Taubman College faculty and students at the 2025 ACADIA conference
Several Taubman College faculty members, researchers, Ph.D. students, and Master of Science (MSDMT) students attended the 2025 Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) Conference in Miami earlier this month, where they delivered presentations, participated in workshops, and were recognized for outstanding work in the field. This year’s theme, “COMPUTING for RESILIENCE: Expanding Community Knowledge & Impact,” focused on building resilience in uncertain environments through topics such as computational strategies for climate adaptation, AI and robotics in construction, and digital design for socio-political and economic resilience.
A list of teams led by or including Taubman College presenters, along with their topics, is below.
Wes McGee, professor of architecture and FABLab director; Rachael Henry, M.Arch ’18, lecturer in architecture and FABLab manager; Alireza Fazel, Ph.D. student; and Jutang Gao, M.S.D.M.T. ’24
“Dual-Extrusion 3D Printing for Daylight-Controlled Thermoplastic Facades”
Yuxin Lin, Ph.D. student, and Mania Aghaei Meibodi, assistant professor of architecture
“TopoBeam: Data-Informed Feed Forward Control Model for 3D Concrete Printing of Topology Optimized Building Elements”
Charlie O’Geen, lecturer in architecture, and Ryan Craney, M.Arch ’20
“Sensor-Based Adaptive Formwork for Fabric Formed (Unstabilized) Poured Earth”
Jutang Gao, M.S.D.M.T. ’24; Daniel Merupu, M.S.D.M.T. ’24; Archit Goyal, M.S.D.M.T. ’24; and Sean Ahlquist, associate professor of architecture
“Pneuma-Bloom: Air-Driven 4D Textile Composites for Biophilic Multi-Sensory Space Creation”
Yi-Chin Lee, Ph.D. student; Jutang Gao, M.S.D.M.T. ’24; Sean Ahlquist, associate professor of architecture; Katie Wei, College of Engineering student; and Max Shtein, professor of materials science and engineering, of chemical engineering, and of macromolecular science and engineering, College of Engineering
“Knitting for undoing: Material characterization of undoing mechanisms for designing multi-sensory objects”
Adam Marcus, associate professor in architecture, Tulane School of Architecture; Liz Camuti, assistant professor in landscape architecture, Tulane School of Architecture; Tsz Yan Ng, associate professor in architecture; Wes McGee, professor of architecture; and Evgueni Filipov, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.
“Hygroscopic Envelope: 3D Printed Ceramic Building Enclosures for Stormwater Detention”
Ng also presented a special lecture as the winner of the association’s 2025 Innovative Research Award of Excellence (pictured here), and Aghaei Meibodi served as a panelist in the closing discussion, “Advancing Interdisciplinary Research Through Funding,” along with Jenny Sabin, Mark Finlayson, and Masoud Akbarzadeh, and moderated by Shahin Vassigh.
