. Virginia, United States. Fall 2008.



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http://competitions.org/2008/12/results-roanoke-urban-effect-2008/ Ali, Ahmed K. The Mosaic Foundation Award, Arab Cultural Center in Washington, International Design Competition. Washington DC. Summer 2005. Ali, Ahmed K., Rifaat, A, Fawzy, T and Ali, M., Schools of Tomorrow Competition Second place, National Competition, Ministry of Education, Egypt. Fall 2001. Ali, Ahmed K., Abd El-Ghany, G., Al-Rehab Urban Square Gardens Competition Third place, Al-Rehab Village, Cairo, Egypt. Summer 2000. Ali, Ahmed K. Pre-Ms.ARCH Studies Competition Award, First place, Faculty of Fine Arts, Gleem Building, Alexandria, Egypt. Spring 1999. (Project was built in 2001)

DESIGN + BUILD INTERDISIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS (Built Work in Academia)

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Ali, Ahmed K., Dvorak, B. The Living Green Wall at Langford Architecture Center, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas. Ali, Ahmed K., Bigelow, B. Bryan Urban Farmers Market in Bryan, Texas. https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2016/7/22/students-design-build-structure-local-farmers-market/, http://www.theplanjournal.com/article/unconventional-engagement-reviving-urban-marketplace, Ali, Ahmed K., The Kilim Observation Towers at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey: Full Scale Study Models. http://www.arch.bilkent.edu.tr/tr/kilim.html, http://www.arch.bilkent.edu.tr/arch251.html, https://www.academia.edu/26026935/Transforming_Architectural_Education_at_the_Cross_Roads_of_the_World Galloway, W., Ali, Ahmed K., The C.U.B.E. project at Virginia Tech’s School of architecture + design (Graduate Building Materials and Construction Course TA), Blacksburg, Virginia. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/04/caus-cubeaward.html, http://archdesign.vt.edu/news/2015-16/1645, http://www.acsa-arch.org/docs/default-source/documents/25522-cube-opt.pdf?sfvrsn=2.

WORK CITED IN PRINTED AND DIGITAL PRESS

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Svensk Byggplåt, Bilspill blir fasad (Living Green Wall Units made from GM Offal) | https://www.svenskbyggplat.se/bilspill-blir-fasad/. published by Kungsbroplan 1 112 27 Stockholm, on May 31, 2018. Arch One news, Grad student places in prestigious international design competition http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2018/4/13/march-student-third-international-lyceum-competition/. By Sarah Wilson, published on April 13, 2018. Steven Myron Holl Foundation, Critical Research | Building Posture: Glasgow School of Art’s Driven Voids of Light and Body Dynamics. April 3, 2018. https://www.stevenmyronhollfoundation.org/scholarship/ Arch One news, Professor earns accolades for designs reusing manufacturing waste. http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2018/2/20/prof-lauded-waste-based-industrial-design-solutions/. By Sarah Wilson, published on February 20, 2018. Social Earth.org, promoting social entrepreneurship, businesses, and ideas. Texas A&M Students Create Building Envelope Designs from Automotive Manufacturing Scrap. http://socialearth.org/texas-am-students-create-building-envelope-designs-from-automotive-manufacturing-scrap. August 2, 2017 Arch One news, Students working to transform shipping containers to clinics http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2017/9/19/students-transform-shipping-containers-clinics/. By Sarah Wilson, published on September 19, 2017. The News Wheel, Texas A&M Students Participate in GM Sustainable Design Competition. Published on August 21, 2017 http://thenewswheel.com/texas-am-students-participate-in-gm-sustainable-design-competition/



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GM Authority, College Students Design Buildings From GM Manufacturing Scrap And Waste. By Sean Szymkowski, published on Jul 28, 2017 http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/07/college-students-design-buildings-from-gm-manufacturing-scrap-and-waste General Motors Green, Texas A&M Students Create Building Envelope Designs from GM Manufacturing Scrap. By Colleen Oberc, published on July 27, 2017 http://www.generalmotors.green/product/public/us/en/GMGreen/home.html. Arch One news, Tier One Program grants promote transformational learning projects. http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2017/6/22/multidisciplinary-projects-earn-tier-one-funding/ June 22, 2017. Texas Architect Magazine. Students’ Design Competition at Texas A&M Explores a Museum of Waste. By Alyssa Morris. https://txamagazine.org/2017/05/16/student-design-competition-texas-explores-museum-waste/. May 16, 2017. ACSA Regional News. ACSA Counselor and Architecture Professor earn 2016 J. Regan Interdisciplinary Prize. http://www.acsa-arch.org/acsa-news/read/read-more/acsa-news/2017/01/12/texas-a-m-university-01102017152552. January 12, 2017. Arch One news, Students’ innovative designs sweep waste museum contest. https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2017/2/21/designs-waste-museum/. February 21, 2017. Texas A&M Today. Architecture Professor earns 2016 J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Prize. http://today.tamu.edu/2016/12/19/architecture-prof-earns-2016-regan-interdisciplinary-prize/. December 19, 2016. ISSN: 0040-4179 Arch One news, LAND students’ master plans turn historic block into city destination. https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2016/7/21/land-master-plans-turn-historic-block/ July 21, 2016. Arch One news, Students design & build structure to house farmers’ market in Bryan. https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2016/7/22/students-design-build-structure-local-farmers-market/. July 22, 2016. Arch One news, Student wins contest reimagining Kimbell Art Museum in wood https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2016/5/20/museum-reimagined-in-wood/ May 20, 2016 Sustainable Versatility Design Award, Winners announced First Place, http://sustainableversatility.org/past-award/2016-first/. April 30, 2016. Texas Architect Magazine. A New Building in Bryan, Designed for a Students’ Design Competition, May Soon Rise. By Eurico Francisco, AIA. https://txamagazine.org/2016/03/26/new-building-bryan-designed-student-design-competition-may-soon-rise/. March 30, 2016. ISSN: 0040-4179 Arch One news, Students’ residential designs win both awards in national contest https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2015/4/20/residential-designs-top-national/April 20, 2015 Sustainable Versatility Design Award, Winners announced First Place, Bryan Showcase House, http://sustainableversatility.org/past-award/2015-first/. April 20, 2015. Sustainable Versatility Design Award, Winners announced Second Place, Single Family Home, http://sustainableversatility.org/past-award/2015-second/. April 20, 2015. Arch One news, Competition yields designs for multifaceted community center. https://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2015/12/2/community-center/. December 2, 2015. Bilkent news, Bilkent Architecture Students at the Venice Biennale. http://bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent-architecture-students-at-the-venice-biennale/. Sep 29, 2014. Bilkent Architecture, The Kilim Project: Full Scale Study Model on Display at the Meteksan Plaza. http://www.arch.bilkent.edu.tr/kilim.html. May 19, 2014. Virginia Tech news, Video: From Tanzania to Thailand, Virginia Tech students learn about study abroad programs. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/10/101111-outreach-studyabroadfair.html. October 11, 2011. Virginia Tech news, Book featuring Grand Egyptian Museum design proposals by Ahmed Ali published https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2009/07/2009-509.html. July 1, 2009. Virginia Tech news, Urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture projects underway for Roanoke. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2009/05/2009-386.html. May 5, 2009.



INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

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Invited to speak at the EAAE Research Academy Workshop: Research through Design Studio, Madrid, June 15, 2018. The EAAE Research Academy (RA) is a think-tank, articulating and promoting common concerns and interest in architectural research. It offers a platform for reflecting upon, and responding to topical issues, thus revealing and underpinning actions, claims, and positions to be taken, inside and outside of EAAE. Invited to speak at the US Business Council for Sustainable Development’s South-Central Regional Meeting in Austin, Texas. March 28, 2018 Invited as keynote speaker to the Scandinavian architecture seminar PLÅT18 in Malmo, Sweden, along with the Korean architect Moon Hoon. Previous speakers included: Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV, Caroline Bos of UN Studio, Dominique Perrault, Kengo Kuma, Karolin Schmidbaur of Coop Himmelb(l)au, Robert Greenwood of Snøhetta, Farshid Moussavi, Julie Eizenberg of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Doris Kim Sung and William Zahner, Zahner company, among others. Nominated to speak at TEDx TAMU 2018 “Meliorism” The Role of Architecture in Circular Economy and Materials Waste-flows. April 8, 2018 “Building Skins Design and Fabrication in Mathematics”, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Texas A&M University. November 2, 2017. “New Directions in Teaching and Research in Architecture and Urban Design”, Qatar University College of Engineering, Doha, Qatar. May 19, 2014. “The Design Studio as a Research Laboratory in Construction, Structure & Tectonics”, Texas A&M University College of Architecture, Texas, United States. May 6, 2014. “Integrated Sustainable Building Systems and Construction, “Drexel University Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Philadelphia, United States. March 10, 2014. “Hysterical Optimism “The Teaching of Architecture and the Architecture of Teaching: Critical Discourse” Bilkent University Spring Lecture Series, Ankara, Turkey. February 26, 2014. “Next Generation Materials and Resources Process Design in LEED “United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Washington, DC, United States. June 17, 2013. “The Role of Vernacular Construction and Tradition in Contemporary Architecture: Building with Salt, University of Miami School of Architecture, Florida, United States. May 28, 2013. “Building Technology, Practice and the Design Studio”, Department of Architectural Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, United States. April 15, 2013. “Louis Kahn and the role of Building Construction Knowledge in Architecture” Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States. February 7, 2013. “Durable Construction Knowledge in Architectural Education” Department of Architecture, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States. May 9, 2012. “Ten Years of Research, Teaching and Practice” School of Architecture, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States. April 16, 2012. “Interdisciplinary Design Research” Ph.D. Colloquium on Research. College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech. November 10, 2012. “The Use of Salt in Vernacular Architecture, Building Materials and Construction Course with Professor Bill Galloway, Virginia Tech, United States. October 30, 2012. “On the Question of Meaning” The Sultan Hassan’s Complex in Cairo. Seminar on Epistemology with Professor Hans Rott, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. April 27, 2010. “Critical Discourse in Islamic Architecture” Seminar with Professor Kay Edge, School of architecture + design, Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, United States. March 2, 2010. “HEWV + VT International Architecture + Design Professional Study Abroad (With J. Davis, R. Dunay, and D. Dunay) HEWV, Norfolk, Virginia, United States. November 15, 2008. “a+d Fall Faculty Lecture Series ‘Work’. Study Abroad in Egypt (With Prof. Bill Green) School of architecture + design, Virginia Tech, United States. October 3, 2007.



ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUMS | COLLOQUIA | PUBLIC LECTURES

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THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEMPORARY METAL FACADES, Lecture by Bill Zahner, CEO of A. Zahner Company, Kansas City. Fall Lecture Series. Texas A&M University Department of Architecture. September 10, 2018. BEAUTY'S RIGOR: PATTERNS OF PRODUCTION IN THE WORK OF PIER LUIGI NERVI, Lecture by Tom Leslie, Pickard Chilton Professor of Architecture, Iowa State University. Spring Lecture Series. Texas A&M University Department of Architecture, Texas. March 5, 2018. JEAN PROUVE, LUSTRON, AND INDUSTRIAL METAL BUILDINGS, Lecture by Bill Green, professor of Industrial Design, Virginia Tech. Spring Lecture Series 2018. Texas A&M University Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. February 5, 2018. CYCLIFIERS: BUILDING THE BLUE ECONOMY, Lecture and workshop by Jan Jongert, Founding partner and director of research at Superuse Studios, TU Delft. The Netherlands. Texas A&M University Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. October 2, 2017. KAHN + SCARPA: Critical Conversation with Maria Bonaiti and Maurizio Sabini. Two Scholars on Kahn and students of Manfredo Tafuri. Texas A&M University Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. April 18, 2017. LOUIS I. KAHN 1901-1974, Lecture by Maria Bonaiti, professor of history of architecture and a scholar on Kahn at the University of Venice. TAMU Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. April 17, 2017. WHY ARCHITECTURE MATTERS? Lecture by Marie & Keith Zawistwoski, Co-Founders of the award-winning design/buildLAB and OnSite Architecture. TAMU Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. October 12, 2016. CONVERSATION WITH EL-WAKIL, Conversation with students with the R. Driehaus Laureate and authority in Islamic Architecture Abdel Wahed El-Wakil. TAMU Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. March 24, 2015. TIMLESS DIMENSION IN ARCHITECTURE, Lecture by the R. Driehaus Laureate and authority in Islamic Architecture Abdel Wahed El-Wakil. TAMU Department of Architecture, College Station, Texas. March 23, 2015.



TEACHING

TEACHING INTERESTS

Architectural Design Studios for Undergraduate and Graduates Structure, Construction and Tectonics, Building Materials and Construction, Integrated Design and Construction, Traditional & Digital Construction, Design + Build.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Texas A&M

Department of Architecture

Fall 2018 Fall 2018 Fall 2018

Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Spring 2018

Fall 2017 Fall 2017

Summer 2017 Spring 2017 Spring 2017 Spring 2017

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Summer 2016 Spring 2016 Spring 2016 Spring 2016

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Bilkent

University Department of

Architecture

Studios, Courses and Seminars Taught Master of Architecture Final Studies (Graduate) Architectural Design Studios (Graduate and Undergraduate) Elements of Architecture (Building Materials and Methods Lecture Course) Advanced Building Materials & Construction Research in Architecture (Graduate) Interdisciplinary Design + Build Studio (Undergraduate) ARCH 605 | Architectural Design Studio I (Graduate) ARCH 605 | Building Materials and Construction Seminar I (Graduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies ARCH 606 | Architectural Design Studio II (Graduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies (4 MARCH Final Studies Graduate Students + 1 PhD Student) ARCH 693 | Professional Studies (Graduate) ARCH 605 | Architectural Design Studio I (Graduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies (4 MARCH Final Studies Graduate Students) ARCH 603 | Career Change Architectural Design Studio (Graduate) ARCH 608 | Final Study Architectural Design Studio (Graduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies (2 MARCH Final Studies Graduate Students) ARCH 693 | Professional Studies (Graduate) ARCH 605 | Architectural Design Studio I (Graduate) ARCH 689 | Advanced Building Materials & Construction Research (Graduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies (2 MARCH Final Studies Graduate Students) ARCH 603 | Career Change Architectural Design Studio (Graduate) ARCH 693 | Professional Studies (2 MARCH Final Studies Graduate Students) ARCH 489 | Elements of Architecture (Graduate and Undergraduate) ARCH 406 | Design + Build Interdisciplinary Studio (Undergraduate) ARCH 685 | Directed Studies (Graduate) ARCH 607 | Architectural Design Studio (Graduate) ARCH 406 | Architectural Design Studio (Undergraduate) ARCH 206 | Architectural Design Studio (Undergraduate) ARCH 203 | Study Abroad in Italy (with Giorgio Gasco) (Undergraduate) FA 102 | Basic Design (Foundation Design Studio) (Undergraduate) ARCH 252 | Design/Build Lab (Undergraduate) ARCH 252 | Construction and Building Materials (Undergraduate)



Virginia Tech School of

architecture + design

Arab Academy for Science and

Technology

Alexandria University

Department of Architecture

ARCH 251 | Architectural Building Systems (Undergraduate) ARCH 201 | Architectural Design Studio (Undergraduate) BC 4444 | Design Build Capstone Project (Undergraduate) ARCH 5566 | Integrated Design and Construction (Graduate) ARCH 5565 | Building Technology (Graduate) ARCH 5566 | Building Materials and Construction (Graduate) ARCH 5705 | Architecture and Urbanism Seminar (Graduate) ARCH 5064 | Computer Applications in Design (Graduate and Undergraduate) ARCH 5715 | Architecture and Urbanism Laboratory (Graduate) ARCH 5716 | Thesis Book Documentation (Graduate) Study Abroad in Architecture and Urbanism (Undergraduate) Architecture of Egypt, Time and Place | Summer International Course (Undergraduate) Architectural Design Five | Summer Design Studio (Undergraduate) Foundation and Second Year Design Studios (Undergraduate) Second Year Building and Construction Drawings (Undergraduate) Third Year Environmental Design and Landscape Architecture (Undergraduate) Fifth Year Urban Design and Planning | Final Graduation Project (Undergraduate)

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISING

Expected 5/2020 Expected 5/2020

Moved to PhD 8/2018

Expected 5/2019

Expected 5/2019

Expected 5/2019

Graduated 5/2018

Graduated 5/2018

Graduated 5/2018

Graduated 5/2018

Graduated 5/2017

Graduated 5/2017

PHD IN ARCHITECTURE Sandra Hernandez, PhD Advisor Patricia Kio, PhD Advisor MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE Patricia Kio, Ms.ARCH. Advisor MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (Professional Degree) Yiming Du, MARCH Committee Member (Healthcare Facility) Sana Sanjeev Khadepaun, MARCH Committee Member (A project in Japan) Jace M. Bentle, MARCH Committee Chair (Mixed-use Development in Texas) Xiao Wang, MARCH Committee Chair (Top 5 in the Celebration of Excellence) (Finding Lost Spaces: Mixed-use mass timber construction in China Town. Seattle, WA) Yingzhe Duan, MARCH Committee Chair (Benghazi Neuroscience Institute, Benghazi, Libya) Panwang Huo, MARCH Committee Chair (Top student in the Celebration of Excellence) (Memory of Maple Wood: City of Guelph Market Hall, Ontario, Canada) (Award Wining Project) Shellie Saqib, MARCH Committee Chair (The Architecture of Threshold: A Mixed-use public/private partnership, Austin, Texas) Sandra Hernandez, MARCH Committee Chair (Top 10 in the Celebration of Excellence) (New Vernacular in Guatemala: A Museum for Traditional Construction in Los Esclavos) Jaechang Ko, MARCH Committee Co-Chair (Finalist in the Celebration of Excellence) (Diagram Architecture; the limitations of diagram architecture in healthcare design)



Graduated 5/2016

Graduated 5/2016

Graduated 5/2017

Graduated 5/2018

Graduated 5/2016

Eric Opperman, MARCH Committee Chair (Timber in the City: Joinery in Architecture and Urbanism, Lower East Side Manhattan, NY) Zach Wise, MARCH Committee Chair (Top 10 in the Celebration of Excellence) (Urban Marketplace: Reviving the Urban Market Place in Austin, TX) MASTER OF LAND AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Jace M. Bentle, MLPDV Committee Member (Land and Property Development in Texas) MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING Manasvini Thiagarajan, MUP Committee Member (Low Impact Housing Development in Coastal Communities in Texas) Jingwen Lu, MLA Committee Member (Masteplan of the Historic Hoppess Site in Downtown Bryan, TX)

SIGNIFICANT STUDENT RECOGNITIONS Mentoring & Design Competitions Peer Reviewed

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2016

Kengo Kawagashira - Margin. Awarded an Honorable Mention from 300 submissions in the Association of

Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2018 Steel Competition (Affordable Housing Category). Jury members: Margaret Griffin, Griffin Enright Architects & SCI-Arc; Hans C. Herrmann, Mississippi State University; & Joanna Zhang, Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Role: ARCH 606 Spring 2018 Studio Instructor.

Xiao Wang - Selected as one of the top five Final Studies students in the Department of Architecture

Celebration of Excellence, May 2018. Best Juried project. Role: MARCH Final Study Chair. Sandra Hernandez - Best PhD Research poster in the Department of Architecture Celebration of Excellence,

May 2018. Role: PhD Advisor. - 2017 Doctoral Diversity Fellowship recipient, Texas A&M University. Role: MARCH Final

Study Chair. - Top Ten Final Studies student in the Department of Architecture Celebration of Excellence,

May 2016. Best Juried project. Role: MARCH Final Study Chair. Patricia Kio - Edward J. Romieniec Graduate Travel Fellowship. Role: Ms. ARCH Chair. - Graduate Student Research and Presentation Grant funded by the Association of Former

Students and the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies. Role: Ms. ARCH Chair. Panwang Huo - Top overall Final Studies student in the Department of Architecture Celebration of

Excellence, May 2018. Best Juried project. Role: MARCH Final Study Chair. - Lyceum Fellowship winner and third prize in the City of Guelph market Hall design

competition ($3500 and one-month travel fellowship). Role: MARCH Final Study Chair. http://www.lyceum-fellowship.org/2018-competition.html.

- Houston Museum of Waste (Second Place) 2016 TAMU Students Design Competition. Sponsored by GM, USBCSD, and Zahner. Dec. 12, 2016. Role: Studio Instructor.



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2015

- Norman & Renee Zelman Endowed Scholarship. Role: MARCH Chair. - Edward J. Romieniec Graduate Travel Fellowship. Role: MARCH Chair. - James E. Designer Traveling Fellowship. Role: MARCH Chair. Yingzhe Duan - Houston Museum of Waste (First Place) 2016 TAMU Students Design Competition

Sponsored by GM, USBCSD, and Zahner. Dec. 12, 2016. Role: Studio Instructor. Tianchen Nie - Houston Museum of Waste (Third Place) 2016 TAMU Students Design Competition.

Sponsored by GM, USBCSD, and Zahner. Dec. 12, 2016. Role: Studio Instructor. Jaechang Ko - Finalist (top five) Final Studies student in the Department of Architecture Celebration of

Excellence, May 2017. Best Juried project. Role: MARCH Final Study Co-Chair. - Reimagining Kimbell Art Museum in Wood (First Place) Sponsored by Northeastern

Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA) Competition. May 2016. Role: MARCH Final Study Co-Chair.

- Folly Square: Rio de Los Brazos de Dios Visitor Center. TAMU Students Design Competition. Sponsored by Hoppess Foundation. (First Place) fall 2016.

- Norman & Renee Zelman Endowed Scholarship. Role: MARCH Co-Chair. Zach Wise - Top Ten Final Studies student in the Department of Architecture Celebration of Excellence,

May 2016. Best Juried project. Role: MARCH Final Study Chair. Jack Searcy - Bryan Showcase House (First Place). Sponsored by Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers

Association 2015 Competition. May 2015. Role: Studio Instructor. Rebecca Diaz - Single Family Home (Second Place). Sponsored by Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers

Association 2015 Competition. May 2015. Role: Studio Instructor.



SERVICE

SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE

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2017

2011 | 2016

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Appointed as a member of the 2018-2019 ACSA Leadership Committee. Specific Charge: International Engagement. The committee leads ACSA’s efforts to support the strategic development of architecture programs. The committee identifies and disseminates best practice models of program leadership and administration and oversees ACSA’s efforts to promote awareness of architecture education. Invited to develop the EAAE Research Academy mission at the Research through Design Studio Workshop, Madrid, June 15, 2018. The EAAE Research Academy (RA) is a think-tank, articulating and promoting common concerns and interest in architectural research. It offers a platform for reflecting upon, and responding to topical issues, thus revealing and underpinning actions, claims, and positions to be taken, inside and outside of EAAE. Invited External Reviewer for the graduate and undergraduate design studio of Professors Peter Raab, Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Bennett Neiman, Kristine Stiphany, Armando Rigau, Charles Sharpless and Saif Haq. Texas Tech University, Texas., May 7, 8, 2018. Nominated by the ACSA Board of Directors to the At-Large Director Position for the 2018 election. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. November 8, 2017. Invited member of the Scientific Committee, The Construction History Society of America biennial meeting at the University of Maryland on May 24-26, 2018. Invited member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle, United Kingdom. Invited Peer Reviewer, Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management Invited Peer Reviewer, Journal of Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) Invited Peer Reviewer, Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) Invited Peer Reviewer, Journal of Construction Education and Research (ARC) Invited Reviewer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2017 Phase I 14th Annual P3 Awards: National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Program. Invited Associate Editor, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. University of Illinois Research Park, Champaign, Illinois. Invited External Reviewer for the integrated graduate design studio of Professors Dietmar Froehlich, Marta Rodriguez Fernandez, and Fernando Brave. University of Houston, Texas., April 25, 2016. Volunteered Member, Working Group on Digital and Physical Learning Environments in Architecture Education, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Invited Thesis Review Guest Critique, Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC), Alexandria, Virginia. Invited by Professor Jan Holt. Spring Semester 2013. Invited Design Review Panel Member, Community Design Assistance Center, Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Invited by Elizabeth Gilboy.

SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT | COLLEGE | UNIVERSITY

2018 2016 | Present

Spring 2017 2017 | Present

2016 | 2017

Member, Linda J Todd - Outstanding Support Staff Award Selection Committee Elected ACSA Councilor for TAMU, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Coordinator of the inaugural ARCH 608 Final Study Studios, Spring 2017. Coordinator of the Design Pedagogy Committee. Member of the Advanced Architectural Design Committee.



2016 | Present 2016 | Present

2016 2015 | Present 2015 | Present

2007-2010

Member of the Lecture Series Committee. Reviewer for incoming MARCH, MS and PhD Applications. Reviewer of the Graduate Romieniec Fellowship. Spring Semester 2016. Full Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University. Member of the MARCH Committee. Member of the Diversity Committee, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech

SERVICE | OUTREACH TO THE CITY | COMMUNITY

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2015

2015

Bowie Elementary School Revival, Build nothing | transform everything. A Culinary Arts School of Texas (CAST) at the Bowie school. City of Bryan, Fall 2018. Bryan Urban Farmers Market, Design + Build service learning real project for the Brazos Valley Farmers Association, the Hoppess Foundation, and the City of Bryan. Spring 2016. Master plan Development for the Coulter and Lilly Rush Hoppess Foundation site | in collaboration with Bruce Dvorak, LAUP graduate students, and the City of Bryan. Spring 2016. Rio de Los Brazos de Dios Visitor Center | Design competition for the Brazos Valley Visitor Center with the Coulter & Lilly Rush Hoppess Foundation and the City of Bryan. Fall 2015. City of Bryan Elements of Architecture Catalogue | Documentation and analysis of the City of Bryan fifteen elements of architecture to complement the city master plan. Summer 2015. Downtown Bryan Master plan 2001 Update | Revisiting the 2001 master plan document to update the design and development of fifteen key buildings. Summer Semester 2015. Bryan Sustainable Versatility Single Family Housing | Schematic design proposals for fifteen single-family houses for the City of Bryan Community Development Site. Spring 2015.

LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES

2016 | Present

2016 | Present

2013 | 2014

2013 | 2014

2007-2012

TAMU + US BCSD Memorandum of Understanding “From Waste to Opportunity” College of Architecture, Texas A&M University and United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD). June 2, 2016. Founder, Resource-Based Design Research Lab (RBDR) College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, United States. Director, Building Technology, Fabrication and Materials Lab (BT-FML) Department of Architecture, Bilkent University, Turkey. Program Founder and Leader, Study Abroad in Italy Department of Architecture, Bilkent University, Turkey. Program Founder and Leader, Study Abroad in Egypt College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, United States.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2017 | Present 2017 | Present 2016 | Present 2016 | Present 2013 | Present 2004 | Present 1998 | Present

2016 | 2018

2003 | 2009

Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Member. Building Technology Educators Society (BTES), Member. European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE), Associated Member. Construction History Society of America (CHSA), Member. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Member. Society of Egyptian Architects (SEA), Chapter Member. Egypt Engineers Syndicate, Licensed Member. World Building Congress (CIB) Construction Materials Stewardship TG (W115), Commission Member (inactive). American Institute of Architects (AIA), Associate Member (inactive).



PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

SELECTED BUILT PROJECTS*

Master Planning

Students’ Housing

Sports Facilities

Residential

Academic

Commercial

Additions and Renovations

USGBC LEED® Certified Projects

Bowling Green State University Residence Life Master Plan Central Washington University Comprehensive Housing Master Plan Colorado School of Mines Student Life Master Plan Virginia Tech Campus Master Plan Update of 2004 Florida Gulf Coast University Campus Master Plan Update of 2005 Kent State University Housing Master Plan Update Radford University Master Plan, Radford, VA University of California Riverside East/Southeast Campus Master Plan Randolph College Master Plan, Virginia New Mexico State University Campus Master Plan of 2005 State University of New York at Oswego Master Plan Virginia Tech New Residence Hall at the Career Services Site, Blacksburg, VA College of William and Mary Graduate Students Housing, Virginia Clemson University New Greek Housing Feasibility Study, South Carolina Emory and Henry College New Student Housing, Virginia Ferrum College New Residence Hall, Virginia Cassell Coliseum at Virginia Tech Feasibility Study, Virginia Michigan State University Breslin Center Addition and Parking Study, Michigan Virginia Tech Athletic New Batting Facilities Design Studies, Virginia The Pavilion House in Wytheville, Virginia Sobhy Aiad Residence in El-Agamy, Alexandria, Egypt Lane Hall ROTC Facility Study at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Rice Pods Prefabricated Bathrooms at Rice University Students’ Housing Smith Career Services Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia The Plaza and Amphitheater at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt Baker Insurance Agency Office Building, West Virginia Fast Break Food Chain Restaurants, Alexandria, Egypt Lolita Textile Factory and Office Building, Alexandria, Egypt The Print Shop, Textile and Fabrics Retail Stores (TEXMAR), Alexandria, Egypt The Document Center at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt Owens Banquet Hall at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Harley Davidson Shop of Wytheville, Virginia G. Burke Johnson Student Center at Virginia Tech Ferrum College Student Center, Ferrum, Virginia Tech Bookstore at Virginia Tech, Virginia Colorado School of Mines New Residence Hall, Colorado Clemson University Greek Housing Renovation and Addition, South Carolina University of Virginia College at Wise New Residence Hall



*NOTES

Wake Forest University New Residence Halls University of Virginia College at Wise New Dining Hall In collaboration with HEWV architects + planners except as noted as freelance architect and designer. Summary of responsibilities included: Leading schematic design and design development phases, Conducting design charrettes and workshops with clients and consultants. Building physical and digital models for single buildings and university campuses. Developing construction documents and specifications with CAD and BIM platforms. Coordinating with consultants. Administrating construction, coordinating with contractors and subcontractors.

Documents

AHMED K. ALI, PH.D. Department of Architecture Texas A&M