# positions[].label
Director // Resource-Based Design Research Lab (RBDR/Lab)

# overview
Dr. Ahmed K. Ali received his Ph.D. in Architecture and Design Research from Virginia Tech in 2012. Dr. Ali joined the Architecture Department at Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. Dr. Ali teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in architectural design, building materials and construction, and building assemblies and tectonics. He developed two undergraduate and graduate courses in building materials and made significant curriculum changes to the Master of Architecture program in the materials and methods required NAAB accreditation criteria. Dr. Ali's research focuses on the role of design in the Circular Economy and industrial waste flows. He has received over $ 465,000 in research funding. Dr. Ali is a guest reviewer of several top-tier journals. He has obtained one provisional patent, written eight peer-reviewed journal articles, one book chapter, and fifteen papers in conference proceedings. He was the keynote speaker at the Scandinavian architecture conference PLAT18 in Sweden, and the Circular Economy Roundup at Austin Technology Incubator. Dr. Ali has chaired 2 doctoral committees, 17 master's committees, and served on 7 others. Dr. Ali received the J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Prize in 2016, and the Architecture Research Centers Consortium New Researcher Award in 2018. Dr. Ali's work has been cited in numerous prestigious press including the Steven Holl Foundation's critical research archive, Bill Zahner's Steel Surfaces book by Wiley, General Motors Green, and Texas Architect Magazine.

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United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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Alexandria University - (Alexandria, Egypt)

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Virginia Tech - (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States)

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Virginia Tech - (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States)

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Virginia Tech - (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States)

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A case study in developing an interdisciplinary learning experiment between architecture, building construction, and construction engineering and management education

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Architecture + Structures: Ethics and Responsibilities in Academic Design/Build Studios

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Single-wall timber granaries box construction in Turkish and Spanish rural architecture contexts

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Editorial Universitat Politcnica de Valncia

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Symbiotic Circularity in Buildings: An Alternative Path for Valorizing Sheet Metal Waste Stream as Metal Building Facades

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Mapping a Resource-Based Design Workflow to Activate a Circular Economy in Building Design and Construction

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Architecture within a circular economy: Process mapping a resource-based design-bid-build project delivery system

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Enquiry:  The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Re-Defining the Architectural Design Process through Building a Decision-Support Framework for Design with Reuse

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Building Posture: Glasgow School of Arts Driven Voids of Light and Body Dynamics

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From Conventional Recycling to Creative Reuse: Empowering Local Industrial Resources Through Synergistic Practices

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Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Inc

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Matrix Trays: From waste to opportunities

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Robert L. Turner Tempietto in the Wilderness

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Native plant establishment on a custom modular living wall system in a humid subtropical climate

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The La mella House Small Efforts: Big Impacts

# publications[].publisher
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

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Transforming architectural education at the cross roads of the world

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The role of knowledge transfer in masonry bridge construction from Spain to Guatemala

# publications[].publisher
Editorial Universitat Politcnica de Valncia

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Facilitating industrial symbiosis to achieve circular economy using value-added by design: A case study in transforming the automobile industry sheet metal waste-flow into Voronoi facade systems

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Unconventional Engagement: Reviving the Urban Marketplace

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Urban Agriculture Case Studies in Central Texas: From the Ground to the Rooftop

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Circular Economy Trends  Potential Role of Emerging Technologies

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In situ experimental evaluation of a novel modular living wall system for industrial symbiosis

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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The War-hole Wall: Between the Ridiculous and the Profound

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Architecture (Disambiguation): Mapping a Resource-Based Design Process System

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A New (Old) Paradigm on Metal Fabrication between the Automobile and the Building Industries

# publications[].publisher
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Inc

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Novel Integration of Sustainable and Construction Decisions into the Design Bid Build Project Delivery Method Using BPMN

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Architecture; 3137 TAMU

# etdChairOf[].label
Vaughn, Christina (2024-04). The Three Sisters. Master's Thesis.

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Williams, Jewel Marie (2019-08). OPPORTUNITIES OF APPLYING SYSTEM ANALYSIS TO THE US WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: BIO-INSPIRED SOLUTIONS FOR A MORE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. Master's Thesis.

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Gage, Kyle (2022-04). Food for Thought: Architecture as an Ecosystem. Master's Thesis.

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Irving, Michael (2024-04). Architecture for Art. Master's Thesis.

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Li, Ziyang (2024-04). POLA Energy Recovery Center. Master's Thesis.

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Tang, Ruiwen (2024-04). Inclusive: A Micro Hospital with Geriatric Emergency Department. Master's Thesis.

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Liao, Eric Wen (2024-04). FRAME: an Aging Community for All-Age[s]. Master's Thesis.

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Flowers, Brittany (2024-04). TA-TU. Master's Thesis.

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Uran Sokoli (2024-04). Hot//Cold//Warm: Reintroducing the Public Bathhouse to the American Society. Master's Thesis.