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COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING ANNUAL REPORT ACADEMIC YEAR 2008 – 2009 The word is out…. It is a true pleasure to submit this annual report. We have many success stories to report, and we certainly had a lot of fun working on those, but we also had substantial challenges; we all did. In our February issue of e-cap we acknowledged that “every challenge is an opportunity” and that creative minds are particularly well equipped to take advantage of such opportunities. Today we want to celebrate the fact that in spite of financial uncertainty we have been able to continue to move forward in an aggressive quest to take our college to the next level. A fundamental move in that quest has been to build a “dream team” for the college’s departmental leadership. Last fall we welcomed Prof. Mahesh Senagala as our new Chair in the Department of Architecture, this summer we have been blessed with the arrival of Prof. Michael Burayidi as our new Chair in the Department of Urban Planning, and before it gets too cold in January we will be joined by Professor Jody Naderi as our new Chair in the Department of Landscape Architecture. I don’t know of any other college of architecture and planning in the nation with a stronger leadership team. We have adopted the structure of our University’s Strategic Plan and in such a way promote integration and synergy through all our units. We invite you to review this report and share in our excitement and enthusiasm. This is a great time to be at CAP. Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning Table of Contents Faculty Accomplishments Recognitions Scholarship R&D Funding Faculty & Staff Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements GOAL 0 The College of Architecture and Planning will contribute to the distinctiveness of Ball State University, and develop a unique identity among schools of architecture and planning. GOAL 1 The College of Architecture and Planning will promote academic excellence among undergraduate and graduate students seeking a rigorous learning experience. GOAL 2 The College of Architecture and Planning will support and reward faculty and student scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. GOAL 3 The College of Architecture and Planning will address local, state, national, and international needs through activities that foster collaboration and mutually beneficial relationships with its diverse constituents. GOAL 4 The College of Architecture and Planning will improve the university community’s quality of life. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING ANNUAL REPORT ACADEMIC YEAR 2007 – 2008 Faculty Accomplishments (Recognitions) Carol Flores (AR), delivered the Ball State University Summer Commencement Address "Guidelines for an Educated Life,". Megan Calkins (LA), was made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals (IGP), Weston FL and Paris, France (December 1, 2008). Other Honorary Fellows include: Norman Foster, Glenn Murcutt, David Orr, Fritjof Capra, Lester Brown, Doug Farr, Rick Fedrizzi, Paul Erlich, and Ken Yeang. Wes Janz (AR), was a finalist for the inaugural Curry Stone Design Prize, which is awarded to breakthrough projects that have the “power and potential to improve our lives and the world we live in.” He was the only educator and U.S.-based person among the five finalists. Tim Gray (AR) The Straw Bale Eco Project, designed, documented and constructed by students under the direction of Associate Tim Gray, was recognized with an AIA Indiana Excellence in Architecture Citation Award in October of 2008. The project was one of only four in the State to be recognized with a Design Excellence Award in 2008. Associate Professor Timothy Gray was recognized with the University “Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award” at the 2008 Fall Semester University Faculty meeting. Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Gray received a Central Indiana AIA “Excellence in Architecture Citation Award” in May of 2009 for the Light Screen proposal, a proposed public art installation which was prepared as one of five finalists for the “Great Ideas Competition” sponsored by the Arts Council of Indianapolis. Also receiving an award was project collaborator Kurt West, BArch ’05. Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Gray received the NCARB Prize for “Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy” for his work on the Straw Bale Eco Project, a student designed and built environmental center completed in 2008. The award was announced at the ACSA National Conference in Portland, Oregon and included a $7,500 cash prize. The Ball State entry was one of five award recipients nationally. Associate Professor Timothy Gray was appointed in April 2009 to serve on the State Advisory Board to the USGBC (US Green Building Council) Board of Directors. Professor Gray also served as chair of the program committee for the recent USGBC sponsored "Indiana Building Green Symposium" which was held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in March of 2009 and drew over 400 professionals from a variety of building related disciplines. Michel Mounayar (AR) was reelected to a third term as President of the Architecture Research Center Consortium. Historically, ARCC's members have been schools of architecture who have made substantial commitments to architectural research, often by forming centers directed to research programs. Nihal Perera (UP), was appointed Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore for the Spring of 2010. He also received an appointment as Visiting Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India, 2009-10 Jonathan Spodek (AR), was elected the 2009 chair of the AIA National’s HABS Coordinating Committee. Faculty Accomplishments (Scholarship) Antonieta Angulo (AR) presented a paper co-authored with Professors John Fillwalk & Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco under the title: “Collaborating in a Virtual Multi-User Environment -The Virtual Design Studio Populates Second Life” at the 2009 Design Communication Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. The full paper was subject of publications in the conference proceedings. The same subject was later presented at the Faculty Symposium of the College of Architecture and Planning. Ball State University. Muncie – IN. March 2009 Dr. Angulo also presented the subject of “Ubiquitous training of visual-spatial skills: on the development of mobile learning applications using handheld devices” in the 1st Annual Emerging Media Faculty Symposium organized by the Center for Media Design, Ball State University. Muncie – IN. April 2009. She also authored several tutorials on Digital Image Editing Procedures. The tutorials have been prepared for delivery online and PDA format. The on-line tutorials are in text format and in animated format with voice over. Ana de Brea (AR) was chair of the College Council on Out-of-Campus Programs and news editor for the ACSA News Letter. She was also offered a book contract from Norton Professional Books for her work on contemporary South American Architecture. Megan Calkins (LA), her book, Materials for Sustainable Sites: A Complete Guide to the Evaluation, Selection, and Use of Sustainable Construction Materials was released by John Wiley and Sons in October 2008. The 458-page book provides detailed and current information on construction materials for sustainable sites. It discusses strategies to minimize environmental and human health impacts of conventional site construction materials (eg. asphalt, concrete and wood) as well as green materials (eg. porous rubber paving, self-healing concrete, soil cement and plastic lumber). The book has been favorably reviewed by several print and online sources including Engineering New Record, Landscape + Urbanism, Landscape Architecture magazine and Eco Structure magazine. Over the past year and-a-half, she has also worked with Melody Bernot, Biology (PI), Randall Bernot, Biology and Martha Hunt, Landscape Architecture as a Co-PI on a National Science Foundation Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Proposal for 1.4 million dollars entitled: “The Influence of Urban Pavement Materials on Aquatic Ecosystems: A dynamic social and biological approach to urban design”. This project will measure the impacts of chemicals and heavy metals released from various common paving materials on urban aquatic ecosystems. The NSF proposal was written largely by Melody Bernot. She contribution to the project has been to identify pavement types for testing, to compile pavement samples for testing and to suggest some pollutants that might be identified by the research. She also designed and detailed the proposed in situ experiment. The proposal was unsuccessful, but they plan to revise and resubmit. Conference presentations: “The Sustainable Sites Initiative, Materials Credits” ASLA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA October 2008 “Greening the Blacktop: New Technologies for High Performance Pavements” Greenbuild Conference, Boston, MA Michele Chiuini (AR), is completing the Santa Maria Antiqua Digital Information System in Rome, working with two graduate students (picture attached). He presented his most recent work at the Emerging Media Initiative Faculty Symposium last April. He was also co-chair at the DMACH, Amman, Jordan, in November 2008. German Cruz (LA) was a critical participant in the design and installation of the BSU Backyard at the Indiana State Fair in 2008. He also contributed in the development of park improvement plans and promotional material @ Greensburg, Indiana. Scholarly Presentation -“Landscape
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