Job application presentation

1. “How can my expertise be
used to develop the Masters
programmes in the School?”
…including my past work experience, research and
teaching, my skills and aspirations
School of Architecture
Cardiff University
Dr Andrea Susan Wheeler, BA (Hons) DipArch MPhil PhD
11th August 2014

2. About Me
The journey so far…

4. • MPHIL – Conservation
Engineering
• Certificate of the Institute of
Wood Science (Timber Trade
Qualification)
• TRADA Technology Ltd (Full
Scholarship)
• Examined by John Ashurst
• Wheeler, Andrea and Allan
Hutchinson (1998) “Resin
Bonded Repairs to Timber
Structures” International Journal
of Adhesion and Adhesives: 18,
1- 13 [over 30 citations]

7. UKERC/ESRC
Interdisciplinary Early Careers
Fellowship March 2007 -
February 2010.
How Can We Design Schools As Better Learning
Spaces and To Encourage Sustainable Behaviour?
Co-Design Methodologies and Sustainable
Communities.
Department of Built Environment/ School of Education

10. Research Funding (2007 – 2013)
£ 322,000
• £220,000 3 year Early Careers Research Fellowship from the
UKERC/ESRC; (PI)
• £72,872 Jisc Access to Resources Phase 2 fund for a project entitled
“Cross-Institutional Learning Framework for Energy CPD: MEGS-KT”
examining the provision of CPD training in the renewable energy
sector (PI and project manager)
• £29,750 Higher Education Academy (HEA) Departmental Awards
programme for “E-mentoring for Employability" with the School of Civil
and Building Engineering to develop a pilot e-mentoring programme
for construction and engineering students with otherwise little contact
with industry; (Co-I and project manager)

11. Research Funding (2013 – 2014)
$93,000
• £2, 000 Sir Ted Happold Senior Research Fellow, The University of
Bath.
• $20,000 Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Utilization platform (continuation
funds 2014 – 2015)
• $33,000 Provost’s Office additional start-up funds over 3 years
(additional RA) (2014 – 2017)
• $22,000 Match funding (20%) from IEC for an ASHRAE funded project
currently in review
• $3, 000 Iowa Energy Centre (IEC) for a project entitled: Building a
powerful team to research the performance of energy-efficient
learning environments;
• $12, 000 New Faculty Seed Funds of the Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy
Utilization platform for a project entitled: Iowa's New Schools: A
Future Invested in Sustainability (PI) (2013 – 2014)

14. Current Research
Assistant Professor of Architecture (Tenure-Track) Iowa
State University (2013 – current)
Sir Ted Happold Senior Research Fellowship, University of
Bath (summer 2014)

15. PRESS RELEASE: Sir Ted Happold Senior Research Fellow,
University of Bath, Summer, 2014
http://iowaepscor.org/news/2014/a--
wheeler

16. Current research bid [in
preparation]

17. Recent and forthcoming outputs
4. Wheeler, Andrea (2014) “Critical perspectives on sustainable architecture in the
American Mid-West through the ethical philosophy of Luce Irigaray” Ethical
Perspectives Following Luce Irigaray, University of Warwick, UK, 18th – 19th June

18. Teaching (2013 – 2014)
SEMINAR: ARCH 542 Sustainability and Green Architecture, a 14
week senior student elective lecture and seminar class.
STUDIO: ARCH 201 (first formal year of architectural studies –
studio class) ARCH 401 Art Gallery Studio (4th year) ARCH 302
New York Housing (3rd Year)
REQUIRED TECHNICAL LECTURE SERIES: ARCH 245, ARCH 342,
ARCH 445 Environmental Forces Technical Lecture Series
(required lecture series across all years) and ARCH602 graduate
level materials class

20. So why Cardiff School of
Architecture ?
Strong research reputation
History of examining sustainable design from a wide perspective –
technological innovation and human dimensions
Potential for research collaboration – potentials to work with those who have
funding to support research in Wales – make connections to the Welsh
Government – SME community in renewable energy in Wales
Strong student community

21. What am I bringing to Cardiff
School of Architecture …
Success in research funding
Eight years post-doctoral experience both in research and in teaching
sustainable design
Good publication history
Teaching versatility – teaching studio, building physics and architectural
theory in relation to sustainable design
Research in innovative pedagogy in HE
And what’s really important, I care about lifestyle change, the actual
performance of buildings and about challenging the sustainability agenda in
architecture.

22. Teaching across the MA
programmes
• Sustainable Design
• Building Performance - Post-occupancy, human behaviours
• Sustainable Building Conservation (sustainable materials, and conservation
methods)
• Sustainable Energy and the Environment (outreach to SME community in
Wales)
• Sustainable Mega Buildings (building tall and building sustainably in wood)

23. How can my expertise be used
to develop the Masters
programmes in the School?”
I would like to develop a critical/humanities perspective on the question of
building performance – truly holistic perspective on the question of lifestyle.
Relational ecologies (link contemporary philosophy)
Reconnect sustainable design to the avant-garde in fine art/ philosophy
Development of my own MSc/MA
PhD Students

24. Aspirations
Full professor
Good research funding – connect with Welsh initiatives
To develop a reputation within the field of architectural
humanities /critical perspectives on sustainable design