Courses Taught (in the last four semesters prior to current visit):
ARQU 3133 – Elementary Architectural Design I
ARQU 3134 – Elementary Architectural Design II
ARQU 5995 – Smart Materials
Educational Credentials:
(2014-Present) Professor. School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
(2016-2017) External Academic Advisor. STEAM Fab Lab at TASIS School, Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Teaching Experience:
(2017-Present) Director. Fab Lab UPR- School of Architecture, University of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
(2017-Present) President. Emergent Tools LLC, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.
(2014-Present) Partner. ADAPTA, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Professional Experience:
(2017-Present) Director. Fab Lab UPR- School of Architecture, University of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
(2017-Present) President. Emergent Tools LLC, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.
(2014-Present) Partner. ADAPTA, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
(2020) Environmental Simulations for Window Glazing Performance Analysis. Co-Author- Paper for Airmaster Valcor/ Not yet submitted to Journals due to temporary NDA.
(2020) Why the Maker Community is Important after Natural Disasters, San Francisco, California. Author- Make Magazine.
(2020) Food Tech for Emergency Food Security, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Author- Linked In Article.
(2020) Five handle hacks for hands-free door opening, London, UK. Mention- Dezeen.
(2020) Fab Talks- Fab Labs during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Online. Speaker- Fab Lat (Fab Labs Latin America).
(2019) Distance Virtual Reality Seminars, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Organizer- Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust.
Recent Creative Work:
(2021) Fellow- Fab Learn Program, Transformative Learning Technologies Lab, Columbia University. FabLearn Fellows are educators in formal, informal, or alternative learning environments who are “pioneers in generating ideas, best practices, and opensource resources for makerspaces, fab labs, and other spaces for creative educational work.”
(2020) NASA MIRO- PR_SPRInT Grant, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collaborator- Grant operated through the Fab Lab UPR. Fab Lab UPR will be participating in providing training and resources for researchers. The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, will use its funding to focus on human-centered research, environmental control, and life support (habitability) that will enable long-term duration missions.
(2018) Nemrut Volcano Eyes Architecture Competition, Istambul, Turkey. Competition Studio UPR Architecture. Mentor and Instructor- FIRST PRIZE OVERALL + FIRST PLACE STUDENT CATEGORY for proposal developed during the semester.
(2018) Casa Resistente a Huracanes- Concurso CAAPPR + CIAPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico.