Faculty Work

Felix Heisel

Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel's paper published in Nature (npj | Materials Sustainability) evaluates alternative, non-adhesive lamination methods for engineered wood products, identifying a grooved shear interface with wooden nail fasteners as a preferred approach that maintains structural performance while improving circularity and environmental impact.

Mildred Warner

CRP Professor Mildred Warner's new open-access book, coedited with Natassia Bravo (Ph.D. CRP '25) and Duxixi (Ada) Shen (M.R.P. '24), presents a multilevel governance framework examining how local leaders leverage policy opportunities and community resilience to address inequities in broadband infrastructure. The USDA and the Pew Charitable Trusts partially funded the project.

Mildred Warner

In a Chats in the Stacks book talk presented at Mann Library in April 2025, CRP Professor Mildred Warner and contributing author Dr. John Sipple, Department of Global Development, draw from this valuable new publication to discuss the benefits and challenges of incorporating schools into broader community and economic development policy.

Ding Fei

In an Urban Studies article, CRP Professor Ding Fei examines speculative urban infrastructure in Addis Ababa, highlighting how transnational ambitions and local priorities intersect in shaping contested urban development.

Timur Dogan

Architecture faculty member Timur Dogan's copublished article in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation advances a system for optimizing imagery from textured mesh models for more detailed, urban-scale analysis.

Farzin Lotfi-Jam

Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam and alum Yi Xu (M.Arch. '24) coauthored this paper that explores the untapped potential of recycled plastics as a primary construction material.

Esra Akcan, Pamela Karimi

Architecture faculty Esra Akcan and Pamela Karimi coauthored this article on the role of women in architecture as discussed by women architects from all over the world at the 1976 meeting of the International Congress of Women Architects in Iran.

Timur Dogan

Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan and Hung Ming Tseng (M.S. AAD '24) are part of a team of researchers at Cornell's Environmental System Lab moving Ithaca toward carbon neutrality using digital twins and artificial intelligence.

Keith Obadike

Watch the live stream of GuideStar, an art installation by Cornell faculty and husband-and-wife creative team Mendi and Keith Obadike that featured an array of vibrant, primary-colored laser beams projected from the Space Needle into Seattle's night sky on 3/14/2025. This project was supported by a Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities seed grant.

Leslie Brack

The work of Art Lecturer Leslie Brack is the featured illustration in this article about the LA fires.

Farzin Lotfi-Jam

Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam coauthored a compelling article published in the February edition of Nature Cities that critiques urban digital twin models. His research in this area has been supported by a Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities seed grant.

Billie Faircloth

Billie Faircloth, Associate Professor of Architecture and Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, speaks about shifting platforms and the richness of working across realms.

Tiffany Cheng

Design Tech Assistant Professor Tiffany Cheng coauthored a paper on a 4D-printed weather-responsive shading system currently installed on the south-facing skylight of the livMatS Biomimetic Shell.

Jenny Sabin

Design Tech Chair and Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin's studio is one of three practices contributing work exploring the use of biology and biochemistry as a basis for architecture.

Mildred Warner

CRP Professor Mildred Warner and Xue Zhang (Ph.D. RS '19) are among the authors of this paper, suggesting that an "active aging" agenda requires rethinking the economy, urban form, and societal responses.

Linda Shi

Coauthored by Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Linda Shi and Environmental Defense Fund Senior Analyst Anushi Garg (M.R.P. '20), this post focuses on New York City, the housing affordability crisis, and the impacts of climate change.

Andrew Lucia, Iroha Ito

Architecture Visiting Critic Andrew Lucia and Visiting Lecturer Iroha Ito of LUCITO recently completed their Hull Rust Mine View Visitor Center project overlooking the Hull Rust Mahoning Open Mine Pit in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Farzin Lotfi-Jam

Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam coauthored this paper, which describes an augmented reality linear accelerator model that addresses the challenges of medical physics and radiation oncology trainees in low-to-middle-income countries.