Rate My Professor Shadi Nazarian

Shadi Nazarian serves as Professor and the inaugural H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, Endowed Chair in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington's School of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, a position she began in September 2023. Previously, she was Associate Research Professor in the Department of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University since 2012, holding affiliate faculty roles in the Additive Manufacturing and Design Program, Material Research Institute, and Stuckeman Center for Design Computing. Earlier appointments include Clinical Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 2002 to 2011 and various teaching positions at Cornell University, such as Visiting Assistant Professor from 1999 to 2002. She earned a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota in 1989, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota in 1983. Her professional experience encompasses architectural design at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in New York from 1989 to 1991 and founding her Studio for Architecture in 1994. In 2022, she co-founded X-Hab 3D, directing architectural design for 3D-printable structures with eco-friendly, low-carbon materials.

Nazarian's research focuses on additive manufacturing, 3D concrete printing, and sustainable architectural technologies. She led a team to multiple NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge awards: second place in Phase 2 Structural Member ($150,000, 2017), Phase 3 Construction Level 1 ($32,914.75, 2018), and Level 3 ($200,000, 2019); third place in Level 2 ($83,755.92, 2019). Additional honors include the Golden Medal at Innowings 2022 for a 3D-printable eco-friendly concrete mixture and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Architecture (2000). Key publications are 'Fresh and hardened properties of extrusion-based 3D-printed cementitious materials: A review' (Sustainability, 2020), 'An automated system for 3D printing functionally graded concrete-based materials' (Additive Manufacturing, 2020), 'Barbed-wire reinforcement for 3D concrete printing' (Automation in Construction, 2022), and 'Evaluating the relationship between deposition and layer quality in large-scale additive manufacturing of concrete' (Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2019). Her innovations through X-Hab 3D collaborate with Habitat for Humanity, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and others to advance affordable, resilient housing, supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.