Sustainable Cities Faculty

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School of Architecture Faculty

• Sarah Dooling
  • Research: patterns and processes associated with urbanization, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations and vulnerable spaces, social and ecological components of urban systems
  • Projects: analyzing the integrated social and ecological consequences of low-income households who have relocated out of center city neighborhoods in Austin to the urban fringe, establishing multiple sites for long-term monitoring along the spatial gradient in the Austin metropolitan region, in order to conduct longitudinal analysis of ecological and social change under conditions of increasing uncertainty
• Talia McCray
  • Research: Urban transportation issues, Youth transportaion and employment
  • Projects: Involving Feinstein Students at URI Transportation Center
• Steven Moore
  • Research: Sociotechnical systems, sustainable architecture and urbanism, codes and the built environment
  • Projects: The Alley Flat Initiative
• Elizabeth Mueller
  • Research: Affordable housing policy, urban politics, equity and sustainability
  • Projects: Texas Housing Report Card Project, New Patterns of Poverty in Growing Regions
• Michael Oden
  • Research: Economic Development Planning, Regional Theory, Applied Planning Methods, Housing Policy
  • Projects: VMT Reduction Programs–The Next Generation, ARC Telecommunications Analysis Update
• Robert Paterson
  • Research: Sustainable communities, brownfield redevelopment, environmental impact assessment, environmental dispute resolution
  • Projects: Envision Central Texas Implementation Toolbox, Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Smart Growth project, Hogg Foundation, Sustainable Brownfield Development
• Bjorn Sletto
  • Research: Indigenous territoriality and politics of representation in Latin America; natural resource conflict and environmental planning in Venezuela; the micro-politics of participatory planning processes.
  • Projects: Service learning and community-based development in informal settlements in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; participatory environmental justice assessment in Austin; best practices in service-learning and GIS education.
• Patricia Wilson
  • Research: Civic engagement and dialogue; participatory planning; international development; community development; sustainable social development
  • Projects: Participatory neighborhood recovery planning in New Orleans and women's empowerment for collaborative leadership in rural India
• Ming Zhang
  • Research: Urban transportation planning, urban form and travel behavior, GIS applications in planning, international planning
  • Projects: Cost Characteristics and Land Use Impacts of Bus vs. Rail Mass Rapid Transit; Value Capture and Land Redevelopment in Rail Transit station Areas: Current Practice and Future Potential in Chinese Cities; The State of the Practice in Land Use Transportation Integration in Chinese Cities – A National Survey Design; CAMPO Transit Oriented Development Study; Transit Oriented Development in Latin America;TOD and Regional Transportation Planning

Cockrell School of Engineering Faculty

• Richard Klingner
  • Research: Experimental and analytical investigation of the response of masonry and reinforced concrete masonry structures; earthquake engineering; anchorage to concrete
  • Projects: Dr. Klingner researches dynamic response of structures and earthquake-resistant design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures. He also studies fastening to concrete. Dr. Klingner is a leader in the development of modern building codes of earthquake-resistant masonry structures. Techniques developed by Klingner and his colleagues are now widely recognized, and helped masonry structures in the Los Angeles area withstand the 1994 Northridge earthquake. His work has been instrumental in the development of modern design provisions for anchorage to concrete.
• Chandra Bhat
  • Research: Travel demand modeling; activity and travel behavior analysis; application of econometric; discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; traffic flow theory and operations; logistics and freight modeling; transportation air quality analysis
  • Projects: Dr. Bhat's substantive research interests include land-use and travel demand modeling, activity-based travel modeling, policy evaluation of the effect of transportation control and congestion pricing measures on traffic congestion and mobile-source emissions, marketing research of competitive positioning strategies for transportation services, use of non-motorized modes of travel, and physical health and transportation. His methodological research interests and expertise are in the areas of econometric and mathematical modeling of consumer behavior, including discrete choice analysis, discrete-continuous econometric systems, and hazard duration models.
• Richard Corsi
  • Research: Indoor air quality, sources, fat and control of indoor air pollution, homogeneous and heterogeneous indoor environmental chemistry, human exposure to toxins in indoor environments
  • Projects: Dr. Corsi researches indoor air quality, including sources and control of indoor air pollution and human exposure to indoor toxins. Recently, Corsi studied issues related to chemical and biological attacks in buildings. He researched four chemicals that decontaminate buildings after attacks, how those chemicals react with 24 indoor materials, and the potentially irritating and toxic by-products that form and may persist in buildings for long periods of time. The study has led to knowledge and tools for designing building disinfection systems. Corsi also studies how architectural materials can remove chemicals from building air, offering protection for occupants following terrorist attacks.
• Atila Novoselac
  • Research: Computations and measurements of airflow in buildings, pollutants transport modeling, building energy analysis
  • Projects: Dr. Novoselac's area of expertise includes numerical simulation and measurements of airflow in buildings, conservation of energy, and improvement of indoor air quality. His current research interests encompass modeling of pollutant transport, assessing human exposure to pollutants, and the experimental validation of models for building thermal and airflow analyses.
• Jeff Siegel
  • Research: Indoor aerosol transport and deposition, indoor air quality, energy-efficient building design
  • Projects: Dr. Siegel researches the design of energy-efficient buildings, indoor air quality, and indoor particle dynamics. He has researched particulate fouling of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) heat exchangers, energy and indoor air quality consequences of duct failures and building simulation. Siegel is currently interested in resuspension of particles from building surfaces, protecting buildings from bioterrorism, indoor air quality consequences of energy conservation, and sustainable building design.

LBJ School of Public Affairs Faculty

• Robert Wilson
  • Research: Community Development, Local Governance in Developing Countries, Public Policy in Brazil; Urban and Regional Policy
  • Projects: He is Director of the School’s Policy Research Institute, the former Director of the University of Texas Brazil Center and the Urban Issues Program. Member of Policy Council, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (1991–1995). Wilson's current research interests include the participation of community groups in the public policy process, local and state economic development policy, urban policy, and public policy in Brazil. At the LBJ School, he teaches courses in the quantitative methods sequence and seminars on state and local economic development policy. Among his recent publications are States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization, Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas, International Workshop on Governance (third annual proceedings), and New Governance for Rural America.
• Peter Ward
  • Research: Community Development, Housing, International Affairs, Latin America, Local Government, Governance and Politics, Mexico, Urban Policy
  • Projects: Principal research interests are Latin American urbanization, contemporary Mexican politics, housing policy and planning in Latin American cities , Mexico City planning and governance, and colonia-type housing in the United States. At various times he has served as adviser to the Mexican government and to several international development agencies.

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center Faculty

• Mark Simmons
  • Research: Ecology, wildflowers, burn technology, ecological engineering, native plants, green roofs
  • Projects: Mark’s research interests lie in testing and implementation of landscape-scale techniques in the interests of ecological restoration and conservation. He earned a bachelor’s of science in environmental science in the United Kingdom, a Master of Science in Botany in Cape Town, South Africa, and received his doctorate in rangeland ecology from Texas A&M University. For the last 10 years, Simmons has worked on variety of restoration and conservation projects as well as environmental impact studies in southern Africa and North America. Related expertise includes ecological engineering and restoration design; public speaking; vegetation field sampling and analysis; statistical analysis; prescribed burning and aerial photograph interpretation.

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