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Invert Auto-Shading
- Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Assistant Professor Doris Sung, Associate Professor
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to…
March 15, 2020
Transfer Topologies
- Paper by Nada Tarkhan, Project Manager
This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…
March 21, 2020
Exo-Skins
- Paper by Nick Braaksma, Malini Srivastava, AIA, Chad Ulven,
Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings…
March 14, 2018
Establishing a Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Innovative Facade
- Paper by Vikki Lew,
Life cycle assessment was introduced in the 1970s as an analytical tool to quantify the environmental impact of a product, process, or service.…
March 14, 2018
Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass
- Paper by Francis Serruys · Dr. Romain Decourcelle
Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when

March 14, 2018

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