{"id":20377,"date":"2025-05-13T10:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/?page_id=20377"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:48:44","slug":"lisa-sundahl-platt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/faculty-expertise\/lisa-sundahl-platt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Sundahl Platt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e730dd8b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1814b347d5a879b9afb37d768e69639\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.5\">Lisa Sundahl Platt<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-4200f119 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-47ac1318\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Lisa Sundahl Platt, Ph.D., M.S., CSSBB, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list uagb-block-46ae2860\"><div class=\"uagb-icon-list__wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child uagb-block-8357d456\"><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__source-wrap\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M511.2 387l-23.25 100.8c-3.266 14.25-15.79 24.22-30.46 24.22C205.2 512 0 306.8 0 54.5c0-14.66 9.969-27.2 24.22-30.45l100.8-23.25C139.7-2.602 154.7 5.018 160.8 18.92l46.52 108.5c5.438 12.78 1.77 27.67-8.98 36.45L144.5 207.1c33.98 69.22 90.26 125.5 159.5 159.5l44.08-53.8c8.688-10.78 23.69-14.51 36.47-8.975l108.5 46.51C506.1 357.2 514.6 372.4 511.2 387z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__label\">(352) 294-1435<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child uagb-block-80a43623\"><a target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"lisaplatt@ufl.edu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"mailto:lisaplatt@ufl.edu\"> <\/a><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__source-wrap\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M464 64C490.5 64 512 85.49 512 112C512 127.1 504.9 141.3 492.8 150.4L275.2 313.6C263.8 322.1 248.2 322.1 236.8 313.6L19.2 150.4C7.113 141.3 0 127.1 0 112C0 85.49 21.49 64 48 64H464zM217.6 339.2C240.4 356.3 271.6 356.3 294.4 339.2L512 176V384C512 419.3 483.3 448 448 448H64C28.65 448 0 419.3 0 384V176L217.6 339.2z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__label\">lisaplatt@ufl.edu<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Dr. Sundahl Platt leads the Design Dynamics Lab at the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER), where she and her team develop innovative, human-centered strategies to mitigate health hazards through intelligent building systems and design. Her research leverages artificial intelligence and computational design to forecast scenario outcomes and investigate how living environments influence community health and well-being. Central to her work is a holistic \u201c5S\u201d interior resilience planning framework, which emphasizes design that fosters safety, support, sustainability, symbiosis, and salutogenesis, creating interior environments that nurture both people and the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Research Areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Resilient Design for Health and Well-being; Sustainable Materials for Environmental Adaptive Response; Computational Design Thinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Research Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/49f6tb26\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/49f6tb26\">FIBER Design Dynamics Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Research Patents Pending<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com\/techcase\/MP22029\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com\/techcase\/MP22029\">Sustainable Adaptive Material Performance Levels (SAMPL) Design Decision Support System (filed PtD-EMIC)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Funded Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SAMPL for Interior Environment Resilience: Sustainable Adaptive Material Practicum Lab (SAMPL) Program Guide and Logic Model Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing Florida&#8217;s Built Environment Resilience: A Comprehensive Approach to Hazard Mitigation and Insurance Stability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable &amp; Supportive Housing for Salutogenic Health: Regenerative Residential Design as a Catalyst for Community Well-Being<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0\">Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Platt, L. S., &amp; Zeinali, A. (2025). Modeling the Dynamic Outcomes of Infection Prevention Behaviors in an ICU Environment. HERD: Health Environments Research &amp; Design Journal, 19375867251317234.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zeinali Kalkhoran, A., Platt, L. S., Iovine, N., Brown, S., &amp; Pollitt, B. (2024). An agent-based modeling approach for infection prevention predesign simulating the spread of pathogens between humans and the environment in an Intensive Care Unit. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 1\u201322. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17452007.2024.2397597<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Platt, L. S., &amp; Mahmoudi, A. (2024). Evaluating Climate and Community Health Care Infection Risks through Computational Predesign. Technology | Architecture + Design, 8(1), 70\u201382. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/24751448.2024.2313443<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Platt, L. S., &amp; Chen, X. (2023). A computational approach to estimating healthcare contact surface material resilience. HERD: Health Environments Research &amp; Design Journal, 16(2), 268-283.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0\">Related Websites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8769-9894\">ORCID Profile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=9181w8YAAAAJ\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2025\/02\/florida-resilience\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2025\/02\/florida-resilience\/\">How UF researchers are helping Floridians to build resilience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2025\/01\/jacksonville-\/\">UF builds community resilience in Jacksonville\u2019s Historic Eastside neighborhood<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/news\/interior-design-awarded-85000-for-sustainable-adaptive-material-practicum-lab\/\">Sustainable Adaptive Material Practicum Lab (SAMPL)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FnaKTSTfhok\">UF Innovate Sustainable Adaptive Material Practicum Lab (SAMPL)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6m1j882HIk\">TECH Tuesday Infection Prevention through Design and AI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0\">Selected Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCan Home Design Enhance our Health Resilience?\u201d TEDx UF 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) Annual Member Meeting Keynote Speaker \u201cEnergy Efficiency: Increasing the Triple Bottom Line.\u201d Jacksonville, FL 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regenerative Sustainability as a Catalyst for Community Salutogenic Health. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Intersections Conference Austin, TX 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing a Sustainable Adaptive Material Practical Learning System for Quantifying Interior Material Environmental Impact. Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 55 Conference. Portland OR 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAMPL: The Development of a Sustainable Adaptive Material Practicum Lab for Interior Design Pedagogy and Research. 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