Amanda joined the MSdc program in the autumn of 2010, after completing a Bachelor of Science in Design at The Ohio State University. She has worked as a furniture designer, specializing in digital manufacturing, as well as a digital design consultant. Her research primarily focuses on generative design, materiality, and digital fabrication.

In addition to being a member of the DMG, she is also a research assistant at the UW Integrated Design Lab. At the lab she is assisting with sustainable design research focusing on dynamic facade systems.

email: abruot@u.washington.edu

research:

Material Logic •

publications:

2012 Simulation of Dynamic Daylighting and Glare Control Systems for a Six-Story Net-Zero Energy Office Building in Seattle, WA 2012 Simulating Visual Comfort and Energy Performance of Organic Energy Harvesting Electrochromic Windows (EH-ECWs) in Mid-Size Commercial Office Buildings