Pub. 3 2015 Directory

8 THE MONTANA ARCHITECT | 2015 | www.aia-mt.org T his past year the School of Architecture at Montana State University continued to do what we do best; teaching, research, outreach and engagement. The value of both change and continuity, exploring the new and valuing the past, pursuing new opportunities and preserving that which is most successful help to keep the School of Architecture exciting and productive. It is an immersive environment, alive everyday with an unmatched vitality. Throughout 2015 our students earned accolades for what they have learned and how they present their knowledge. Our faculty were awarded for their research efforts and both students and faculty continued to fulfill the University’s Land Grant mission by sharing their knowledge and skills through community outreach and engagement activities. The changes have been evolutionary. Steve Juroszek, after 7 years of extraordinary leadership, returned to his first love, teaching, while Ralph Johnson stepped in as interim director during the search for a new director. Tom Wood retired to Denver, CO and his teaching and lighting lab responsibilities have been assumed by Jaya Mukhopadhyay, PhD, LEED-AP Certified from Texas A&M. While Tom is off fishing, Jaya is working long hours preparing lectures and teaching in our new Technology-Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classroom. The TEAL classroom is intended to promote collaborative learning. Three to nine students can simultaneously work on an assignment, record their responses, discuss the most appropriate solution and project their re- sponses on flat screens next to the their desk for faculty critiques and discussion/comparisons with other groups. The School of Architec- ture is among the leaders in the nation in teaching all of its non-stu- dio courses in a collaborative manner, most of which are taught in the TEAL classroom. One measure of success for the school and professional practice is the fact that 100% of our graduates received job offers last spring, most of which occurred at our annual Celebration of Architecture in Febru- ary. In addition to acquiring positions and cultivating relationships, the students raised over $8,000 in scholarship money from the silent and live auction. With a view to the future we were equally pleased to welcome a first year class of 85 into our program this fall and a graduate class of 32. Thus our undergraduate cadre of students totals 215 and we currently have 50 graduate students. Student and alumni success stories abound. Stephanie Irwin, Allison Ross and Brett Bishop collaborated with a team of engineering students to take 2nd place in the International ASHRAE Integrated Sustainable Building Design Competition. Below, Stephanie Irwin speaks about her experience working with the winning team on the ASHRE Integrated Building Design Competition: "The most exciting, challenging, and beneficial aspect of the ASHRAE Integrated Sustainable Building Design Competition was working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary group. This was a unique oppor- tunity for us as students to learn how to collaborate and work with other disciplines, in a way that could prepare us for projects outside of an academic setting. We were able to learn the inner workings of the engineering process and perspective and then integrate that with our architectural design process. Learning this collaborative design pro- cess, allowed our group to work together throughout the entire design MSU School of Architecture RALPH JOHNSON, INTERIM DIRECTOR STEVE RALPH ASHRAE INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN COMPETITION TOM JAYA TEAL CLASSROOM