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The Department of Construction Science recently unveiled its newest facility, the “BIM-CAVE,” which provides a unique high-tech vantage point for viewing details of an imagined building and its infrastructure, including heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, plumbing, electrical and other systems.

Ann Moss Joyner, an author who uses geographic information systems to illuminate racial discrimination issues that inform her research, will be the keynote speaker for Texas A&M University’s GIS Day — a campuswide celebration showcasing real-world applications for GIS technology.

In a darkened room on the fourth floor of Texas A&M’s Langford Architecture Center, construction science students using Building Information Modeling software can navigate through the bowels of a virtual building while visually immersed amid an array of 12 46-inch monitors.

Female faculty, students and staff from the architecture and construction science programs at Texas A&M recently joined volunteers building a home for a Bryan mother and her family as part of the Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity’s 2011 “Circle of Women Build.”

A revitalization plan for Sealy, Texas’ downtown district, created by Texas A&M Master of Urban Planning students, won the 2011 Student Planning Award from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Female faculty, students and staff from the architecture and construction science programs at Texas A&M recently joined volunteers building a home for a Bryan mother and her family as part of the Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity’s 2011 “Circle of Women Build.”

New multimedia work by Joshua Bienko, assistant professor of visualization, was showcased Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 at Houston’s Barbara Davis Gallery. Bienko’s show, “WORD TO YOUR M(O)THER,” included paintings on the soles of Christian Louboutin stilettos and canvas as well as a new rap video.

Master of Architecture students at Texas A&M are teaming with graduate students in industrial engineering to improve the psychosocial and engineering aspects of the incubator, the central piece of equipment used in neonatal intensive care units.

New multimedia work by Joshua Bienko, assistant professor of visualization, will be showcased Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 at Houston’s Barbara Davis Gallery.

Master of Architecture students at Texas A&M are teaming with graduate students in industrial engineering to improve the psychosocial and engineering aspects of the incubator, the central piece of equipment used in neonatal intensive care units.

A report published by the Texas Transportation Institute, authored in part by Tim Lomax, a lecturer in urban planning, suggests too little progress is being made ensuring the nation's transportation system will be able to keep up with job growth when the economy improves.

A report, published by the Texas Transportation Institute, an agency of the Texas A&M University System, suggests too little progress is being made ensuring the nation's transportation system will be able to keep up with job growth when the economy improves.

Prospective students can learn more about Texas A&M’s Urban and Regional Science doctoral program during a Oct. 23-25 open house, held in conjunction with the College of Architecture Research Symposium: Natural, Built, Virtual.

Private property rights are prevailing over efforts to avoid building in hazardous areas, said Sam Brody, professor of urban planning, in the Sept. 2011 issue of Architect, the magazine of the American Institute of Architects. He was quoted as part of the magazine’s coverage of a rise in natural disasters.

Texas A&M students studying abroad at the Santa Chiara Study Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, display their maroon shirts on College Colors Day, Sept. 2, 2011. Texas A&M is a leader in the annual event that encourages people to wear the colors of their favorite college or university to promote the college experience.