About Marci Uihlein
Biography
Marci S. Uihlein is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has professional experience in the offices of Arup, and her current research focuses on the structural engineering profession: its history, the professional relationship between architects and engineers, and creativity in structural engineering design. She is the past president of the Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES), a 2016-2018 Design Research Fellow for the College of Fine & Applied Arts, and the executive editor for the Taylor & Francis journal Technology | Architecture + Design.
Student Pavilion at the IASS International Conference FORM and FORCE 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
3D printed connections hold together individual members used in the IASS Pavilion.
Education
- Master of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Bachelor of Arts, Art History, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Research and publications
Selected publications
Uihlein, Marci S. “What’s the Matter?” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.4, No. 2 (2020): p. 1.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Interview with Craig Curtis: Industrialized Construction at Katerra” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.4, No. 2 (2020): pp. 151-156.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Editorial: “The Translation of Meaning,” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.4, No. 1 (2020): p. 1.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Editorial: Uihlein, Marci S. “Editorial: “Data Integrity and Future Systems,” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.3, No. 2 (2019): p. 127.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Editorial: The Speed of Urbanizing,” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.3, No. 1(2019): p. 1.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Editorial: Open,” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.2, No. 1 (2018): pp. 2-3.
Caryn Brause, Chris Ford, Clare Olsen, Jeana D'Agostino Ripple, Marci S. Uihlein, and Andrzej Zarzycki . “Why TAD?” for Technology | Architecture + Design, vol.1, No. 1 (2017): pp. 1-2.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Structural Engineering Participation in Integrated Design” for Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (2016), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000302.
Uihlein, Marci S. “The University of Illinois, N. Clifford Ricker, and the Origins of Architectural Engineering Education in the United States,” for Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol.22, No.3 (September 2016): pp. 02516002: 1-13, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000175.
Uihlein, Marci S. “When Integration Goes Wrong: Learning from the Mistakes of Practitioners,” Journal of Architectural Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000207 (2016).
Uihlein, Marci S. “Elmer Lawrence Corthell and the Ambitions of a Civil Engineer” for Construction History: International Journal of the Construction History Society, vol. 31, No.1 (2016): pp. 141-159.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Characteristics of Structural and Architectural Integration as Identified by U.S. Architectural Practitioners,” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 32:3 (Autumn 2015): 258-270.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Integrating Structure and Architecture: Guidance for the Structural Engineer,” Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, vol. 20:4 (November 2015): pp 04014049: 1-11.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Structural Integration in Practice: Constructing a Framework from the Experiences of Structural Engineers,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 141:3 (July 2015): pp 04014010: 1-8.
Uihlein, Marci S. “The State of Integration: An Investigation of Integration in the AEC Community,” Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol. 20: 2, (June 2014): pp 05013004: 1-6.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Ove Arup’s Total Architecture, Integrated Project Delivery, and the Role of the Engineer,” Architectural Science Review (2014). DOI:10.1080/00038628.2014.963022.
Uihlein, Marci S. “Architecture, Structure, and Loads: A Moment of Change?” Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 9:1 (2012). http://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/67
Teaching and advising
Classes taught
- ARCH 232: Structural Fundamentals
- ARCH 351: Statics and Dynamics
- ARCH 352: Mechanics of Materials and Design Applications
- ARCH 551: Structural Analysis
- ARCH 556: Advanced Structural Planning
- ARCH 557: Seismic Analysis and Design