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Martha Kohen

Martha Kohen

School of Architecture
Professor + Director of the UF Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism (UF|CHU)
352-294-1475
ARCH 262
mkohen@ufl.edu
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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability ( Built Environment Resilience, Smart Buildings/Cities, Sustainable Architecture and Design)
Developing visioning proposals with interdisciplinary components and involving stakeholders participation.
I have focused geographically on Florida and Puerto Rico endangered antrhopic and natural environments.

Bio:
Martha Kohen is a Tenured Professor of Architecture in the College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida and Director of the Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism. She received her degrees from the University of the Republic, Uruguay, and Cambridge University.  Before coming to UF in 2003 as Director of the School of Architecture, she directed for 20 years her Architecture and Urban Design practice in Latin America (MKRO) and taught at the University of the Republic. She is a visiting professor at the Universities of Rome, La Sapienza, and Naples, Federico II and is an affiliate of the UF Water Institute, the Florida Climate Institute, and the Center for Latin American Studies.

Her recent research has focused on the impact of Sea Level Rise on human settlements. Since 2015, she has represented the United States as Senior Partner in the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Quality and Culture, with whom she has jointly organized five international workshops on sea level rise and disaster recovery. Three of these workshops have addressed Puerto Rico Re-Start, an interdisciplinary collaboration between UF, Universities in Puerto Rico and local stakeholders to harness international expertise in designing innovative research and visionary projects to face the challenges posed by hurricanes Irma and Maria (2018-9), earthquakes  and the Coronavirus pandemic (2020) for a sustainable future. Ongoing research is focusing on the impact of the Pandemic in the Built Environment, in Puerto Rico, Florida, New York and Italy in conjunction with the Polytechnic of Milan and the Onehealth Center in IFAS UF.

Teaching and research are conducted jointly, engaging the students in workshops,  graduate Seminars and  upper division design courses, with the ongoing sponsorship of the UF Office of Research, the International Center and UF partners. Work information and publications available in the website.

www.chu.dcp.ufl.edu

www.puertoricorestart.org

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Kristin Larsen

Kristin Larsen

Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Professor
352-294-1482
ARCH 464
Klarsen@ufl.edu

Ph.D., Cornell University 2001
Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, 1990
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Florida 1986

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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Sustainable Architecture and Design)
I examine sustainable architecture and design and related policy making through the lens of planning history. A key area of my research focuses on members of the Regional Planning Association of America, prominent designers, urbanists, human ecologists, economists, and developers active from the 1920s through the 1950s whose work in regionalism, town building, design, & housing policy established the foundations of today’s sustainability and resilience initiatives. In addition, my research focuses on community engagement to enhance resilience in the face of neighborhood change within marginalized communities.

Bio:
Kristin Larsen, AICP, Ph.D. (Cornell), MAURP (Florida), BSBA (Florida) is Professor and Director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning.  Among the projects she focused on when she worked as a land use and housing planner for the City of Orlando during the 1990s was a neighborhood revitalization project within the historic African American community of Parramore.  This professional planning experience inspired her to earn her doctoral degree focused on city and regional planning, planning history, cultural geography, and historic preservation.  At UF she has developed new courses in housing policy, historic preservation, and interdisciplinary studies in planning and landscape architecture.  

In addition to her responsibilities as a professor, Dr. Larsen has served in various leadership positions in the college for the past 10 years including directing the urban and regional planning graduate online degree program, chairing the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP), and directing the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning.  Notably, she spearheaded development of the nation’s first fully online graduate degree in urban and regional planning and shepherded the department through two accreditation reviews, both securing the maximum 7-year period with the most recent review accrediting the online delivery of the URP graduate degree.  

Dr. Larsen’s expertise in housing policy, neighborhood planning, community engagement, social justice, and planning history has resulted in numerous publications including her biography of noted community architect Clarence S. Stein.  Her peer reviewed research has also appeared in Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Planning History, Housing Studies, Planning Perspectives, and Urban Studies.   She has secured over $1 million in internal and external grants awarded as either Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Urban Scholars Fellowship and a State of Florida Division of Historical Resources Grant.  Her examination of the intellectual history of the Regional Planning Association of America continues with her upcoming biography of landscape architect and housing advocate Henry Wright.

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Jeffrey Lindsey

Jeffrey Lindsey

M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
Fire and Emergency Services Director/Senior Lecturer
352-273-1199
RINKER 336
jeffrey.lindsey@ufl.edu

Doctorate of Philosophy in Instructional Technology/Adult Education (earned) University of South Florida
Master of Education in Instructional Technology University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology University of Cincinnati
Associate in Arts in Paramedic Harrisburg Area Community College
Executive Fire Officer Program, National Fire Academy, United States Fire Administration
Fire Instructor III, State of Florida, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
Firefighter, State of Florida, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
NFPA Fire Officer I & II, State of Florida, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
Florida certified paramedic

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Dr. Jeffrey Lindsey holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Instructional Technology/Adult Education from the University of South Florida. He began his educational endeavors at the University of Cincinnati in Fire Engineering Technology. He couples this with his experience in the fire service from Carlisle, PA. Philadelphia, PA. Largo, FL. And finally, as fire chief in Estero, FL has given him many years’ experience in the industry with real life experience.

He specializes in emergency services administration, management of personnel and major scenes, education, and emergency and disaster response. Both his strong management and leadership background combined with extensive academic excellence makes him an ideal director of the FES program. He has extensive teaching experience in leadership, professional development, emergency management, EMS, fire services, education, and disaster response. He has taken a keen interest of specializing in health and wellness of fire and EMS personnel.

He has published numerous texts in fire and EMS and has served as a past Columnist for Fire Rescue 1 and JEMS publications. He has written many research papers. Served as a State, National, and International speaker at various conferences. He is a subject matter expert for investigative reports and legal cases involving emergency services.

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Rui Liu

Rui Liu

M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
Associate Professor
352-273-1168
RINKER 321
liurui@ufl.edu

Ph.D., Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida
Master’s of Science, Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Florida
Master’s of Management, Construction Management, Tianjin University
Bachelor’s of Management, Project Management, Tianjin University
Bachelor’s of Science, Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University

Research Interest:

  • Building Information Modeling
  • Facility Management
  • BIM Software Development
  • GIS and BIM Integration
  • Construction Economics and Urbanization
  • Big Data and Cloud Computing
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
  • Sensing and Indoor Localization
  • Smart Cities

Employer(S):

Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Construction and Planning, University of Texas at San Antonio

Certification:

  • CM-BIM
  • LEED AP BD+C
  • OSHA 30 Hour Outreach Training
  • Green Globe Professional (GGP)

Awards and Honors:

  • 2015 Best Paper Award, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Outstanding Presentation, The 1st International Shanghai “Global BIM” Summit, 2015
  • Best Paper Award (International), International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Construction 2014
  • Fiatech Student Scholarship
  • Rinker Alumni Fellowship
  • CEMEX Scholarship, twice
  • Rinker Material Scholarship
  • Outstanding Student, multiple times, Tianjin University

Memberships & Involvement:

  • Co-Chair: Alamo BIM Peer Group
  • Member, SOCIETY BETA GAMMA SIGMA
  • A.M.ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Construction Institute (CI)
  • Member, Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
  • Member, ASC (Associated Schools of Construction)
  • ASCE Construction Research Congress (CRC)
  • Associated Schools of Construction (ASC)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

PUBLICATION EXAMPLES:

  • 3D visualization of sub-surface pipelines in connection with the building utilities: Integrating GIS and BIM for facility management
  • Cloud-based deep immersive game for human egress data collection: a framework
  • Introducing Building Information Modeling Course into a Newly Developed Construction Program with Various Student Backgrounds
  • Cloud-Based Interactive Probabilistic Simulation for AEC Industry

Published Papers:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GycfidMAAAAJ& hl=en&oi=sra

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Yi Luo

Yi Luo

Department of Landscape Architecture
Assistant Professor
ARCH 432
yi.luo@ufl.edu

• Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, 2014
• Master of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Utah State University, 2007
• Bachelor of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2002

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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Built Environment Resilience, Renewable Energy, Smart Buildings/Cities, Sustainable Architecture and Design, Sustainable Construction)
My research has been focusing on landscape performance evaluation, which quantifies the post-performance of sustainable landscape projects (range from individual residential property to urban plaza, and city and regional scale), and shows the value of sustainable design practices.

Bio:
Yi Luo, PhD, PLA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Yi taught at Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University. Yi received her Bachelor of Architecture from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, Master of Landscape Architecture from Utah State University, and PhD in Urban and Regional Science from Texas A&M University.  Her areas of interest are landscape performance evaluation, sustainability assessment, performance evaluation metrics and methods, therapeutic landscapes, and stormwater management and low impact development. Yi’s research has been funded by various agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Landscape Architecture Foundation, and Jessie Ball DuPont.

Before pursuing her PhD at Texas A&M University, Yi practiced landscape architecture and architecture in multidisciplinary firms in the United States and China with efforts to promote green building and sustainable development. She is a licensed landscape architect (Utah).

Yi advises Ph.D. and Master students and teaches a wide range of studio and lecture courses:

  • Site Design and Planning (Studio)
  • Landscape Construction (Studio)
  • Capstone Project (Studio)
  • Research Methods
  • Advanced Landscape Architecture (Studio)
  • Collaboration Studio (Studio)
  • History of Landscape Architecture
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Seminars

 

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Dan Manley

Dan Manley

College of Design, Construction and Planning, Department of Landscape Architecture
Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Facilities, Instructional Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
352‐294-1442
ARCH 331D
dpmanley@ufl.edu

• Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida, 2001
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Duke University, 1998

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Areas of Focus: Sustainability (Building Materials) Scholarship and teaching addresses the application of green stormwater infrastructure and sustainable construction materials at the site scale including transportation corridors. Bio: Dan Manley is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture.  Dan began his teaching career at the University of Florida in 2014 as an Adjunct Lecturer before joining the faculty as a Lecturer in 2016.  He has also served as Undergraduate Coordinator and currently serves as the Graduate Coordinator for the department.  His research and scholarship interests center on construction documentation, green infrastructure, transportation-related design, and professional practice. Dan teaches the construction sequence in the department introducing students to concepts in grading, drainage, and stormwater; horizontal and vertical road alignment; and materials, horizontal layout, and irrigation.  He also assists students in developing business and project management-related skills in the department’s professional practice course.  Dan co-teaches the introductory design studio and has co-taught the design communications course in the summer to incoming graduate students.  Dan has also taught courses in advanced landscape construction, design implementation, and co-led the undergraduate capstone seminar.  He has served as the chair, co-chair, or advisor for numerous capstones and graduate terminal projects in Landscape Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Sustainability in the Built Environment. Dan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University in 1998 as well as a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Florida in 2001.  He is a Professional Landscape Architect and practiced for over fifteen years in both Orlando and Gainesville, Florida.  He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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John Maze

John Maze

School of Architecture
Associate Professor
352-294-1476
ARCH 264
maze@ufl.edu

Master of Architecture, Arizona State University, Highest Distinction
Bachelor of Science, University of Virginia

John Maze is an Associate Professor and former Assistant Director of the University of Florida School of Architecture where he teaches design and humanities. During his twenty years at the University of Florida and previous time at The University of Virginia, he has authored four required digital architecture and design courses, two University Humanities courses – ARC1000 Architecture + Humanity and IDS2935 Places and Spaces – which is also a University International Quest 1 course. Maze served on the development and oversight team responsible for another University Humanities Quest 1 freshman course: What is the Good Life. He has taught design studios at all levels as well as collaborated in interdisciplinary graduate seminars as affiliate faculty with the Digital Worlds Institute.

His research focuses on the digital interface and its role in the architectural design process. He has written numerous publications on the relationship between architecture and music, a common theme throughout his pedagogy. He has funded research studying Building Information Modeling technology, advanced modeling and animation, and has developed an online database of texture maps with the help of the Office of Academic Technology. In 2004 through 2006, Maze collaborated with Dr. Robert Ferl and Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul of the NASA-sponsored center at the University of Florida, Space Agriculture and Biotechnology Research and Education to model and visualize modular greenhouse prototypes for lunar and Martian exploration. John Maze is also an award-winning multi-instrumentalist currently playing with Irish recording artists An Triur, acoustic Americana quartet Lucky Us, and formerly In Crisis who performed three times at Gator Growl. John has performed twice as a guest of the Chieftains during their visits to the Phillips Center, and for over a decade has led Commencement exercises for the College of Design, Construction & Planning as the bagpiper. In the fall of 2019, Maze soloed with the Pride of the Sunshine State, Fighting Gators Marching Band at halftime during the Vanderbilt Game’s Veteran’s Day tribute.

His professional work includes PA Award winning projects with Eisenman Architects and Roto Architects, as well as projects with Taliesin Architects. He was instrumental in integrating
architectural computing and design both at Eisenman Architects and Roto, who previously did the majority of their work with traditional media types. John Maze received his Bachelor of
Science in architecture from The University of Virginia, and his Master of Architecture with Highest Distinction from Arizona State University. His research with the Pima Maricopa tribes of Arizona won him the thesis prize in 1996.

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Mark McGlothlin

Mark McGlothlin

School of Architecture
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs + Edward M. Fearney Endowed Associate Professor
352-294-1477
ARCH 266
mmcgloth@ufl.edu

Bachelor of Architecture, Kansas State University, 1995
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, Kansas State University, 1995
Master of Architecture, Harvard University, 2001

Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Sustainable Architecture and Design)

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Jason Meneely

Jason Meneely

Department of Interior Design
Associate Professor
352-294-1436
ARCH 352
jmeneely@dcp.ufl.edu

Master of Science, Interior Design, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Bachelor of Science, Interior Design, Radford University, Virginia

Jason Meneely is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida. He joined the department in 2006 from Cornell University where he worked as a researcher in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis. Meneely’s research examines strategies for maximizing creativity, human potential, and social engagement through the design of the built environment.  He also examines values-driven approaches to technology that support human-centered design processes.

In 2019 Meneely received a national Award for Excellence from the Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) for developing innovative approaches that leveraged virtual-reality headsets to support inclusive design decisions for people with disabilities. He also received the 2012 Innovation in Education Award from CIDA and was recently honored with a UF Term Professorship (2018-2021). He and his collaborators have received a national Research Excellence Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (2018) and Best Presentation awards at the UB Tech (2013), and the Interior Design Educators Council (2004 and 2002) annual conferences. His research has been published in the Creativity Research Journal and the Journal of Interior Design.

Research

  • The application of Virtual Reality to human-centered design issues
  • Design strategies for enhancing creative performance in individuals, teams, and organizations.
  • Using technology to support creative problem solving
  • Design thinking and pedagogy

Teaching Focus

  • Upper-Division Interior Design Studios (including education, corporate, retail, and hospitality markets).
  • Graduate Seminar in Creativity Research
  • Digital Design Communication Methods

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