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Joel K. Dietrich

E-mail Address
dietrich@ou.edu
Telephone
405-325-6792
405-517-4527 Cell
Office
314 Gould Hall
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Design V (Arch 3554)
Preceptorship (Arch 4585)
Cad Studio (Arch 5023)
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Joel K. Dietrich
Associate Professor
Education
  • The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Master of Architecture, 1975
  • The University of Kansas: Bachelor of Environmental Design, 1973
  • Courses Taught (Selected)
  • 4th year Architectural Design, 32 semesters
  • Computers in Architecture, 20 semesters
  • Advanced computer classes, 22 semesters
  • Academic and Professional Honors
  • OU Associates Distinguished Lectureship, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988.
  • Outstanding Faculty Member of the College of Architecture, by the University of Oklahoma Student Association, 1987
  • Registration
  • Architect, Louisiana, 28 years
  • Memberships
  • AIA
  • Teaching Experience
  • University of Oklahoma: Associate Professor of Architecture, 23 years
  • Louisiana State University: Assistant Professor of Architecture, 6 years
  • Louisiana State University: Instructor, 2 1/2 years
  • Southern University: Adjunct Professor of Architecture, 1 year
  • Administrative Experience
  • University of Oklahoma: Director, Division of Architecture, 6 years
  • University of Oklahoma: Coordinator of Computer Services for the College of Architecture, 8 years
  • University of Oklahoma: 4th year Coordinator, 6 years
  • Louisiana State University: Assistant to the Director, 2 years
  • Professional Experience
  • President, theEarchitect.com
  • Sole Proprietor, Joel K. Dietrich, AIA
  • Staff Member/Junior Project Coordinator, Miller-Waltz-Diedrich Architects & Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, 15 months
  • Research and Creative Activities
  • Architectural CAD: The Future, an article for the book Architect's Studio Handbook by Terry L. Patterson, McGraw Hill
  • Development of an Animated Video for the Oklahoma City Memorial Design Competition, Principal Investigator link to images
  • Campus Energy Model, A Computerized Animation of the OU Campus Energy Use, Principal Investigator
  • Summer Faculty Fellow - CRSS, Inc., Houston, TX, Built a Visualization Lab and worked on WaveFront applications
  • Automated System for Production of Interior Elevations, Principal Investigator
  • Summer Faculty Fellow - CRSS, Inc., Houston, TX, Assisted with WaveFront Applications
  • Summer Faculty Fellow - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, IL, Assisted with the commercial CAD development project AES
  • Summer Faculty Fellow - Aotani and Associates, Honolulu, HI, Converted the firm to AutoCAD, specified and acquired new computer systems, authored conversion software.
  • A Data Base for Computer Aided Design, Principal Investigator
  • Annotated Health Facility Research Bibliography, Resource Reviewer & Computer Advisor
  • CODEsearch Computerized Code Analysis, Principal Investigator
  • Louisiana Solar Design and Data Development, Co-Investigator
  • Energy Efficient Housing Research/Demonstration Project, Principal Investigator
  • Service
  • Director, AIA Oklahoma, 3 1/2 years
  • Ex-Officio, AIA Central Oklahoma, 4 1/2 years