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DEBAJYOTI
PATI PhD, FIIA, IDEC, LEED®AP Professor and Rockwell Endowment Chair |
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Texas Tech University, College of Human Sciences, Department of
Design, 1301 Akron Avenue, Box 41220, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1220 T 806.834.0850 F 806.742.1639 |
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Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. M.A.S.A., University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada B.Arch., University of Bombay, Bombay, India WORK: |
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Dr. Debajyoti
Pati has over 34 years of experience in research, practice, and teaching in
the United States, Canada, and India. He has spent most of his professional
life examining the influences of the built environment on people, processes,
and organizations. His areas of interest include health, healthcare, healthy
environments, sustainability, public architecture, judicial facilities,
performance-based design, organizational learning, and developing indicators
of facility performance. He has published widely on performance based design
in the healthcare and criminal justice sectors, in the form of book/book
chapters, scientific articles, and trade publications. He served in the A/E
industry before moving to his academic position at Texas Tech in 2011. Dr. Pati was twice voted
among the 25 most influential people in healthcare design. He has received numerous
awards for research excellence, including from the Environmental Design
Research Association; Interior Design Educators Council; International
Interior Design Association; American Society of Mechanical Engineers;
International Academy for Design and Health; NURTURE, Georgia Tech, and Texas
Tech. He has served as a juror/reviewer at the national/international level
including at the U.S. National Science Foundation; Swiss National Science
Foundation; University of Michigan Precision Health; Center for Health
Design; Environmental Design Research Association; Epidemic Urbanism
Initiative; Design & Health World Congress; Health Design Product
Innovation Award; Healthcare Design Architectural and Interior Design
Showcase; American Society of Interior Designers; Environments for Aging
showcase. Dr. Pati is currently
serving on the Editorial Board, Health Environments Research & Design
Journal; Director, North America Chapter, International Academy for Design
and Health; International Advisory Board, Swiss Center for Design and Health,
Switzerland; and on the Distinguished Experts Panel, Global Education Policy
Network, Saudi Arabia. He is a Fellow of the Indian
Institute of Architects. |
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