Kirk Martini
  Associate Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Department of Architecture
Campbell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville VA 22903
  tel: 434-924-6445
  fax: 434-982-2678
  e-mail: Martini@virginia.edu
  www: faculty.virginia.edu/martini

 

  Summary
  Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from U.C. Berkeley, specializing in computer integrated design. Masters Degrees in both Structural Engineering and Architecture.
  Full time teaching at the University of Virginia since 1992, plus 5 years part-time at U.C. Berkeley.
  4 years professional experience at large and small A&E design firms. Registered Civil Engineer in California.
  Fellowships with the University of Virginia's Lilly Teaching Program, Teaching and Technology Program, and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
  Post-doctoral fellowship at Tokyo University; Japanese language ability.
 

  Education
Dec 90 Ph.D. in Structural Engineering: University of California, Berkeley.
Dec 82 Master of Science in Structural Engineering: University of California, Berkeley.
Master of Architecture: University of California, Berkeley.
(concurrent degree program)
Jun 80 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture: University of California, Berkeley.

  Teaching

Fall 99 to
present

University of Virginia Department of Architecture: Associate Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
Fall 92 to
Spring 99
University of Virginia Department of Architecture: Assistant Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
Spring 86 Cornell University Department of Architecture: Instructor for Architecture 222 "Reinforced Concrete Structures."
Sum 82,
Sum 84 to
Sum 87
U.C. Berkeley Department of Architecture: Instructor for Architecture 150 "Introduction to Structures."

  Professional Experience
Jun 88 to
Apr 91
(part time)
Position: Computer Specialist for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, San Francisco Calif.
Responsibilities: Leading a project to study the use of non-linear analysis into the design of building structures.
Sum 89 Position: Intern at Taisei Construction Company, Tokyo, Japan.
Responsibilities: Review the use of computers in construction and design at Taisei, including using and evaluating a newly developed CAD system.
Apr 83 to
Jan 86
Position: Project Engineer for Interactive Resources, Inc., Point Richmond Calif.
Responsibilities: Execution and coordination of structural design for commercial, residential and industrial buildings through all phases of the design process.

  Professional Registration
Aug 85 Registered Civil Engineer in State of California.

  Professional Associations
1995- American Society of Civil Engineers
1992- Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture

  Grants & Fellowships
1999 Conceptual Studies of the Emmet Street Bridge. supported by the Dean's Forum of the UVa School of Architecture
1998-99 Fundamentals of Seismic Design, grant from the Faculty Senate Initiative to Promote Excellent Teaching to develop a new course in civil engineering and architecture.
1997-98 Patterns of Reconstruction at Pompeii, Resident fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
Oct 97 Travel fellowship to attend the New Developments in Teaching Structural Steel--Design and Practice workshop, sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
1996-97 Ancient Reconstruction of the Pompeii Forum, with support from the Dean's Forum of the UVa School of Architecture, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and The University of Virginia's Sesquicentennial Associateship Program.
Aug 96 Travel fellowship to attend the Teaching Structural Creativity conference, sponsored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
1995-96 Technologies for Teaching Design in Architecture and Engineering, Teaching Technology Initiative Fellowship, sponsored by UVa's Provost and Department of Information, Technology and Communication.
1994-95 University of Virginia Lilly Teaching Fellow, Teaching Resource Center and the Lilly Endowment.
Apr 91 to
Apr 92
Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Aug 90 to
Jan 91
Grant for Japanese language study from the National Science Foundation.

  Consulting
Dec 98-Jan 99 Consultant to the Department of Civil Engineering at Hong Kong University on a project to create web-based teaching materials for civil engineering and construction.
May 98 Juror for the ACSA/STI Hollow Structural Sections National Student Design & Engineering Challenge
Oct 96 -
Jun 97
Juror and program co-author for the AIA/FEMA Rehousing Hollywood National Student Design Competition
Oct 96 -
Jan 97
Planning exercises and talks for the 1997 AIA Faculty Institute on Seismic Design
Apr-Jun 96 Planning exercises and talks for the 1996 AIA Research Seismic Design/Build Charette

  Service
  National
1999-2002 Webmaster for the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
1999-2000 Member of the ACADIA steering committee.
1998-1999 First alternate member of the ACADIA steering committee.
1998-2002 Editorial Board for the journal Automation in construction
  Reviewer for journals, conferences and publishers, including the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Advances in Engineering Software, Automation in Construction,, the ACADIA conference, and J. Wiley publishers.
Aug 97 Conference session co-chair for the 7th International Conference in Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Seoul Korea. Session T1A: Structural Engineering.
Aug 96 Session moderator at the ACSA Teaching Structural Creativity conference, Milwaukee.
Jul 96 Tester for NCARB quiz on Structural Design for Wind Forces
  University
1999-2006 Member of the Dean's Technology Council.
Dec 98 Invited panelist, Teaching with Technology sponsored by the TRC.
Mar 97 Selection committee for the University Teaching Fellowship program.
Feb 97 Invited panelist, Educational Technology '97, sponsored by ITC.
1998- Member of the Vitaas building committee
1996-98 Vitaas working group, chair
Sep 96 Invited speaker at TTI fellows retreat
1995-96, 1998-99 Academic Computing Advisory Council
Jan 96 Working group meeting on Information Technology for SACS reaffirmation of accreditation.
1995-98 Committee for Information Technology in Research
1994-95 Self-study Improvement of Teaching Committee
  School
1995-2002 Manager of the School web site
1992-96, 1999 Computer Committee
1994-95 Building Addition Committee, chair
  Department
1994-96, 1998-2006 Undergraduate advisor
1993-94, 2000 Graduate admissions committee
1992-93 Undergraduate curriculum committee