A cohort of 4 projects were awarded Inspire Funds in April 2023. The report-outs from these projects are described below with a summary of project work and progress.
The 2023 cohort of Inspire Fund awardees met with the 2024 cohort …
Person: Tyler Sprague
2024 CBE Inspire Fund Awardees Announced
The CBE Inspire Fund Awardees for the 2024 cycle have been selected! Their project names and team members are outlined below.
Title: Mycelium Grow Lab for Student-led Research
Team: Gundula Proksch (Associate Professor, Architecture), Tyler Sprague (Associate Professor, Architecture)
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College of Built Environments Announces 2023 Inspire Fund Awards
In 2021, the College of Built Environments launched the CBE Inspire Fund to “inspire” CBE research activities that are often underfunded, but for which a relatively small amount of support can be transformative. The Inspire Fund aims to support research …
Eero Saarinen, Eduardo Catalano and the Influence of Matthew Nowicki: A Challenge to Form and Function
Sprague, Tyler. (2010). Eero Saarinen, Eduardo Catalano and the Influence of Matthew Nowicki: A Challenge to Form and Function. Nexus Network Journal, 12(2), 249 – 258.
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Beyond Le Corbusier and the Modernist City: Reframing Chandigarh’s ‘World Heritage’ Legacy
Chalana, Manish; Sprague, Tyler S. (2013). Beyond Le Corbusier and the Modernist City: Reframing Chandigarh’s ‘World Heritage’ Legacy. Planning Perspectives, 28(2), 199 – 222.
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Beauty, Versatility, Practicality: The Rise of Hyperbolic Paraboloids in Post-War America (1950-1962)
Sprague, Tyler S. (2013). Beauty, Versatility, Practicality: The Rise of Hyperbolic Paraboloids in Post-War America (1950-1962). Construction History-international Journal Of The Construction History Society, 28(1), 165 – 184.
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Products of Place the Era of Reinforced-Concrete Skyscrapers in Seattle, 1921-1931
Sprague, Tyler S. (2015). Products of Place the Era of Reinforced-Concrete Skyscrapers in Seattle, 1921-1931. Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 106(3), 107 – 119.…
Jack Christiansen’s Cylindrical Concrete Shells
Sprague, Tyler S. (2018). Jack Christiansen’s Cylindrical Concrete Shells. Journal Of The International Association For Shell And Spatial Structures, 59(2), 131 – 140.
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College of Built Environments’ unique Inspire Fund aims to foster research momentum in underfunded pursuits college-wide. And it’s working.
Launching the Inspire Fund: An early step for CBE’s Office of Research
“For a small college, CBE has a broad range of research paradigms, from history and arts, to social science and engineering.” — Carrie Sturts Dossick, Associate …
Inaugural CBE Inspire Fund awardees announced
This winter quarter the College of Built Environments launched its new CBE Inspire Fund. Designed to support CBE research activities for which a relatively small amount of support can be transformative, in mid-February the college awarded the first 6 …