2021 Building Technology Educators’ Society Conference
June 10–12, 2021
BTES 2021 Conference Schedule:
Thursday, June 10
*All times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Opening Plenary
Auburn University Rural Studio Front Porch Initiative faculty Elizabeth Farrell Garcia, David Hinson and Mackenzie Stagg present “Seal, Strap & Certify: Designing, Building and Monitoring High-Performance Homes.”
| 11:00 – 11:45am | Welcome, Introductions and Opening Plenary |
| 11:45 – 1:15pm | Early Afternoon Paper Sessions (2) |
Materials + Fabrication
Moderator: Aletheia Ida
Concrete Environments
Duane McLemore and Jacob Gines, Mississippi State University
Team Totemics: Consequences of an Exquisite Corpse
Peter Wong, David Thaddeus, and Frances Hsu
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Immersive Learning Environments for Industrial Robotics Training
Shahin Vassigh, Eric Peterson, Biayna Bogosian, and Jorge Tubella
Florida International University
Pedagogy: Innovative Approach to Remote Learning
Moderator: Ulrich Dangel
Virtual Studio Collaboration During Remote Studio Learning
Naomi Darling and Elisa Kim,
Mount Holyoke College/University of Massachusetts Amherst, Smith College
Thinking Outside the Building
Sandy Stannard, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
High Tech | Low Tech: Teaching Augmented Fabrication in the Zoom Era
Emily Baker, University of Arkansas
| 1:15 – 1:45pm | Lunch Break; Edward Allen Student Award Work Displayed |
| 1:45 – 2:45pm | BTES Business Meeting for all Attendees |
| 2:45 – 4:15pm | Late Afternoon Paper Session |
Energy + Analysis
Moderator: Liz McCormick
The Impact of Different Building Assemblies on Thermal and Air Quality Performance. An Experimental Student Project in an Architectural Course Comparing City Building Code Versus Passivhaus Standard.
Antonio Martinez-Molina, Kelsey Williamson, Ibukan Awolus,
and Miltiadis Alamaniotis
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Farnsworth Redux
Craig Griffen, Thomas Jefferson University
Testing the Daylighting, Energy, and Carbon Footprint Performance of Louvers
Alexis Severson, Khaled Mansy, Tom Spector, John Phillips, and Jeanne Homer
Oklahoma State University
| 4:30 – 5:30pm | Emerging Faculty Award and Book Award with presentations |
Friday, June 11
| 11:00 – 12:30pm | Early Afternoon Paper Sessions (2) |
Structure + LCA
Moderator: Terri Boake
The Importance of Material Lifespan in Embodied Carbon Analysis
Melissa Russell, Tom Spector, Khaled Mansy, John Phillips, and Jeanne Homer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Housing Façade Retrofit Strategies: A Life Cycle Assessment
Ming Hu, University of Maryland
Advanced Tall Buildings Collaboratory
Thomas Fowler and Kevin Dong
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Materials and Fabrication
Moderator: Aletheia Ida
Soft Rock Studio: Exploring a Soft Systems Approach to “Artificial Rock”
James Forren, Dalhousie University
Volumetric Envelopes: The Transformation of Design and Fabrication of Prefabricated ElementsUsed in Building Envelopes
Niloufar Emami, Louisiana State University
Free-Form: The Adversarial Role of Materials in Automation
Genevieve Baudoin, Kansas State University and Bruce Johnson, Dual Ecologies
| 12:30 – 1:00pm | Lunch Break; Edward Allen Student Award Work Displayed |
| 1:00 – 1:45pm | Project Shorts |
Project Shorts
Moderator: Hans C. Herrmann
The Living Room
Hans C. Herrmann and Cory Gallo, Mississippi State University
The Hygge House: An Alternative Model for Interdisciplinary Design-Build courses
Robert Williams and Carl Fiocchi, University of Massachusetts
Comparison of Smartphone Lighting Apps for use in Virtual Building Science Education
Terri Peters and Randy Ly, Ryerson University
The Mirror Perch Bridge at the Crosby Arboretum
Hans C. Hermann, Mississippi State University
| 1:00 – 2:30pm | Mid-Afternoon Paper Session |
History + Culture + Theory + Structure
Moderator: Shannon Bassett
Building Structure in the Context of Architectural Theory: A History/Theory Course on Technology in Architecture
Christina McCoy, Oklahoma State University
Labor Movements: From the Specifications of the Panama Canal to Robotic
Federico Garcia Lammers, Jessica Garcia Fritz, Joseph Kenny, Nathaniel Krueger, and Rebecca Woytassek, South Dakota State University
Patents Pneumatic Experiments for Humanitarian Design: Otto’s Ideology and Technology of Lightness
Rob Whitehead, Iowa State University
| 2:45 – 4:15pm | Late Afternoon Paper Session |
Pedagogy: Equitable and Engaging
Moderator: Nea Maloo
Commodity AND Delight: A Case for a Qualitative Basis for Environmental Technology Instruction
James Leach and Kristin Nelson, University of Detroit Mercy
Animate the Assembly: Making technical drawings accessible
Mary English, Auburn University
Recruiting Engagement through Readings + Media in Architectural Technology Education
Carmen Trudell and Soham Patel, California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
| 4:30 – 5:30pm | Keynote |
Jennifer Bonner
Jennifer Bonner is Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Bonner received a Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Saturday, June 12
| 11:00 – 12:00pm | cove.tool workshop |
| 12:15 – 1:15pm | ClimateStudio workshop |
Alabama has long been a supplier to the U.S., where the sounds of Muscle Shoals and the flavors of Mobile Bay have contributed to its cultural memory, and its fertile soils and seas of southern pine have helped build its material culture. The state’s role as a supplier has benefited some of its inhabitants but come at the expense and exploitation of others. Modernity and globalization have further complicated the social, economic, and ecological implications of Alabama’s role as a supplier, even as it becomes more ingrained in broader material networks. The conceptual role of this conference is to elucidate supply chains and their impacts, here and elsewhere, through the lens of technology and innovation in the built environment. We ask attendees to step Out of Bounds, into disciplines outside their own, examining impacts outside their purview, in an environment with which they may be unfamiliar. The organizer’s intent is that, in doing so, we can better understand the role buildings play in supply chain and become more attuned educators of building technology.
The Building Technology Educator’s Society advances design education by disseminating its members’ work and facilitating their interaction. This is critical not only for students of the building disciplines, but also for those who rely on the work of those future professionals. The BTES Conference is both a celebration of this effort and its most dense expression. Auburn University is a Land Grant institution that prides itself on a robust balance of teaching, research, and outreach efforts within its region, and because of its transdisciplinary contributions to the built environment and location in the deep south, we extend the theme of a conference Out of Bounds.
Hosted by the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture