SBE Faculty

Teaching Faculty

For more information on specific courses, please visit the UF undergraduate catalog, graduate catalog, course search, or the SBE program details.

Bahar Armaghani

Director & Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Construction Management

352.294.1428 | RNK 322

Courses taught include:

ARC 6913 Greening New Construction (Past)
DCP 3210 Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment (Past)
DCP 4214 Green Building Strategies / LEED Lab (Fall &/or Spring)
DCP 4215 Sustainability Leadership (Past)
DCP 4216 WELL Building Strategies / WELL Lab (Fall &/or Spring)
DCP 4290 SBE Capstone (Fall, Spring, &/or Summer)

Patricia Kio

Assistant Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Architecture

352.392.4836 | AH 132

Courses taught include:

DCP 3210 Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment (Fall)
DCP 4290 SBE Capstone (Fall, Spring, &/or Summer)
DCP 4930 Circular Economy (Fall)
DCP 4930 Economics of Sustainability (Spring)
DCP 4930 Lifecycle Analysis (Spring)

Hal S. Knowles, III

Instructional Assistant Professor
Sustainability & the Built Environment | Urban & Regional Planning

352.294.6871 | AH 150

Courses taught include:

DCP 1241 Introduction to Spatial Thinking (Spring)
DCP 3200 Methods of Inquiry (Fall &/or Spring)
DCP 3210 Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment (Spring &/or Summer)
DCP 3220 Social & Cultural SBE (Fall, Spring, &/or Summer)
DCP 4290 SBE Capstone (Fall, Spring, &/or Summer)
DCP 4930 Community Resilience (Fall)
DCP 4941 Interdisciplinary Practicum (Past)
DCP 4945 Geodesign Practicum (Past)
EVR 2001 Introduction to Environmental Science (Past)
URP 4000 Preview of Urban & Regional Planning (Past)

Emeritus Faculty

Peggy Carr

Professor Emeritus | 1989-2018
Department of Landscape Architecture

Founding Member & Director | 2008-2018
Sustainability & the Built Environment

Research interests include:

Regional conservation strategies
Greenway/corridor design
Land use planning at the urban interface
Land use planning and reserve design
Ecotourism
Recreational carrying capacity
Environmental policy

Affiliate Faculty

Faculty from across the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DC) are involved with varying aspects of sustainability and the built environment in their teaching, research, and/or service. Listed below are some of DCP’s most prominent contributors to our shared SBE mission.