More On: Faculty Recognition

Associate Architecture Chair Featured in Documentary on Historical Swedish Architect
Matt Hall, Associate Professor and Associate Program Chair of Architecture, has been featured as an interviewee in a documentary about Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz.

Showcase 2025: Spotlighting creative scholarship on campus
A video game about conservation efforts on the Gulf Coast. A dress that’s a mashup of Harley-Davidson and Dior. An Art Deco-style lamp crafted with sustainable materials. A classical music album inspired by Alabama’s cultural history. Design plans for a house that can withstand a 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

Weekend Workshop Explores Design and Technology
When planning for Urban Studio’s permanent home in the former Hood-McPherson building, Director Alex Krumdieck ’86 knew one of the important aspects of the new space would be to inspire interdisciplinary collaboration within the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC).

Auburn BSCI Professor Explores Cutting Edge of Interactive History
Junshan Liu, a Professor in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI), has celebrated two major milestones this year—earning his Ph.D. and achieving promotion to full professor—all while continuing to expand his groundbreaking research.

Graphic Design Student to Serve as CADC’s Fall Commencement Marshal
Kacee Bridgman of West Union, South Carolina, has been selected as the student marshal for the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) at Auburn University’s Fall 2024 commencement ceremony, scheduled for December 14, 2024.

APLA Welcomes Three Visiting Faculty Members
The Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture welcomes three visiting faculty members in 2024–25: Maria Elena Vanegas Perez, Kuhn Lee and Dr. Mark Olweny. Perez and Lee will serve as visiting professors in Landscape Architecture, while Olweny will join the Architecture faculty.

BSCI Faculty Member Honored by CMAA
Dr. Wesley Collins, an Associate Professor in Auburn’s McWhorter School of Building Science, has been honored with the Construction Management Association of America’s (CMAA) 2024 Mark Hasso Educator of the Year Award.

SIGD Faculty Recognized with 2024 GDUSA Award
Several faculty members in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) have been recognized by Graphic Design USA for their work on the visual identity for “Kaleidoscope,” a school-wide student design show.

SIGD Faculty Wins Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
Ben Bush, an Associate Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD), has been recognized with Auburn University’s 2024 Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.

CADC and HCOB faculty included in Auburn’s President’s Awards honors
Created in 2011, the award recognizes existing faculty collaborations among two or more departments, divisions, offices or programs within the university.