Karen Kensek ’84 is named Distinguished Professor by the ACSA

Karen Kensek ’84, Professor of Practice at the University of Southern California, was named a Distinguished Professor by ACSA (the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture) in recognition of her distinguished academic career and her pioneering work in architectural computation.

Her research work includes BIM + Sustainability, BIM + digital simulation, virtual reconstruction of ancient places, the role of ambiguity in reconstructions, solar envelopes, and digital design. Before joining the USC faculty, she taught computer seminars and assisted with computer-aided design studios at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a past president of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), was awarded the 2002 Tau Sigma Delta medal for distinction in teaching and was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at USC in 2004.

She is the co-editor of Building Information Modeling: BIM in Current and Future Practice (Wiley, 2014) and the author of Building Information Modeling (Routledge, 2014), which is available in English, French, and Chinese.