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Our team member, Tasbeeh M. Alaqtum, presented on August 5th, 2025 at the Solar 2025 Conference in Boulder, Colorado. The titled of her presentation is "Comparative Analysis of Net-Zero Energy and Well-Lit Schematic Design Layouts for Homes in Semi-Arid Regions."
Dr. Beltrán presented at the CIE 2025 Midterm Meeting in Vienna, Austria on July 8, 2025. Her presentation highlighted the non-visual daylighting performance of a newly constructed single-story house she designed in a hot and humid climate in Texas. The measured Melanopic Equivalent Daylighting Illuminance (M-EDI) exceeded the recommended minimum recommended 250 M-EDI under clear sky conditions by a factor of 2 to 6.
Congratulations to our Daylight Lab member Ph.D. candidate Luming Xiao on successfully passing his Preliminary Exam and defending his dissertation proposal during the Spring 2025 semester! Luming's research focuses on the development of an AI-Driven Daylighting Support System, based on A Comprehensive 3D Grid-Based Multi-Directional Metamodel.
Congratulations to our team member, Antonio Vazquez-Molinary, on successfully passing the final examination for his PhD dissertation on May 12, 2025! His groundbreaking research on Multi-objective Optimization of Windcatcher Performance for Natural Ventilation and Daylighting in a Tropical Hot and Humid Climate Using Parametric Modeling marks a significant contribution to the field of sustainable architecture. We look forward to the impact his work will have on advancing climate-adaptive design practices.
We are thrilled to celebrate our team member, Ghayda Alhabib, on completing her PhD journey at Texas A&M University! She will soon return to her home country (Saudi Arabia) to continue her impactful research on human health in the built environment. We will miss you dearly and look forward to crossing paths again in the future. Congratulations, Dr. Alhabib!🎉
Congratulations to our team member, Ghayda Alhabib, on successfully passing the final examination for her PhD dissertation on December 6, 2024! We eagerly anticipate the impact of her groundbreaking research on healthy daylighting in Middle Eastern architecture and its contributions to the field.
We are thrilled to share that our team member, Tasbeeh M. Alaqtum, has recently published a research paper titled "Daylighting Glare and Design for Visual Comfort" in the prestigious Taylor & Francis journal.
We are proud to announce that Arch 634 students Tomas Hoyos and Kyle Thomas have had their work "Glowing Rights" published in the 2024 Velux Competition. They worked under the supervision of Dr. Beltran and PhD students Rifat Tumpa and Luming Xiao, featured in August 2024.
We are proud to announce that two of our papers were selected and presented at the 37th PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference in Wroclaw, Poland, June 2024.
Congratulations to our lab member, Luming Xiao, for participating in the 2024 SBSE retreat and being awarded the SBSE Jeffrey Cook 2024 Retreat Scholarship!
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidates Ghayda Alhabib and Antonio Vazquez-Molinary, on successfully passing their Preliminatry Exams and defending their dissertation proposal during the Spring 2024 semester!
Congratulations! Our design project was selected as a finalist and received the Team Spirit Award in the 2023 Solar Decathlon competition.
Architect Lisa Heschong presented "Visual Delight: The Value of View" at the Department of Architecture archTALKS on October 19, 2020. Recording available in the Resources page.
Architect Marsha Maytum co-founder of the design firm Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects of San Francisco gave a talk about "Redefining Design Excellence for a Climate Positive World" at the Department of Architecture archTALKS on October 5, 2020. Recording available in the Resources section.
Dr. Beltrán presented at the 2020 Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference on September 3, 2020. Her talk demonstrated that it is possible to achieve LEED v4 Daylight Credits in 12 locations from latitude 0 to 62 North. Recording available in the Resources page.
Dr. Beltrán presented at the 2014 Energy Forum in Bressanone, Italy, on October 28-29, 2014.
Dr. Beltrán was invited to present at the 2014 LightShow West in Dallas, TX on September 24, 2014.
Dr. Liliana Beltrán presented at the plenary session of ECI 2014 Encuentro Cientifico Internacional, Lima Perú on July 30, 2014.
Jonghoon Kim presented at the 2014 ASES Passive Solar Conference in San Francisco on July 8, 2014.
Dr. Liliana Beltrán gave a presentation at the 2014 Lightfair International in Las Vegas on June 4, 2014.
Julian Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Architecture on May 10, 2014. Congratulations Julian!
Dr. Liliana Beltrán and Ph.D. candidate Julian Wang will be presenting at the 10th Annual Sustainable Design Expo in DC. This event is organized by the US Energy Protection Agency between April 25-28, 2014.
Dr. Beltrán and Ph.D. candidates: Julian Wang and Jonghoon Kim presented at the 2013 Solar World Congress (ISES) in Cancun, Mexico on November 4-6, 2013.
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