University Park, PA. On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10a.m. Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering and its Smart Spaces Center for Adaptive Aging in Community celebrated progress made in a coordinated effort to reduce the cost of housing for Pennsylvania’s elderly and disabled residents today and in the future. The celebration took place at […]
Architectural Engineering
Virtual reality cuts costs and increases satisfaction
Put on your 3-D glasses The following appeared in HME News, the publication for the home medical industry, on July 26, 2011. This year and last, I asked the residents of Addison Court, the low-income apartment for disabled and elderly in State College where I live, to attend a demonstration at the Immersive Construction Lab, described […]
John Messner at the Immersive Construction Lab
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/faculty/messner/ John I. Messner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University 104 Engineering Unit A University Park, PA 16802 United States of America jmessner@engr.psu.edu Educational Background: 1994 Ph.D., Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option, The Pennsylvania State University 1991 B.A.E., Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option, The Pennsylvania State University Construction Industry […]
Richard Behr at Smart Spaces
Dr. Richard A. Behr, P.E. Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering Department of Architectural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/faculty/behr/index.asp Education B.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1974 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1975 Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1982
Joel Solkoff, adjunct research assistant Penn State Dept of Architectural Engineering
JOEL SOLKOFF 120 E. Beaver Ave, Apt 107, State College, PA 16801 Phone 814-272-0130, cell 215-518-7847 E-mail jes535@psu.edu or jsolkoff@gmail.com From 2008 to 2017, Adjunct Research Assistant, Department of Architectural Engineering, Penn State, University Park, PA From 2003 to 2008, I have been a journalist and as well as graduate student at Penn State’s Rehabilitation […]
Special 3-D Construction Session to Reduce Health Care Costs and Improve Quality, PARF Conference
University Park, PA – On Thursday, September 22, at 9:30 a.m. Penn State’s Department of Architectural Engineering hosted a session entitled “Using Virtual Reality to Construct/Remodel Health Care Facilities & Independent Housing” in the Alumni Suite at the Nittany Lion Inn. [Listen to the entire session at the end of this posting.] The session is part […]
Saving Medicare billions: Trying too hard can get in the way
Memorial Note: November 13, 2011, Jack Seidner aged 93, my neighbor and friend at Addison Court, State College. PA, died while talking to his son who had called from Israel. He died at Centre Crest, an assistive care facility in Bellefonte, PA, 11 miles from Addison Court. Jack was a veteran of World War II […]
Aging Baby Boomers Like Me Need Housing: Think of this as an eccentric table of contents
Naturally, I begin with myself. The primary theme of my website is based on a scholarly body of literature known as experienced-based design which for the layperson, such as myself, means that I should have a role in the design of the world I live in. 1. For an attempt at a coherent presentation of […]