USF AEC Experience Open Session #8 - Acoustical Design and Lighting Systems

Stephen Lafferty AIA

Director - Design and Construction

University of South Florida

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laffertyarch/

Steve is passionate about every Project undertaken, focusing on unique opportunities to create environments that facilitate impacts upon people’s lives.  He currently serves as the Director of Design and Construction for the University of South Florida. Licensed as an Architect (nationally certified & licensed in multiple states), Interior Designer, Project Management Professional, Accredited Professional for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDap bd+c) and holds an MBA.  Steve has personally managed projects (many of them award-winning) ranging from $5,000 to well over $500 million in construction cost and spanning almost every type of Project delivery scenario.  This experience has resulted in a broad business sense, an acute sensibility towards design and the ability to create a powerful synergy when working with a terrific team. His successes have been through a deep internal commitment to excellence, sensitivity to relationships, and a design philosophy that is centered on the users of the Project rather than the Project itself.

Bradley Sisenwain, Assoc IALD

Senior Associate

Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleysisenwain/

Bradley graduated from Penn State University with a Bachellor of Architectural Engineering.  Bradley draws from a wide array of creative influences and curiosity to fuel his inspiration for lighting design. His evolving design approach is built on his balanced background of artistic and technical skills, and is purposed towards the applied realization of client’s architectural vision.

Bradley is a member of the HLB Daylighting and Sustainable Design Studio with a particular focus on the integration of natural and electrical light. He brings to HLB a strong design and technical background and fundamental knowledge of the interaction between architecture and light.

Bradley enjoys a diverse project portfolio and project sizes with HLB.  Variation in project types has strengthened his design approach, architectural knowledge, and project management skills. His portfolio includes hospitals, casinos, museums, site masterplans and streetscapes, higher education institutions, and hotels.

Matthew Tanteri

Daylighting Practice Leader

Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tanteri-fies-iald-assoc-cphc-bb02756/

Matthew is on a mission to bring natural light, pleasant vistas, and visual comfort to buildings all around the world. Matthew leads our Austin, TX office and HLB’s Daylighting and Sustainability Design Studio. As the Primary Daylighting Practice Leader he manages the daylighting and electric lighting design for commercial and institutional efforts encompassing virtually every project type. He continually produces creative and technologically innovative work that includes LED media fac╠ºades, luminous membrane structures and custom daylight delivery devices.

Matthew is not only a passionate practitioner – he recently served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Architecture, where he taught an Environmental Controls course covering daylighting, lighting, and acoustics. He is also a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), an Associate of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) and a lifetime member of Passive House Alliance Unites States (PHAUS).

Coffield King

Senior Associate, Lighting Design

Cannon Design

https://www.linkedin.com/in/coffield-king-lc-3002b042/

Coffield King, Associate IALD, began his career working in architecture firms with a strong focus on 3D visualization and custom detailing. Projects included larger commercial buildings, as well as the design and fabrication drawings for custom light fixture installations. Over the last 13 years he has had the opportunity to design lighting solutions for an expansive array of project types including a large number of LEED Silver, Gold, and Platinum projects. Coffield has a passion for sustainable design and a talent for making projects come to life through close integration with all members of the design team.

Carrie Parker AIA LEEDap

Senior Associate - Architect

Cannon Design

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieleeparker/

Carrie is a versatile addition to any team; on the USF Wellness project she serves as the Project Manager keeping the architecture and consultant teams organized. She is also a licensed architect and has been a Project Architect and Student Life Planner in other projects. Focused primarily on servicing higher education clients with large, complex projects, Carrie enjoys crafting the user experience and solving design challenges at all scales. She also loves to teach and mentor and is looking forward to seeing everyone onsite and in the classroom.

Michael Keane, PE

President

Keane Acoustics Inc.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-keane-b204a72/

Michael has been providing acoustical consulting services since 1999 covering a wide range of domestic and international projects including Residential, Hospitality, Education, Arts, Worship, Commercial, Transportation and Athletic Facilities. His technical background includes the following:

v B.S. Electrical Engineering

v Master’s Studies in Music Engineering

v Professional Engineer in the State of Florida

Michael 's practice covers architectural acoustics, electro-acoustics, and mechanical services noise and vibration.

Michael is skilled in a number of acoustic analysis and modeling applications, including intelligibility and reverberation time modeling, and on-site noise, vibration, reverberation time and speech/voice intelligibility assessment.

He has been performing as a musician for over 30 years and is currently the drummer for The New Rulers, a Clearwater based Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae band.

Kevin Butler, PE

Entertainment Practice Leader, Acoustical Consultant

Henderson Engineers

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-butler-pe-5666357b/

Kevin is a very happy graduate of the NCAA Basketball Champions, University of Kansas.  Kevin Butler serves as a Practice Manager for Henderson Engineer’s Venue sector. He has been engaged in a variety of sports and entertainment facilities, including all of Henderson’s esports projects to date. Kevin is the go-to person for state-of-the-art esports event spaces, which continue to gain in popularity across the world. Kevin is active with the KC Esports Coalition and has most recently assisted NACE, the National Association of Collegiate Esports, to develop their physical build guidelines for varsity esports centers. With a background in live sound, broadcast, and event production, Kevin enjoys the diversity of sports and entertainment projects and being deliberate in how he creates the overall user experience.

Gerald Crnkovich, PE

Director of Electrical Engineering

TLC Engineering Solutions

Gerald “Gerry” Crnkovich, PE, is Director of Electrical Engineering for VoltAir Consulting Engineers. He has more than 45 years of experience in electrical engineering design for a variety of facilities including airports, hospitals, municipal projects, healthcare, hospitality, schools, structured parking, retail, and office buildings. Gerry is a proven leader with great communication skills and is able to present complex information in an easily understandable manner, particularly to clients and to his subordinates. He is a natural problem-solver, communicator, and innovator.

Gerry is the lead electrical engineer on the USF Indoor Practice Facility project, and has also worked on other USF projects including the Recreation Center, Sun Dome Re-Roof and Practice Facility, Quinn Hall MBA Facility, Marshall Center and USF St. Petersburg Student Center.

Edmund Kwong

Project Architect

Morphosis

Edmund Kwong is a Project Architect at Morphosis Architects with broad experience in the design and construction of a range of project types including academic, cultural, high-rise, and commercial buildings. Joining Morphosis in 2010, Edmund has played a leading role in some of the firm's most significant works including serving as Project Designer for the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center (completed 2017), the net-zero energy, LEED Platinum academic headquarters of CornellTech's new campus on Roosevelt Island. Edmund has also served on the project teams for Casablanca Finance City Tower, Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, and as the Lead Designer for Clyde Frazier's Wine and Dine. Currently, Edmund is serving as Project Architect for the new Judy Genshaft Honors College at the University of South. Mr. Kwong received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Toronto and a Master of Architecture at MIT. He was awarded a Residency in the MAK Center Artists and Architects in Residence Program in 2010.

Marcel Maslowski, AIA

Principal - Director of Design

FleischmanGarciaMaslowski

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-maslowski-a011042b/

Marcel Maslowski, AIA, is the President and Director of Design at Fleischman|Garcia|Maslowski Architecture and an adjunct professor at the SPC Building Arts program. Originally from Martinique FWI, he attended SPC and USF where he earned his Master’s in Architecture. Marcel’s design approach focuses on creating a sense of place deeply grounded in phenomenology. His designs have won national recognitions. Some of his most recent notable projects include the Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center, Tampa Heights Elementary School, New Tampa Performing Arts Center and the Hanna City Center.