Dr. Liliana Beltrán, IESNA, SBSE, ASES, received her Ph.D. in Architecture Degree from the University of California at Berkeley, a M.Arch. Degree from the University of Oregon and a Professional Degree of Architect from the National University of Engineering of Peru. She teaches courses in the areas of energy and environmental management, daylighting design and analysis, green buildings design tools and sustainability. She has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and has taught previously at Texas Tech University, California College of the Arts, University of Oregon, and National University of Engineering of Peru. She has lectured and published extensively on topics of daylighting, energy efficiency in buildings, advanced lighting technologies and climatic responsive architecture. She is one of the recipients of the 1999 Progressive Architecture Research Award; and has been a Fulbright Fellow and an IES Robert Thunen Fellow. Dr. Beltran has been a consultant to UNESCO's Division of Cultural Heritage of Paris, France on the Restoration of the Kuwait National Museum and the Green Resource Center, City of Berkeley's Best Builders Program. She serves on the IESNA Daylighting committee and is the faculty advisor of the TAMU-IESNA Student Chapter.

• ARCH 628:600 - Tools for Green Building Design

Student Projects

Sample 1    Sample 2

• ENDS 233:500 - Environmental Systems I

• ARCH 634:600 - Sustainable Daylighting Seminar

• ARCH 615:600 - Elements of Environmental Control Systems
• ARCH 689:601 - Tools and Techniques for Green Building Design
• ARCH 334:500 - Environmental Systems II

• Other courses: Architectural Design Studios

• Nicole Dyll
• Mara Salas-De La Cruz, M.Arch.
• Filipa Godinho, M.Arch.
• Nicholas Jung, M.Arch.
• Ross Turner, M.Arch.
• Julie Hrozek, M.Arch.
• Vijaya Yellamraju, M.S. Arch.
• Mili Shah, M.S. Construction Science
• Byoungsoo Ahn, M.S. Arch.
• Joonho Choi, M.S. Arch.
• Siritip Harntaweewongsa, M.S. Arch.
• Betina Martins-Mogo, M.S. Arch.
• Maitha Alnuaimi, M.S. Arch.
• Kapil Upadhyaya, M.S. Arch candidate
• Althea Arnolds, Ph.D.

Publications (selected):

• Assessment of Luminance Distribution Using HDR Photography
• Evaluating the Daylight Performance of Three Museum Galleries
• Toplighting in the Tropics
• Lighting a Museum
• The Tales of Three Museums
• Relationship between Patient's Recovery and Indoor Daylight Environments in Healthcare Facilities

Research (selected):

• Daylighting Facilities
• Energy Research
• Advanced Daylighting Simulation
• Integrated Envelope Systems

Awards (selected):

• Architecture Magazine's 1999 Awards for Architectural Research (1999) [1], [2], [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
• Robert Thunen Memorial Educational Scholarship Fund, Illuminating Engineering Society, Golden Gate Section, San Francisco (1993-94)
• Fulbright Scholar, University of Oregon, Eugene

Student Competition Awards (selected):

• 2006 ARCC / KING Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research, Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), graduate student: Betina Martins-Mogo.
• 2000 Leading Edge Student Design Competition, students: Chris Harden and Ryan McGuire.
• 1999 ACME Brick Student Design Competition, students: Andrew Gale, Jeremy Hahn and Kenneth Hurt.
• 1999 Design of Sundial for the City of Palm Springs, graduate students Geoffrey Harral, Steven Means and Scott Roberson.

Solar Home Tours:

• Solar Home Tour of Palo Alto, CA (2000)
• Cool House Tour of Lubbock, TX (1998)

Other:

• Faculty Advisor of the Texas A&M IES Student Chapter

The Modern - Fort Worth, March 2004.

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