Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Student, Architecture
PhD student, member of AEC Integration Laboratory
College of Architecture
Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Charles Eastman
Nancy Nersessian
About
I am a PhD student and member of the AEC Integration Lab at the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology. I got my MSc (2004) and BSc (2000) in architectural engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
I am also assistant lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Ain Shams University, currently on leave to pursue my graduate degree. I taught architectural undergraduate courses for 5 years at Ain Shams University, and 2 years at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST).
I am a licensed architect in Egypt, where I worked as senior architect in an architectural firm, and as freelance architect otherwise. I participated in architectural projects including residential buildings and villas, commercial complexes, museums, and exhibitions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Germany.
I joined the PhD program at Georgia Tech in Fall 2006, after a one-year Fulbright program at Carnegie Mellon University. My thesis topic involves studying the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in a BIM-enabled architectural practice through an ethnographic study of architectural firms.
My research interests include building information modeling (BIM), cognitive processes in concept design, patterns of distributed cognition in design, models of design expertise, collaborative design, tangible interfaces, and ambient intelligence. I have publications and posters in international conferences related to design computing and cognition such as CAADFutures, DCC, ACADIA, CAADRIA, IASDR, SID and CDC.
Currently, I am working with Professor Charles Eastman and the AEC Integration Laboratory team on a research project titled "BIM-enabled design guide automation" with the General Services Administration (GSA) for the automated rule checking and review of early concept designs for US courthouse buildings.
In April 2009, I received the ARCC / KING Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research, as the Georgia Tech recipient for the academic year 2008/2009. This award is given to one student per ARCC member college, school, institute, or unit, and based upon criteria that acknowledge innovation, integrity, and scholarship in architectural and/or environmental design research.
Contact Information
http://cool.coa.gatech.edu:8000/DoctSeminar/31
