Charles Andrew Cole is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at Penn State University. He has been with Penn State since 1993 and has been a wetland ecologist since 1983, working with surface mining issues in Illinois, recreational impacts to water quality in coastal North Carolina, wetland mitigation in Florida, and with natural and created wetlands in Pennsylvania. His current research interests focus on the creation and restoration of wetlands and grasslands and their function in the landscape. He teaches an undergraduate class in introductory ecology as well as a variety of graduate seminars and advises graduate students in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Ecology. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management, and a Ph.D. in Zoology. He directs E+D: Ecology Plus Design, a research/outreach center at Penn State. 

José P. Duarte (Lic Arch UT Lisbon 1987, SMArchS 1993 and PhD MIT 2001) is the Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation and director of the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing at Penn State, where he is Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and Affiliate Professor of Architectural Engineering and Engineering Design. Dr. Duarte was dean of the Lisbon School of Architecture and president of eCAADe. He was co-founder of the Penn State Additive Construction Laboratory (AddCon Lab) and X-Hab 3D. His research interests are in the use of computation to support context-sensitive design at different scales. He co-edited (with Branko Kolarevic) the book “Mass Customization and Design Democracy” (Routledge, NY, 2019) and his team was awarded 2^nd place in the finals of the “NASA 3D Printed Mars Habitat Challenge.” 

Katrina Kasper

Research Administrative Support Coordinator

College of Arts and Architecture

Stuckeman School of Architecture, Graphic Design, and Landscape Architecture

Lisa D. Iulo is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Hamer Center for Community Design at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research and creative accomplishments focus on building and planning for a more sustainable and resilient built environment. With support from Penn State, NSF and DOE, she has been working with colleagues to better understand building/community relationships and opportunities where research, data and improved decision-making can inform the design of resilient sustainable homes, buildings and communities. Lisa has been a member of the architecture faculty at the Penn State since 2003. Her teaching and research link to outreach and community engagement with a goal of facilitating collaboration across disciplines.”