Tim Hemsath, AIA, NCARB, LEED® Accredited Professional
Brief Vitae
M.Arch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2001
BSAS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999
Timothy Hemsath, is currently Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture. He has over 10 years of combined industry and educational experience in the design, construction and research in energy efficiency and sustainable design. He was the architect for the ZNETH and ZNETH II energy efficient prototypes working with the College of Engineering. He has served as the PI on a $98,787 Nebraska Research Initiative funded project to build research capacity surrounding Zero-net energy research at the University of Nebraska. Currently, he serves on the UNL team, Building Energy Efficient Homes for America, composed of researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Program working with home builders and national partners. The team is eligible to receive up to $2.5 million per year in funding over the next four-and-a-half years to identify, test and validate energy efficiency measures in new and existing homes.
Areas of Interest
Intersection of Digital Technology with the Human Environment
Digital Fabrication . visualization - synthesis - fabrication
Building Information Modeling – Energy Modeling & Energy Efficient Architecture
Publications and Conferences (selected)
Parametric Modeling Workshop: Generative Components in Architecture and Design.
University of Nebraska - College of Architecture
Lincoln, NE
27-30 August 2008
UrbanTech: Wireless Networks & Urban Environments Presented and published in the proceedings from the 45th International Making Cities Livable Conference
Portland Oregon
June 2007
Digital Fabrication Pedagogy and Integrated Design Presentation at The Future of Professional Practice Conference The American Institute of Architects
Washington DC
December 2-4, 2007
Climate Change & the Physical Environment:
Effect and Affect
University of Nebraska - College of Architecture
18-19 September 2008
Architecture 311 - Digital Fabrication
University of Nebraska - College of Architecture
Spring Semester 2009
