Faculty
Peggi Clouston | Dave Damery | Paul Fisette | R. Bruce Hoadley |
Simi Hoque | Alexander Schreyer | Adjunct Faculty
Peggi L. Clouston
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Professional Masters Option in Green Building
R: Holdsworth 127 – T: +1 (413) 545-1884 – E: clouston – CV
Ph.D. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), M.A.Sc. (University of British Columbia), B.A.Sc (University of British Columbia)
P. Eng. (APEGBC and ASCE associate member)
Dr. Clouston teaches structural timber design and statics/strength of materials (tectonics) for architects and construction technologists. Her research focuses on the structural behavior of biobased composite structures. Research topics include: wood-concrete composite systems, innovative timber connections, and computational modeling of wood-based composites.
Dr. Clouston is a registered professional engineer (APEGBC) and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She serves on numerous national review panels and committees and is founder and coordinator of the Professional Masters Option in Green Building as well as the annual UMass Wood Structures Symposium.
Dave Damery
Associate Professor, Program Director
R: Holdsworth 118 – T: +1 (413) 545-1770 – E: ddamery – Website – CV
Ph.D. (UMass), MSIA (Carnegie Mellon), B.S. (MIT)
We strive to accomplish the mission of the Building and Construction Technology Program by providing education and research in the areas of sustainable design and construction, efficient material use, Green Building technologies, and applied management in the building industry. I currently teach classes covering: The Built Environment, Business of Building and Building Materials and Forest Products Marketing. I have research interests in sustainable forest management, marketing, and forest economics. My work experience includes: engineering, business consulting, management and sales and marketing of forest products and building materials.
Paul Fisette
Professor, Department Head NRC
R: Holdsworth 205 – T: +1 (413) 545-1771 – E: pfisette - CV
B.S. (UMass), M.S. (UMass) Wood Science and Technology
I joined the Building and Construction Technology program in 1988. My interest in building systems has kept me involved in the building materials and construction industry for more than 30 years as a builder, project manager, magazine editor, researcher and educator. My research and professional focus involves the performance of building systems, energy efficient construction, sustainable building practices, and the use & performance of building materials. I teach courses in Building Materials, Energy Efficient Housing, Principles of Light-Frame Structures and Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating. I frequently publish articles about building systems, structural performance, energy conservation, and sustainable building practices. I have served on the National Academy of Sciences, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and have served on several National Research Council panels; most recently to Review and Assess the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools. I currently serve as contributing editor with The Journal of Light Construction; and as a member of several editorial and industry advisory boards.
R. Bruce Hoadley
Professor Emeritus
R: Holdsworth 109 – T: +1 (413) 545-1834 – E: hoadley
D.For.
Within our program I have responsibility for wood anatomy and fundamental properties of wood, as well as basic processing technology. My current research focuses on wood identification and wood-moisture relationships, especially as related to dimensional change in wood. These and other areas of interest are explored in my two books, Understanding Wood and Identifying Wood, published by the Taunton Press; I am also a contributing editor and technical consultant for Fine Woodworking Magazine. I teach an annual Wood Identification Workshop conducted through the Office of Continuing Education. As a professional consultant I have undertaken the identification of wood in furniture and related decorative art objects in several major museums throughout the United States. I also serve as a consulting forensic expert in civil and criminal cases involving wood products or wood related evidence.
Simi T. Hoque
Assistant Professor
R: Holdsworth 120 – T: +1 (413) 545-1866 – E: simih
Ph.D. (University of California-Berkeley), M.S.Eng (Carnegie Mellon University), B.A. (Johns Hopkins University)
Associate Member (ASHRAE), LEED AP
Dr. Hoque teaches environmental systems and sustainable design principles. Her research is focused around the application and development of energy efficient buildings. She specializes in energy modeling, resource efficiency, and systems design and is seeking to improve the way buildings use the earth’s resources. Hoque is the co-founder of Floodspace, a research and design collaborative, whose mission is to develop strategies for improved housing, infrastructure, and livelihood in communities subject to climate change-related flooding.
Dr. Hoque is a member of the American Society of Heating, Cooling, and Air Conditioning Engineers and the Boston chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Before her appointment to the NRC faculty in 2008, Hoque was a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At that time she was a consulting mechanical engineer at Norian/Siani Engineering, Inc. in Waltham, MA.
Alexander C. Schreyer
Lecturer
R: Holdsworth 125 – T: +1 (413) 545-1976 – E: schreyer – Website
M.A.Sc. (Wood Science, University of British-Columbia, Canada), Dipl.-Ing. (B.S. Structural Engineering, FH Wiesbaden, Germany)
Combining backgrounds in structural engineering as well as wood science, my interests span the entire range of design, construction and behavior of mainly heavy-timber type (e.g. glulam) structural systems. This is complemented by a strong interest in computer applications for structural engineering, construction and architecture. In my research, I focus on the behavior of wood-based structural systems with a particular interest in innovative connection systems for wooden structures. Another field of interest encompasses computer applications in design as well as structural optimization. I currently teach classes in CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and building materials and construction methods.
Adjunct Faculty
Bill Bean
My interest is in business planning and coaching in the “green” space. That involves consulting and teaching to help people capture the vision for their “green” initiatives and build better business plans faster to achieve them. I have taught business workshops and done consulting for years and in 2009 structured a program to fit the university format which was offered in the winter session in a course entitled, “Building a Formalized Business Plan For Your Green Positioning”.
My academic background includes a BA and a Masters in Wood technology from UMass, Amherst in the mid 70’s. That led me to a position with International Paper Company in Manhattan in strategic planning for their Wood Products Group. Since that time I have had over 30 years in the field, in sales, sales management and consulting in the US and Canada, developing business plans and building and managing the teams to execute them.
A few years ago I did a planning and coaching engagement for a company in Florida with a “green” event center and it seemed that everyone in business who was having fun at that time was somehow associated with “green” and sustainability. That was the catalyst to me pursuing my LEED AP and NAHB CGP designations, combining them with professional certifications in Executive Coaching, Career Coaching and Retirement Career Coaching and launching a small consulting business called Green Planning & Coaching.
I would be happy to answer any questions about the course offering and feel free to visit my website to learn more about the business and my background at GreenPlanningAndCoaching.com.
Craig Marden
Craig Marden is the Green Building Program Manager at HAPHousing, a regional affordable housing agency located in Springfield, MA. For 20 years he has worked in construction, weatherization and energy efficiency retrofitting, conducting thousands of blower door tests on new and existing residential buildings. Focusing on energy efficient and green construction, he is a recognized expert on energy and has professional experience as: Construction Manager, Carpenter, HERS Rater, LEED for Homes Rater, Energy Auditor, Heating system installer, Solar thermal installer, Air sealing technician. He holds a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License. He is also enrolled in the Passive House Institute Consultant’s Training for spring of 2009.
Ludmilla Pavlova, AIA
Adjunct Professor
R: Physical Plant Building, 3rd Floor – T: +1 (413) 577-1720 – E: lpavlova
M. Arch. (Columbia University), B.A. (Princeton University), LEED AP, Member AIA, USGBC Mass Affiliate, SCUP
Ludmilla Pavlova teaches project management for design and construction with an emphasis on change management and sustainability. She is Senior Facilities Planner in Campus Planning at UMass Amherst and is responsible for facilities programming and planning for research and academic facilities, campus infrastructure and master planning studies, design oversight and leasing of off-campus real estate. Ludmilla has managed the planning of major capital projects recently completed or in construction – including Harold Alfond Hall/ ISOM Addition, Integrated Science Building, Berkshire Dining Commons Renovation, Police Building and the Southwest Residential Area Concourse. She is currently managing the Comprehensive Academic and Classroom Facilities Plan and a building study for a new $85M Academic and Classroom Building. Ludmilla is passionate about campus sustainability, often lectures on the topic and helped author the first UMass Amherst Sustainability Plan. Prior to coming to UMass she worked for design firms in New York City most notably for John M.Y. Lee/ Michael Timchula Associates, managing the design and construction of the Curtis/Balkan Factory in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the design of the Shenzhen City Center Urban Design and City Hall, Shenzhen, China.
Peter Yost
Peter Yost is the Residential Program Manager for BuildingGreen, Inc. in Brattleboro, Vermont. He has been building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high performance homes for more than twenty years. Peter has made significant contributions to the work of many leading homebuilding organizations and initiatives—NAHB Researcher Center, Building Science Corporation, 3-D Building Solutions, EEBA, Masco’s Environments for Living program, USGBC’s LEED for Homes program, and the US Department of Energy’s Building America program.
