Congrats to the new dean of architecture of Philadelphia University Vini Nathan. Before coming to Philadelphia University, Dr. Nathan was director of New York Institute of Technology’s Interior Design program, assistant professor of Interior Design at Michigan State University and has taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
In addition to her academic work, Dr. Nathan was a practicing architect in New Delhi and more recently worked as an architect for Walker Group/CNI in New York, a full-service architectural design firm. She was part of the team that worked on the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, a design venture in conjunction with noted architect Cesar Pelli, former dean of Yale University’s School of Architecture.
Dr. Nathan has presented at numerous professional conferences and her research interests include chaos theory, design processes and research methods. She is currently researching the relationship between mathematics and architectural canons in traditional and contemporary Indian building designs.
Dr. Nathan received a B.Arch from Anna University in Chennai, India, an M.S. in Interior Design from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Michigan. In addition, her credentials include a certificate in Health Care Design from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and she participated in the Bryn Mawr College HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration.
In addition to her academic work, Dr. Nathan is a classically trained dancer, a competitive chess player and a self-professed trivia buff.
Maybe this means studios will be 24 hours now???
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