Education

• B.S., B.Arch., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S.Arch., Columbia University

• Registered Architect: New York (active), New Jersey (inactive), Connecticut (inactive)

• National Certification: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)

• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2000

• Farmingdale State College Presidential CARES Award (Commendation And Recognition for Exceptional Service), 2016

 

Biography

• Joined the Farmingdale State College - State University of New York faculty in 1992

• I was born and the rest is history... see: Curriculum Vitae; Biographical Resume; or Genealogy for details

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Awards/Grants

• Major Collaborative Proposal: Understanding the Creative Design Process: A Novel Cognitive Model based on Behavioral Experiments in Circuit Design and Architecture, 2009-2013  
  Funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant IIS- 0856038 $257,376.00
       Co-Principal Investigator - Farmingdale State College (sub-award to SUNY Stony Brook)

• Sensor Consortium - A Consortium for Security and Medical Sensor Systems, 2002-2005
  Funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant EEC-0332605 $599,785.00
       Project Coordinator / Campus PI - Farmingdale State College (sub-award to SUNY Stony Brook)

• Creative Crane Student Competition, 1999-2002
  Funded by Computer Associates and Symbol Technologies
       Principal Investigator and Project Developer

• Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), 2000-2003 
  Funded by the New York State Education Department
       Faculty Advisor/Mentor

• Long Island Consortium for Interconnected Learning, 1997-1998 
  Funded by the National Science Foundation (sub-award to SUNY Stony Brook)
       Project Personnel (Faculty) to Project ICON

• Project TOOLKIT, 1996-1998 
  Funded by the New York State Education Department;
       Title II Dwight David Eisenhower Professional Development Grant
       Faculty Instructor

• Numerous UUP Faculty Development Awards for travel and research

 

Public Service

• Historic District Advisory Committee (HDAC), Town of Brookhaven (Nov. 2018 - present)

• Planning Board, Town of Brookhaven (March 2012 - Jan 2015)

• Program Advisory Committee, AAS in Architecture/Const. Tech., ​Suffolk County Community College

• Three Village Civic Association, Executive Committee, (2008 - present) 

• Long Hill Civic Association, Vice President, (1994-2008)

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Courses & Degrees

Courses I teach in the Department (design, theory and history of architecture)

• Architectural Design I [ARC 255 - 4 credit]

• Architectural Design II [ARC 257 - 4 credit]

• History of Western Architecture [ARC 362 - 3 credit]

• Architectural Theory & Design Factors [ARC 350W - 3 credit]

• Applied Research Topics [ARC 399]

Degree Programs in the Department of Architecture & Construction Management

• Master of Science in Technology Management - Construction Management track

• Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering Technology

• Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Engineering Technology

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Technology

 

Awareness of Self: Learning Styles & Typologies

• Index of Learning Styles questionnaire (NCSU)

• Index of Learning Styles test (Mat.Sc.& Eng.)

• VARK Learning Style questionnaire

• Bloginality simple Myers-Briggs test

• Jung Typology -|- Political Typology -|- Spiritual Type   

 

Miscellaneous

• Long Island Maps -|- Suffolk County GIS Maps -|- Office Music -|- NAAB Accredited Programs

• (Professor's Friend Policy: I love my students but don't need to know about your private lives so I decline all friend requests)

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