Selected Publications
2026
Adam Dayem, Arta Yazdanseta, From the Eye to the Skin: Architectural Representation Beyond Vision, Athens Journal of Architecture, Volume 12 Issue 2, 2026. Link to DOI
Arta Yazdanseta, From Field Notes to Global Blueprints: Insights from European Innovators and Hempcrete Occupants, Conference proceedings, 2026 ARCC-EAAE International Conference: Local Solutions for Global Issues, hosted by Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Link to Paper Draft
*Adam Dayem, Arta Yazdanseta, Vision, Touch, and Invisible Dynamics in Architectural Representation, AMPS Proceedings Series, Madrid: A Focus on Pedagogy – Contemporary Teaching in a Time of Change, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Routledge, and AMPS (Architecture Media Politics Society), Madrid, Spain, 2026.
Hang Li, Shovan Chowdhury, Fengqi Li, Vivek Kumar Singh, Brett Bass, Joshua New, AutoBEM: A scalable framework for nationwide building energy simulation and retrofit evaluation in the United States, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 149, 2026. Link to DOI
Yonhao Liu and Bo Zhang, Multi-Objective Performance Assessment and Pareto Screening of Energy Use, Photovoltaic Generation and Life-Cycle Cost for New Rural Housing Across Five Chinese Cities, Buildings, Volume 16, Issue 21, 2026. Link to DOI
2025
*Youngjin Hwang, Amogh Wasti, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Alexandros Tsamis, Investigation of Climate-Adaptive Thermal Effects of a Double-Sided Hydronic Loop Embedded in an Opaque Building Envelope, Journal of Building Engineering Volume 102, 2025. Link to DOI Link to Draft Paper
*Arta Yazdanseta, Yehong (Mia) Mi Knowledge Mapping for Advancement of Hemp-Lime Composite in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature, JJournal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering Volume 20, no. 1, 2025. Link to DOI
Fleet Hower, Peyton Catarelli & Jayden Huang Neighborhood Scale Carbon Analysis: Developing Methods for Large Scale Material Reuse, 114th ASCA National Meeting Proceedings, 2025. Link to DOI
*Fleet Hower, Moe Kawakami, Acer Van Dis, A Framework to Assess Commercial to Residential Conversion, Acadia 2025 Conference.
*Fleet Hower, Christiana Bennett, Creating the Hive: A Model for Design Educators to Engage in Community Partnership, JASCA Teachers Conference 2025.
*Amogh Wasti, Youngjin Hwang, Berardo Matalucci, Alexandros Tsamis, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc Feasibility Study of a Ground Sourced Thermoelectric Heat Pump Fitted in Single Family Detached Homes in Different Climate Zones of New York State, 19th International Conference on Energy Sustainability ES 2025. Link to DOI Link to Draft Paper
*Shu Tang, Dennis R. Shelden, Xinghua Gao, Cheng Zhang, Jianli Hao, Fangyu Guo, Haoyu Zhang, A Framework for Integrating BIM, Building Automation Systems, and IoT: an Application in Design and Operation Using Open Standards, Journal of Building Engineering: Volume 113, 2025. Link to DOI
*Ouellette, J., Roth, S., & Shelden, D., ASHRAE RP-1815 - Integrating Occupant Behavior Data into Building Information Modeling Workflows and Open Data Standards, Journal of Science and Technology for the Built Environment: Volume 31 Issue 8, 2025. Link to DOI
*Jihoon Chung, Tianzhen Hong, Jeetika Malik, Dennis Shelden, Enhancing Occupant Behavior Representation for Interoperability between Building Information Modeling and Building Energy Modeling, Building Simulation: Volume 18 Issue 9, 2025. Link to DOI
*Hang Li, Shovan Chowdhury, Frank Li, Investigating Building Energy Consumption and CO2 Emission in Phoenix Using AutoBEM and Future Typical Meteorological Year (fTMY) Weather Data, ASHRAE Annual Conference, 2025. Link to DOI
*Shovan Chowdhury, Fengqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Joshua New, Quantifying and Zoning Urban Heat Island Effects Using Unsupervised Machine Learning, ASME 2025 International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2025.Link to DOI
*Shovan Chowdhury, Hang Li, Fenqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Joshua New, Exploring Building Retrofit Strategies Using AutoBEM Under Future Weather Scenarios, 2025 Buildings XVI International Conference. Link to DOI
Meiyu (Melrose) Pan, Wan Li, Chieh (Ross) Wang, Shian Wang, Fengqi (Frank) Li, Jin Dong, Joshua New, Evaluating System Responses to Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion Through Data-Driven Simulation, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2025. Link to DOI Link to Draft Paper
*Shovan Chowdhury, Fengqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Timothy W. Hawkins, Joshua New, Jianming Lian, UrbanScaping: Community Spatial Data Visualization & Analytics, ASME 2025 19th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. Link to DOI
*Shovan Chowdhury, Fengqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Joshua New, Impact of Building Characteristics on Energy Demand Profile Forecasting: An Evaluation of Predictive Accuracy and Methods, 2025 ASHRAE Winter Conference.Link to DOI
2024
*Elena Petruzzi, Alexandros Tsamis, Chaitanya Ullal, Toward a Digital Design Framework for the Thermal Tunability of 3D Printed Envelopes, Journal of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Volume 12 Issue 2 Biobased Design, 2024. Link to DOI
Fleet Hower, Josh Draper, Embodied Carbon and Adaptive Reuse: Towards a Union of Design and Analysis in Architectural Pedagogy, 113th ASCA National Meeting Proceedings, 2024. Link to DOI
Fleet Hower, Restoring the Mission of Guild House: Combining Community Partnership and Technical Analysis to Design for Social Benefit, 113th ASCA National Meeting Proceedings, 2024. Link to DOI
Manabendra Nath, Alexandros Tsamis, Josh Draper, Building Integrated Agriculture Simulation (BIA-SIM), ASCA 112th Annual Meeting: Disrupters on the Edge, 2024. Link to DOI
*Jihoon Chung, Dennis Shelden, A Framework of ifcJSON-Based Digital Twin Platform for Monitoring Building Environment Using BIM, IoT, and Semantic Web Technologies, 20th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2024. Link to DOI
*A Neuro-Symbolic GraphRAG Approach to Building Energy Modeling Automation, ASHRAE Annual Conference, 2024.
Shovan Chowdhury, Fengqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Joshua New, Ankur Garg, Kevin Bacabac, Santiago Correa, Machine Learning for Determining Building Type, SimBuild Conference, 2024. Link to DOI
*Ankur Garg; Santiago Correa, Fengqi Li, Shovan Chowdhury, Joshua R. New, Kevin Bacabac, Christian Kunkel, Donnel Baird, Empirical Validation of UBEM: An Assessment of Bias in Urban Building Energy Modeling for Chicago, 2024 ASHRAE Winter Conference. Link to DOI
2023
Fengqi Li, Xinwei Zhuang, Evaluating an Auto Decoder-Based Generative Model for the Infomorphism Urban Planning Framework, 2023 Building Simulation Conference. Link to DOI
*Jihoon Chung, Alexandros Tsamis, Dennis Shelden, A Framework for Monitoring and Identifying Indoor Air Pollutants Based on BIM with IoT Sensors. 20th International Conference. Computer-Aided Architectural Design, CAAD Futures, 2023. Link to DOI
*Jihoon Chung, , Gabriel Jacoby-Cooper, Kelsey Rook, Henrique Santos, Dennis Shelden, Elisa F. Kendall, Deborah L. McGuinness, Towards an Indoor Environmental Quality Management Ontology, Proceedings of First International Workshop on Semantic Web on Constrained Things, 2023. Link to DOI
Fengqi Li, Kristen R. Schell, Alexandros Tsamis, Infomorphism: an Urban Planning Approach for Equitable Access to Renewable Energy, 2023 Building Simulation Conference. Link to DOI
Fengqi Li, Haolin Yang, Kristen R. Schell, Alexandros Tsamis, Infomorphism: Integrating a Forecasting Model for Highresolution Urban Energy Demand Prediction, 2023 Building Simulation Conference. Link to DOI
*Daniel Walczyk, Sharmad Joshi, Alexandros Tsamis, Transverse Thermal Properties of Commingled Hemp and Flax Thermoplastic Tows for Biocomposite Processing Applications, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 2023. Link to DOI
Constantina Varsami, Daniel Rosenberg, Diego Pinochet, Alexandros Tsamis, Human-Building Collaboration: Toward Lighting Enabled Collaborative System Design, Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. Link to DOI Link to Paper Draft
2022
*Fengqi Li, Alexandros Tsamis, Kristen R. Schell, Infomorphism: Urban Planning For Renewable Energy Integration Via Simulated Energy Exchange Networks, 2022 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference. Link to DOI
Fengqi Li, Kristen R. Schell, Haolin Yang, Alexandros Tsamis, Infomorphism: An Urban Planning Framework for Local Renewable Energy Integration, 2022 Building Performance Modeling Conference and SimBuild. Link to DOI
*Andreas Theodorides, Alexandros Tsamis, Anna Dyson, Towards a Bioremediation Building Envelope System for Improved Air Quality, Peer-reviewed paper, Book issued by the ConCave Ph.D. Student-led group, School of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Divergence in Architectural Research, 2022. Link to DOI
Alexandros Tsamis, Constantina Varsamis, The Marching Shape: 3-Dimensional Extensions of the Ice Ray Shape Grammar, 2022 Building Performance Modeling Conference and SimBuild. Link to DOI Link to Paper Draft
Daniel M. Cohen, Alexandros Tsamis, Daniel F. Walczyk, Sharmad Joshi, Fibrewerks: An Interscalar Study Into the Viability of Natural Fibre Composite Rebar for Cementitious Materials, ACSA 2022 Intersections Research Conference: RESILIENT FUTURES.Link to DOI
Constantina Varsami, Alexandros Tsamis, Timothy Logan, Gaming Engine as a Tool for Designing Smart, Interactive, Light-Sculpting Systems, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, 2022. Link to DOI
Youngjin Hwang, Amogh Wasti, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Justin Shultz, Luigi Vanfretti, and Alexandros Tsamis, Modeling, Simulation and Evaluation of a Double-Sided Hydronic Layer Embedded Opaque Climate-Adaptive Building Envelope, ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, 2022. Link to DOI
Jingshi Zhang, Alexandros Tsamis, Daniel Rosenberg, Algae Bio-reactive Building Envelope: Dynamic Lighting and Energy Aspects for Algae-based Building Skin, 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild. Link to DOI
2021
*Xinghua Gao, Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Dennis Shelden, Shu Tang, Internet of Things Enabled Data Acquisition Framework for Smart Building Applications, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Volume 147 Issue 2, 2021. Link to DOI
*Ihuoma Onungwa, Nnezi Olugu-Uduma, Dennis R. Shelden, Cloud BIM Technology as a Means of Collaboration and Project Integration in Smart Cities, Sage Journals, 2021.Link to DOI
Fengqi Li, Alexandros Tsamis, INFORMORPHISM: The Autonomous Building as a Driver for Urban Planning, Deep City: Climate Crisis, Democracy and the Digital, 2021. Link to DOI
*Diego Pinochet, Alexandros Tsamis, Path Optimization for Multi-Material 3D Printing Using Self-Organizing Maps, Computer-Aided Architectural Design: Communications in Computer and Information Science Vol 32, 2021. Link to DOI
Youngjin Hwang, Luigi Vanfretti, Theodeorian Borca-Tasciuc, Alexandros Tsamis, Modeling and Simulation of a Structurally Integrated Building Energy Module,2021 ASHRAE Virtual Design and Construction Conference. Link to Presentation. Link to DOI
2020
Dennis Shelden, Technology Transformation, Are We There Yet, Design Intelligence Quarterly, 2020. Link to DOI
*Alexandros Tsamis, Youngjin Hwang, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, An Ectothermic Approach to Heating and Cooling in Buildings, ACSA Intersections Research Conference, 2020. Link to DOI
Alexandros Tsamis, Mohammed Alnaggar, Ana Cecilia Toledano, Towards Functionally Graded Bio-ceramic Composites in Additive Manufacturing, ACSA 108th Annual Meeting, 2020. Link to DOI Link to Article
Joshua Draper, Daniel Rosenberg, Alexandros Tsamis, A Pedagogical Approach to Materials by Design, ACSA 108th Annual Meeting, 2020. Link to DOI
*Xinghua Gao, Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Dennis Shelden, Shu Tang, Machine Learning-Based Building Life-Cycle Cost Prediction: A Framework and Ontology, Construction Research Congress 2020: Computer Applications. Link to DOI
*Dennis Shelden, Shu Tang, A Framework Utilizing Modern Data Models with IFC for Building Automation System Applications, Construction Research Congress 2020: Computer Applications. Link to DOI
*Shu Tang, Dennis R. Shelden, Charles M. Eastman, Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Xinghua Gao, BIM Assisted BAS Information Exchange Using BACnet and IFC, Automation in Construction: Volume 110, 2020. Link to DOI
*Dennis Shelden, The Disruptors: Technology-Driven Architect-Entrepreneurs: Technology Enabling Design, Architectural Design, 2020. Link to DOI
*Dennis Shelden, Entrepreneurial Practice: New Possibilities in a Reconfiguring Profession, Architectural Design Volume 90 Issue 2, 2020. Link to DOI
2018-2019
*Shu Tang, Dennis R. Shelden, Charles M. Eastman, Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Xinghua Gao, A Review of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Integration: Present Status and Future Trends, Automation in Construction: Volume 101, 2019. Link to DOI
*Jeanette Sordi, Alexandros Tsamis, The Recombinant City. Legacy in Extreme Mining Territories, Abitare la Terra 3, 2019. Link to Paper Draft
Daniel Rosenberg, Alexandros Tsamis, 2019 HUMAN-BUILDING COLLABORATION: A Pedagogical Framework for Smart Building Design, CAADRIA, 2019. Link to DOI Link to Article.
*Dennis Shelden, Cyber-Physical Systems and the Built Environment, Technology | Architecture + Design Volume 2 Issue 2, 2018. Link to DOI
*Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mohamed Aly Etman, Daniel Ruan, Anna Dyson, Clark's Crow: A Design Plugin to Support Energy Analysis Decision Making Towards Sustainable Urban Ecologies, Ecological Modelling: Volume 367, 2018. Link to DOI
*Berardo Matalucci, Joshua Draper, Anna Dyson, Modeling and Spatial Visualization of Indoor Micro-Climates for Personalized Thermal Comfort, International Building Physics Conference: Healthy, Intelligent and Resilient Buildings and Urban Environments, 2018. Link to DOI
Kelly Winn, Algorithmic Ecologies: Integrating Dynamics and Real-time Simulation Feedback for Design Optimization, 106th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedins, The Ethical Imperative, 2018. Link to DOI
*Nick Novelli, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev, Separating Direct from Diffuse: Observations of Visible Transmittance through a Tracking Photovoltaic Envelope, Facade Tectonics Institute 2018 World Congress Proceedings: Volume 2, 2018.
2017 & Earlier
Kereshmeh Afsari, Charles Eastman, Dennis Shelden, Building Information Modeling Data Interoperability for Cloud-Based Collaboration: Limitations and Opportunities, International Journal of Architectural Computing Volume 15 Issue 3, 2017.Link to DOI
Alexandros Tsamis, The Marching Shape, Computer-Aided Architectural Design: Future Trajectories, 2017. Link to DOI
Berardo Matalucci, Kenton Phillips, Alicia A. Walf, Anna Dyson, Joshua Draper, An Experimental Design Framework for the Personalization of Indoor Microclimates Through Feedback Loops Between Responsive Thermal Systems and Occupant Biometrics, International Journal of Architectural Computing: Volume 15 Issue 1, 2017. Link to DOI
Mohamed Aly Etman, Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson, A New Parametric Framework: Developing Design Options in Real Time, 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), Edinburgh, 2017.
Naomi Keena, Anna Dyson, Qualifying the Quantitative in the Construction of Built Ecologies, Embodied Energy and Design, Columbia GSAPP / Lars Müller Publishers, 2017.
Jayamary Divya Ravichandar, Anna Dyson, Cynthia H. Collins, Phylogenetic and Functional Profiling of the Microbiome Associated with a Phytoremediation System Targeting Air Quality in the Built Environment, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2017.
Chris W. Letchford, Daniel Chapman Lander, Peter Case, Anna Dyson, Michael Amitay, Bio-mimicry Inspired Tall Buildings: The Response of Cactus-like Buildings to Wind Action at Reynolds Number of 10⁴, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics: Volume 150, 2016. Link to DOI
Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Joshua Draper, Paulo Gurgel Pinheiro, Anna Dyson, Interactive Visualization for Interdisciplinary Research, Electronic Imaging: Visualization and Data Analysis, Volume 28, 2016. Link to DOI
Mae-Ling Lokko, M. Rowell, Anna Dyson, Alexandra R. Rempel, Development of Affordable Building Materials Using Agricultural By-Products and Emerging Pith, Soy and Mycelium Biobinders, PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments, 2016.
Kenton Phillips, Alexandra R. Rempel, Anna Dyson, A Solar Thermal Diurnal Cooling Strategy for Net-Zero Energy Buildings, PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments, 2016.
Mohamed Aly Etman, Naomi Keena, Nancy Diniz, Alexandra R. Rempel, Anna Dyson, New Parametric Framework Motivating Environmentally Conscious Design, PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments, 2016.
Eli Lichter-Mark, Mohamed Aly Etman, Anna Dyson, Simulation of Building Integrated Solar Energy Storage Systems in Hot Humid Climates, PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments, 2016.
Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Nancy Diniz, Alexandra R. Rempel, Anna Dyson, Towards a Visualization Framework to Evaluate the Emergy of Built Ecologies, Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Emergy Conference, Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, 2016.
Bess Krietemeyer, Brandon C. Andow, Anna Dyson, A Computational Design Framework Supporting Human Interaction with Environmentally-Responsive Building Envelopes, International Journal of Architectural Computing: Volume 13 Issue 1, 2015. Link to DOI
Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Anna Dyson, Development of a Modeling Strategy for Adaptive Multifunctional Solar Energy Building Envelope Systems, Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), SpringSim, 2015. Link to DOI
Abhay V. Thomas, Brandon C. Andow, Shravan Suresh, Osman Eksik, Jie Yin, Anna H. Dyson, Nikhil Koratkar, Controlled Crumpling of Graphene Oxide Films for Tunable Optical Transmittance, Advanced Materials: Volume 27 Issue 21, 2015. Link to DOI
Bess Krietemeyer, Brandon C. Andow, Anna Dyson, Human-Facade-Interaction: Constructing Augmented Reality Simulations for Co-Optimizing Dynamic Building Skin Performance, MRS Proceedings, 2015. Link to DOI
Shane Ida Smith, Anna Dyson, Framework for Tetra-functional Control of Viscoelastic Molecular Entropy in Biopolymeric Hydrogel Dynamics for Environmentally Responsive Metabolic Processes in Morphological Architectural Membranes, MRS Proceedings, 2015. Link to DOI
Mohamed Aly Etman, Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, et al., Daylighting Effect of Separating Direct and Diffuse Insolation with Facade-Integrated, Transparent Solar Collector, PLEA 2015 Bologna, 2015.
Ahu Aydogan, Lupita D. Montoya, From a Lab Scale to the Building Scale: Formaldehyde Removal by a Plant Module, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings America, 2015.
Anne Wrobetz, Ahu Aydogan, Lupita D. Montoya, Physical and Biological Characterization of Porous Media for VOC Removal, Proceedings of the American Association for Aerosol Research 34th Annual Conference, 2015.
David Menicovich, Daniel Chapman Lander, Jason Vollen, Michael Amitay, Chris W. Letchford, Anna Dyson, Improving Aerodynamic Performance of Tall Buildings Using Fluid Based Aerodynamic Modification, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics: Volume 133, 2014. Link to DOI
Anna Dyson, Kenton Phillips, Justin Shultz, Jason Vollen, Matt Gindlesparger, Nick Novelli, High Efficiency Solar Building Envelopes for Integrated Delivery of Environmental Control Systems, CLEO: Applications and Technology, 2014. Link to DOI
Bess Krietemeyer, An Adaptive Decision-Making Framework for Designing Material Behaviours, CAADRIA 2014: Rethinking Comprehensive Design, 2014. Link to DOI
Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Building Integrated Coconut Envelope Systems: Rethinking the Role of Low-tech Materials for High Performance in the Hot-humid Region, Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress, Durban, 2014.
Brandon C. Andow, Bess Krietemeyer, Peter R. H. Stark, Anna H. Dyson, Performance Criteria for Dynamic Window Systems Using Nanostructured Behaviors for Energy Harvesting and Environmental Comfort, SPIE Proceedings: Volume 8692, 2013. Link to DOI
Anna Dyson, Ahu Aydogan, Jason Vollen, et al., Building-Integrated Active Modular Phytoremediation System, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2013.
Kelly Winn, Jason Vollen, Anna Dyson, Re-Framing Architecture for Emerging Ecological and Computational Design Trends for the Built Ecology, ACADIA 2012: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, 2012. Link to DOI
David Menicovich, Daniele Gallardo, Riccardo Bevilaqua, Jason Vollen, Generation and Integration of an Aerodynamic Performance Data Base Within the Concept Design Phase, ACADIA 2012: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, 2012. Link to DOI
Elizabeth A. Krietemeyer, Shane Ida Smith, Anna H. Dyson, Dynamic Window Daylighting Systems: Electropolymeric Technology for Solar Responsive Building Envelopes, SPIE Proceedings: Volume 7976, 2011. Link to DOI
Elizabeth A. Krietemeyer, Anna Dyson, Electropolymeric Technology for Dynamic Building Envelopes, ACADIA 2011: Integration Through Computation, 2011. Link to DOI
Ahu Aydogan, Lupita D. Montoya, Formaldehyde Removal by Common Indoor Plant Species and Various Growing Media, Atmospheric Environment: Volume 45 Issue 16, 2011. Link to DOI
Kyle Steinfeld, Pravin Bhiwapurkar, Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Situated Bioclimatic Information Design: A New Approach to the Processing and Visualization of Climate Data, ACADIA 2010: LIFE in:formation, 2010. Link to DOI