Abstracts

• A Comparative Study of Balanced Bond Wrench Testing and Unbalanced Bond Wrench Testing
  Presenter: Holland, Nancy Associate Professor
• A Finite Element Study of an Indonesian Single Storey Masonry Dwelling
  Presenter: Nichols, John Associate Professor
• A Literature Review on Measuring Building Performance by Using Key Performance Indicators
  Presenter: Lavy, Sarel Associate Professor
• Assessing the Lighting Performance of an Experimental Solar Light Pipe System
  Presenter: Beltran, Liliana Associate Professor
• A theory on waste and value – in building construction
  Presenter: Fernandez-Solis, Jose Associate Professor
• Band Decomposition of 2-Manifold Meshes For Physical Construction of Large Structures
  Presenter: Akleman, Ergun Professor
• Businesses development and HOPE VI redevelopment: Beaumont Texas. A Case Study.
  Presenter: Giusti, Cecilia Associate Professor
• Change/ Challenge/ Response: Design Education For Architects In 2060
  Presenter: Regan, Thomas Professor
• Design and Development of a “Net-Zero” Building: Center for Sustainable Living
  Presenter: Miranda, Valerian Associate Professor
• Designing long-term care in China: Lessons learned
  Presenter: Lu, Zhipeng Lecturer
• Determinants & Characteristics of Damage in Single-Family Island Housing from Hurricane Ike
  Presenter: Peacock, Walter Gillis Professor
• Diaphanus
  Presenter: Esquivel, Gabriel Assistant Professor
• Do Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Promote Greater Gender Equity in Travel than Traditional Suburban Neighborhoods? An Empirical Study of Southern California.
  Presenter: Joh, Kenneth Assistant Professor
• Economic Impact of Lake-Level Reductions on Lake Conroe Area: Lake Area Property Values, Property Tax Revenues and Sales Tax Revenues (A Progress Report)
  Presenter: Rogers, George Professor
• Embodied Energy and The Natural Materials Laboratory: A tool for architecture students to discover the low impact approach to designing the built environment.
  Presenter: Wagner, Logan Assistant Professor
• Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy (EE/RE) Projects in Texas Public Schools
  Presenter: Haberl, Jeff Professor
• EnergyPlus vs. DOE-2.1e: The Effect of Ground-Coupling on Energy Use of a Code House with Basement in a Hot-Humid Climate
  Presenter: Culp, Charles Professor
• Evaluating Subdivision Characteristics on Single Family Housing Values Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
  Presenter: Saginor, Jesse Assistant Professor
• Examining Challenges, Opportunities, and Best Practices for Addressing Rural Mobility and Economic Development under SAFETEA-LU’s Coordinated Planning and Human Services Framework
  Presenter: Martin, June Senior Lecturer
• Flooding in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications
  Presenter: Brody, Sam Professor
• Green and Healthy Hospitals: Incorporating the Consideration of Healthcare Outcomes Into the Green Hospital Building Rating System
  Presenter: Zhu, Xuemei Assistant Professor
• Green Roof Plants: Strategies for Success
  Presenter: Dvorak, Bruce Assistant Professor
• Hybrids on the way to the Western Platform Frame: Two structures in Western Virginia.
  Presenter: O’Brien, Michael Professor
• Impact of cost constraints on aesthetic ranking following Target Value Design exercises
  Presenter: Rybkowski, Zofia Assistant Professor
• Impact of Subtle Gaze Direction on Short-Term Spatial Information Recall
  Presenter: McNamara, Ann Assistant Professor
• Increasing Physical Activity through Access to Nature
  Presenter: Rodiek, Susan Associate Professor
• Industrial Archeology and the case of Brazilian Industrial Heritage
  Presenter: Campagnol, Gabriela Assistant Professor
• Landscape Performance: Quantifying the Benefits of Sustainable Landscape Solutions
  Presenter: Ndubisi, Forster Professor, Department Head
• Landscapes of Inequality: The Spatial Distribution of Housing Opportunity in Texas.
  Presenter: Van Zandt, Shannon Associate Professor
• Parcel Unit Appraised Value and Number of Qualifying LEED Public Transportation Access Nodes
  Presenter: Woods, Paul Associate Professor
• Pepper the Walls with Bullets: Lina Bo Bardi’s Museu de Arte de São Paulo
  Presenter: Caffey, Stephen Assistant Professor
• Pictures at an Exhibition: Re-discovering German Architecture in America
• Preservation by Activation: Peripheral Land Use Management as Preservation Policy
  Presenter: Newman, Galen Assistant Professor
• Rapid Building Information Modeling of Temporary Structures for Constructability Analysis
  Presenter: Kang, Julian Associate Professor
• Real Drawing: Concepts, Constructions, Capriccios
  Presenter: Davison, Richard Professor
• Rekindling Imagination in Education: An Imperative for the Future - The Context & The Why
  Presenter: Hill, Rodney Professor
• Rekindling Imagination in Education: An Imperative for the Future - The What, The How, & The With What
  Presenter: Vanegas, Jorge Professor, Dean
• Relationship Between Class Absenteeism and Grade Performance: A Pattern Recognition Using Artificial Neural Network
  Presenter: Haque, Mohammed Professor
• Scale matters: 3D technologies and information with the Maya Research Program in Belize
  Presenter: Warden, Robert Professor
• ‘Seams' to make no difference
  Presenter: Parke, Frederic Professor
• Shot by Both Sides: Art-Science and the War Between Science and the Humanities
  Presenter: Galanter, Philip Assistant Professor
• Signature Architecture Franchising: Reorganizing the building industry for BIM
  Presenter: Clayton, Mark Professor
• Stone, Light, Mountains: Mario Botta’s Churches in Ticino, Switzerland
  Presenter: Geva, Anat Associate Professor
• Stone Walls, Cites and the Law: Preservation Education and Research
  Presenter: Tassinary, Lou Professor, Executive Associate Dean
• Storm Recovery Planning: Using scienctific tools to guide recovery in the context of sea level rise
  Presenter: Bardenhagen, Eric Assistant Professor
• Teaching Integrated BIM and Parametric Modeling
  Presenter: Yan, Wei Assistant Professor
• The Development of a School Audit Instrument for Assessing Safety and Walkability of School Grounds and Nearby Streets
  Presenter: Lee, Chanam Associate Professor
• Two Case Studies in Africa: Design of a Rural Hospital for Tanzania and A Multipurpose Health Facility in the Sudan
  Presenter: Mann, George Professor
• Urban Design and the Bottom Line— Measuring and Maximizing Real Estate Value
  Presenter: Booth, Geoffrey Associate Professor
• Urban Landscape Pattern and Childhood Obesity
  Presenter: Kim, Jun Hyun Assistant Professor
• Use of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Roof Tiles in Residential Buildings
  Presenter: Choudhury, Ifte Associate Professor
• Use of Vegetation for Urban Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
  Presenter: Li, Ming-Han Associate Professor
• Why is a Pre-Occupancy Study Critical to Facility Research? Pre/Post Practitioner-Focused Facility Evaluation Methods and a Case Study
  Presenter: Shepley, Mardelle Professor
• Why Kanye West, Tiger Woods, and Charlie Sheen are the answer to all of our problems
  Presenter: Bienko, Joshua Assistant Professor
• Winners and Losers: Analyzing Spatial Economic Demand Shift after Disasters
  Presenter: Xiao, Yu Assistant Professor
• Wireless/Mobile Sensors for Monitoring Worker’s Health And Safety In Construction
  Presenter: Ryoo, Boong Yeol Assistant Professor