Tim Murtha, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. He is an anthropologist who studies long-term settlement, landscape and environmental change with research projects based in North America, Scotland, Mexico, and Central America. In this project he is particularly interested in understanding how geospatial tools can be best integrated with traditional and advanced design tools.

John I. Messner, Ph. D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering (AE) and the Director of the Computer Integrated Construction Research Program at The Pennsylvania State University. He has been performing research in the area of Building Information Modeling (BIM), virtual prototyping, and integrated project delivery methods. He has led the integration of BIM concepts throughout the AE curriculum including two new graduate level courses on BIM and virtual prototyping as well as the implementation of BIM throughout several undergraduate AE courses.

Katsuhiko Muramoto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture. He along with Loukas Kalisperis and George Otto, has been instrumental in developing the new Immersive Environments Lab in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) Building. Recently, he completed the proof-of-concept phase of Participatory Design Studio with Carleton University, realtime, multi-user tele-collaborative design studio, utilizing the National LambdaRail (NLR). He has completed research in various subjects, including architectural design, integration of computer technology into design studio education, theory of digital mediation, history and theory of architectural representation, and design/build architecture.

Loukas Kalisperis, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture.  He has completed research in the areas of Design Computing and Teaching Methodologies, Virtual Environments in Architecture, Cultural Heritage Visualization, Digital Fabrication and Energy Systems Simulation. The emphasis of his research is in the area of integrating digital technology in design and digital design representation and fabrication techniques which can define a framework that would allowed for a shift in the use of digital media from documentation to design conceptualization and exploration. He is currently involved in research for immersive environments, multimodal representation, cultural heritage visualization and digital fabrication.

Travis Flohr holds a professional Bachelors of Landscape Architecture degree from The Pennsylvania State University.   Mr. Flohr then went on to work for Frederick Seibert and Associates, Inc. (FSA), during which time he also became a Registered Landscape Architect.  While at FSA, his work included, all scales of design, development in both the private and public sector.  Currently, he is a graduate student teaching and research assistant at Penn State.  His research interest(s) include digital technology applied to landscape architecture, participatory design, geographic information systems, and sprawl related to rural development and preservation.

Kirk W. Dimond, LEED AP is a Graduate Student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University.  He graduated from Utah State University in Landscape Architecture in 2008 and is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Landscape Architecture (MSLA) degree with an emphasis on Community and Urban Design.

David Weissman is an undergraduate student in his final year studying landscape architecture at the Pennsylvania State University. He has recently returned from studying abroad in Wellington, New Zealand. His interests are in the study of landscape, ecology, design, and its interaction with urbanism. David has interned numerous summers at Architecture firms in New York City working on both national and international projects in countries including Canada, Turkey, and New Zealand. This Fall, David is working in a collaborative studio with undergraduate architecture students to design a post-industrial waterfront site in Toronto, Canada.

Undergraduate Research Assistants: Will [AE], Matt [AE], Tyler [AE], Alex [LA], Lauren [LA], Reid [LA], Kristen [LA]