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Emergency management pros choose hazard center scholars’ projects for funding

A group of expert emergency management professionals, who plan and lead natural disaster and emergency response at all levels of government, have chosen to fund six research proposals by scholars affiliated with the Hazard Reduction Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and Texas Target Communities.

Students’ sustainable home design advances to finals in national contest

A design that relies primarily on the sun, wind and natural light to provide a comfortable interior environment earned a “finalist” designation for a group of students from all three School of Architecture departments who are competing in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon attached housing category. In mid-April 2023, the students, led by Dr. Liliana…

Educational Group Visit

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Small towns have envisioned bright futures for 30 years with help from Texas Target Communities

For 30 years, Texas A&M graduate urban planning students have helped small Texas communities realize brighter futures by partnering with them to create plans that improve their economic and cultural destinies, and their resilience to the growing threat of natural hazards such as flooding and hurricanes.

Urban planning professor heads new, digital lab to test growth and natural hazard scenarios

An era of “big data” related to urban infrastructure is well underway. Scholars in a new lab at Texas A&M are creating digital “twins” — models of cities and regions — to test existing and future scenarios for urban planning methods that foster efficient urban growth and resilience to hurricanes, flooding and other natural hazards.

ARCH department head earns honor for co-authoring book chronicling 2020 design studio

In an ambitious spring 2020 undergraduate University of Kentucky design studio led by Greg Luhan, now head of the Texas A&M Department of Architecture, who at the time was a UK faculty member, students traveled internationally to document and analyze architecture, landscapes, and interior spaces in historic and modern Eastern megacities. Luhan co-authored a book, “Global Studio: Shanghai – Louisville,” about the studio, in which UK students worked alongside design professionals and Chinese students.

Research

The Texas A&M College of Architecture is a hub of critical research in fields that impact the built, natural and virtual environments. Our scholars seek answers to important questions in studies that are funded from many sources, from the National Science Foundation to the researcher’s respective department. A Wide Range of Research In recent years, College of Architecture researchers have…

Urban planning faculty member earns inaugural Texas A&M mentoring award

An entire generation of former students who are now natural hazard educators, researchers, and urban planners received invaluable mentoring from Walter Gillis Peacock, professor of urban planning, the recipient of an inaugural Texas A&M Outstanding Graduate and Professional Student Mentoring Award.

Nominations for School of Architecture Outstanding Alumni due April 15

Do you know of a former Texas A&M School of Architecture student who is a candidate for the college’s highest honor, the Outstanding Alumni Award? Nominations for the 2023 award are due by April 15.

Suermann honored as a Society of American Military Engineers fellow

As an accomplished administrator, researcher and educator at Texas A&M’s School of Architecture since 2017, and before that as a U.S. Air Force officer who oversaw several major construction projects, Patrick Suermann, interim dean of the School of Architecture, has been recognized as member of the Academy of Fellows in the Society of American Military Engineers.