Nancy Diniz

Recent Faculty: Nancy Diniz BIO Nancy Diniz is a registered architect and researcher. Before joining RPI she held several academic positions in China, UK, Italy and in Portugal in the areas of Architecture, Interior architecture, Environmental Technology and Interactive Design. Her main research and teaching interests question traditional scale boundaries between design disciplines – Fashion, Product, […]

Josh Draper

Lecturer Office: CASE/ NYC Email: Phone: 212-618-3959 Bio Josh Draper holds a Bachelors in Classics from St. John’s College and an M. Arch. degree from GSAPP, Columbia University. He also attended Nickelviksskolan and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Josh interned with Studio Daniel Libeskind in New York City before working as […]

Koray Duman

Recent Faculty: Koray Duman BIO Koray Duman, AlA, LEED is Principal at Buro Koray Duman Architects, based in New York City. Originally from Turkey, Duman earned a BArch from Middle Eastern Technical University. He furthered his studies at UCLA’s Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design with a Masters degree in Architecture. In 2009, Duman […]

Anna Dyson

Recent Faculty: Anna Dyson Bio Anna Dyson taught design, technology, and theory at Rensselaer School of Architecture. She was the director of the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE) which hosts the Graduate Program in Architectural Sciences, concentration is Built Ecologies. She has worked as a design architect and product designer in several offices […]

Yael Erel

Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, 102 Email:  Phone: (518) 276-4060 BIO Yael Erel, is an architect, educator and light artist. Her architectural life interweaves light optics research with academic teaching and practice as ways to understand and explore ideas in built form. Erel is a licensed architect in New York and registered architect in Israel. […]

Jefferson Ellinger

Recent Faculty Jefferson Ellinger Bio Jefferson Ellinger received his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University after completing his B.S. in Architecture from the Ohio State University. As an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute he specializes in computational design techniques. Specifically, the research/teaching he undertakes is focused on developing and designing parametric relations […]

Melanie Fessel

Recent Faculty. Melanie Fessel BIO Melanie Fessel is Director of Design, Terreform ONE and Managing Editor of Ecogram. She initiated Open Network Ecology Odyssey, an interdisciplinary research enterprise based on philanthropic design principles, to integrate ecological issues into the urban environment. Melanie was an associate with the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design and worked […]

Mariana Figueiro

Full Professor Mariana Figueiro Office: Gurley Building, LRC 3rd Floor Email: Phone: 518-687-7142 Bio B.S., Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil M.S., Lighting, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Multidisciplinary Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mariana Figueiro, Ph.D., is Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor at Rensselaer […]

Daniel Horowitz

Recent Faculty Daniel Horowitz Daniel Horowitz is an architect-entrepreneur and an educator. He holds two advanced Masters of Science degrees in Technology and Pedagogy from Sci-Arc. His research focuses on new pedagogical models for architectural education, and new models of practice and project delivery. He is passionate about developing blockchain business applications for the design and […]

Fleet Hower

Lecturer Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Bachelor of Arts- Georgetown University Master of Architecture – University of Pennsylvania Master of Landscape Architecture- University of Pennsylvania Fleet Hower is a designer and educator with expertise in computational methodologies. He holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture […]

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