Showcase highlights A&A sustainability research, creative projects

The College of Arts and Architecture will host a Sustainability Showcase, April 2-17 in the Borland Project Space. The showcase will feature sustainability research and creative activity undertaken by faculty, staff and students across the college, presented via traditional research posters, original artworks and multimedia components. A reception, open to the public, will take place at 3 p.m. on April 16. The Borland Project Space is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

“The Sustainability Showcase continues to highlight and celebrate the diverse sustainability research and creative activity across our college. Presenting a wide array of projects it not only reflects the breadth and depth of our commitment to sustainability but also sparks new connections and collaboration,” said Mihyun Kang, director for sustainability in the College of Arts and Architecture and research professor. “I am excited to see the innovative ideas and meaningful impact from this year’s showcase.”

Participants include:

Department of Architecture

Hanin Othman, Rahman Azari, Jose Duarte, Benay Gursoy, Tamy Guimarães and Katie Fitzsimons (poster) “Low-Cost IoT-based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring”

Zia Mohajerzadeh, Rahman Azari, Ute Poerschke, Julian Wang, Bed Poudel and Amin Nozariasbmarz (poster) “Energy Harvesting by Integrating Thermoelectric Generators (TEG) and Phase Change Material (PCM) into the Building Envelope”

Jinghshi Zhang, Rahman Azari, Ute Poerschke, Derek Hall and Julian Wang (poster) “Electrochemical energy harvesting and storage through building skins”

Maryam Aman, Ute Poerschke and Jose Duarte (poster) “Optimizing Visual Comfort and Daylighting in Single-Family Housing Design: A Simulation-Based Approach”

Amir Ghasemi, Nathan Brown and Jose Duarte (poster) “3D printing of functionality graded concrete for building construction”

Tasneem Tariq, Lisa Dominica Iulo, Ute Poerschke, Hony Wu, Travis Flohr and Antonia Hadjimichael (poster) “Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect in Baltimore by Blue-Green Infrastructures Integration: Decision-Making Approaches to Combine Computational Modeling and Community Engagement”

Jie Li, Lisa Iulo, Ute Poerschke, Jose Duarte, Guido Cervone and Corey Griffin (poster) “Expectations vs. Reality: Building Energy Use in Residential Buildings in Planning and Operation”

Department of Arts History

Heather McCune Bruhn (poster) “Sustainability Seed Grant report: The Wooster Hours and Manuscript Leaves at Penn State”

Department of Graphic Design

Hannah Mattamana, Ella Hummel, Bianca Eckhardt, Jaime Franchino, Mazie Kemper, Cory Korsah, Juliana Lavinio, Dean Alcaro, Huiwon Lim and Phil Choo (poster) “Experiential Graphic Design for the Fraser Parking Lot”

Cori Chen, Ava Conner, Lillian Gerhart, Erin Gibbs, Charles Papiernik, Emma Wassel, Harris Woodward, Phil Choo and Huiwon Lim (poster) “Experiential Graphic Design for the Fraser Parking Lot”

Department of Landscape Architecture

Alec Spangler, Anne Lai and Elliott Kline (poster) “Williamsburg Waterfront Planning: The Lower Trail, Frankstown Branch, and a Post-Industrial Community Park”

School of Music

Brenden Locke and George Carpten (poster) “Music as Home: Connection to self, others, and environment”

School of Theatre

Alivia Cross (poster) “The Ecological Design Classroom Stage design and sustainability practices within Sweeney Todd”

School of Visual Arts

Erin Mallea and Travis Mitzel (pamphlet) “Tree News, No. 5, Fall 2024”

Ann Holt and Mohamed Sleiman Labat (poster) “Living Arts Pedagogy: A Sister Garden Exchange”

Michelle Bae Dimitriadis, Bishara Abdul-Hamid, Adebola Adalumo, Eric A. Berdis, Abigail Cowan, Young Joo Kim, Nashormeh Lindo, Sergio Peña, Simin Zargaran, and Yi-Ning Zhao (poster) “Land-based Art of Disruption”

Center for the Performing Arts

Vincent Constable, Noa Diggs, Perry Drugan, Khalil Frazier, Klarissa Hillegass and Linda Struble (poster) “Making a Conscious Efforts to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle at the Center for the Performing Arts”

Palmer Museum of Art

Joyce Robinson (poster) “Palmer Museum of Art: Bearing Witness with Artist and Activist Diane Burko”

A&A Office of Marketing and Communications

Marissa Rojas (poster) from sustainability events

A&A Sustainability Initiatives

Mihyun Kang and Dima Abu-Aridah (multimedia) “We Are Sustainable Video Series”