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Dean Candidate Public Presentation - Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg

Date:
Time:
4:00 pm
Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium
451 N 12th St
Lincoln NE 68588
Additional Info: SHEL
Contact:
Kerry Vondrak, (402) 472-9240, kvondrak@unl.edu
Three candidates are finalists for the dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture. Selected by a search committee, the candidates will visit campus separately September 29 through October 11.

Each candidate will participate in a public presentation and open forum during their visit. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend the presentations.

The finalists are:
-Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg is Julie Neupert Stott Chair in Design, associate dean for research at the College of Design, director for the School of Architecture and Environment, and professor of architecture at the University of Oregon.

-Karl Daubmann is dean of the College of Architecture and Design and professor of architecture at Lawrence Technological University.

-Ming-Han Li is director and professor in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University.

Please join us for Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg’s presentation.

Date: Sept. 29
Time: 4 pm
Place: Sheldon Museum of Art,
Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium
https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XP17J6f_SI2UvOCaHvky0w

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg previously served as interim head for the Department of Architecture.

He founded and directs the Institute for Health in the Built Environment, directs the Biology and the Built Environment Center, and directs the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory in the cities of Portland and Eugene. Prior to Oregon, he was a professor at University of Idaho Boise where he founded the Integrated Design Lab.

Van Den Wymelenberg’s research and creative practice seeks to facilitate integration amongst a broad network of researchers and practitioners on issues concerning health, comfort, and sustainability in the human ecosystem in order to support human, community, and planetary health. Since 2004, he has secured over $40 million in research funding related to indoor environmental quality from organizations such as the United States Economic Development Administration, National Science Foundation, United States Environment Protection Agency, United States Department of Energy, United States Department of Agriculture, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Business Oregon, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Nike, Microsoft, Siemens, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and several other private companies. He has published three books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and he has made nearly 300 invited lectures.

Van Den Wymelenberg holds a Bachelor of Science in architectural studies with a minor in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He received his Master of Architecture and doctorate in built environments from the University of Washington.


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