Tim Hemsath, AIA, NCARB, LEED® Accredited Professional

Brief Vitae

M.Arch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2001
BSAS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999

He is a registered Architect in Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Currently serves as Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he also received his terminal degree, Masters of Architecture, in 2001.  He has served as Adjunct-Faculty at Philadelphia University, School of Architecture teaching Digital Design, and an active volunteer for the Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia.  Was a visiting lecturer at College of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has worked part-time for Leo A Daly in Omaha, Nebraska.  He has served as on the 2007 Board of Directors, Nebraska Flatwater Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, as the 2007 Vice-Chair and Program Chair, 2008 Chair organizing and promoting Green Building in the region.

As an Assistant Professor in Digital Design he provides teaching, leadership and research in Digital Fabrication and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Recent publications include, Digital CADCAM Pedagogy Model, presented at the 2009 Taiwan, 14th conference on Computer-Aided Architectural design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Between Man and Machine held in Yunlin, Taiwan; and Recon Decon: Parametric CADCAM Deconstruction Research, was accepted for a special panel presentation on critical pedagogy and publication at the 2009 ACADIA conference in Chicago, Oct. 22-25th.

Additionally Mr. Hemsath is the principal investigator leading a research team funded by a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Nebraska Research Initiative titled “Zero Net Energy Building Science Research Cluster,” with co-investigators from the Peter Kiewit Institute, College of Public Health and the Department of Chemistry at University of Nebraska-Omaha.

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