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CAMD Creative Catalyst Phase 2 Seed Grant
We are excited that our proposal “Stakeholder-driven data interfaces to enhance design and policy of low-carbon buildings in Massachusetts” has been selected as one of seven recipients of Northeastern University CAMD’s inaugural Creative Catalyst Phase 2 Seed Grant. Prof. Demi Fang leads the proposal with co-investigators Prof.s Paolo Ciuccarelli (Art + Design), David Fannon (Architecture…
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“High-Tech, Low-Tech” panel at Design Research Week
Happy to join colleagues Prof.s Alpha Yacob Arsano, Anthony Averbeck, Jose Menendez, and Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga in a panel titled “High-Tech, Low-Tech.” The panel was hosted at Northeastern University’s Center for Design during Design Research Week 2026. I spoke on ways arching and vaulting action have been leveraged in the past and in current innovations…
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“Green Approaches to Japanese Woodworking and Bath Culture” panel discussion by the Japan Society of Boston
Prof. Demi Fang moderated a panel organized by the Japan Society of Boston titled “Green Approaches to Japanese Woodworking and Bath Culture.” Presented in partnership with the Koguma Benefit Corp, panelists included Kohei Yamamoto (Somakosha), Matthew Dami (Winterfound Forest Farm), and Sami Ullah Khan Babar (water engineering), team members from a local project siting an…
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ICSA 2025 in Antwerp
The International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA) 2025 was held at University of Antwerp. Prof. Demi Fang chaired a mini-symposium titled “The Next Generation of Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies” with Dr. Jonathan Broyles (MIT) and Martín Torres (University of Colorado Boulder). Initially proposed as a special session, we upgraded to a mini-symposium (two sessions)…
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SBE25 at ETH Zürich
We enjoyed an invigorating few days experiencing Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) for the first time at ETH Zürich’s Hoenggerberg campus. Prof. Demi Fang presented preliminary work on bottom-up estimates of the gross floor area in the United States building stock (paper info here). The conference was an outstanding opportunity to connect with familiar and new…
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Publication of inaugural SE 2050 data analysis as an ASCE Technical Report
Our analysis of data from the SE 2050 Database has been published as a Technical Report through ASCE: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784485927 The Executive Summary is accessible for free through the front matter of the report. Prepared by Prof. Demi Fang in collaboration with Mel Chafart, Martín Torres, and Dr. Jonathan Broyles, and editors Lauren Wingo, Zachary Chabot,…
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My 2024 in flight emissions
In 2019, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic in 15 days to attend a UN Climate Action Summit, making a point about her values relative to the carbon footprint of transportation. Each year, countless academics who advance research related to mitigating the impacts of climate change travel to conferences around the world. When I…
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PhD recruitment for Fall 2025
Prospective PhD students are welcome to apply to work with me through CAMD’s Interdisciplinary Design and Media PhD program. The deadline for admission for fall 2025 is strictly December 1, 2024; more information and upcoming information sessions are available at the CAMD webpage. Description This PhD position comes with two years of open-ended funding and…
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Recruiting students at all levels
I am currently seeking highly motivated undergraduate or master’s student(s) of all disciplinary backgrounds at Northeastern University to serve as research assistant(s), available immediately. I also welcome PhD applicants for Fall 2025, with a December 1 deadline. Visit Join / Collaborate for more information.
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Hello, world! from Northeastern University
I’ve been enjoying the first few months of my postdoc year, spending time exploring institutional resources, cultivating ongoing research, establishing new research directions, and connecting with new colleagues and future collaborators before starting as Tenure Track Assistant Professor in July 2025. I’m feeling supported in this enthusiastically interdisciplinary environment. I found it useful to create…
Structural Futures Lab 