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William Siembieda
PDCI Director
Professor, City and Regional Planning Department
Bill Siembieda
Expertise: Preparation of multi-hazard mitigation plans at the municipal and state levels, master-planned land development, project and program evaluation, specific plan-making, local urban economic development policy, and strategic planning for public and non-profit organizations.
Research Interests: Long-term disaster recovery theory, affordable housing policy, sustainable urban management practices, post-modern urbanism, international planning in Latin America and the Pacific Rim.
Projects: Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the State of California; Development of Sustainable Urban Management Policy in San Francisco, Montreal and Puebla;
Housing Production in California: South of the Tehachapi;
Valle Las Palmas Master-Planned Community in Tijuana, Mexico.
Education: Ph.D., Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles.
Email: wsiembie@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-1792
Edmond Saliklis
PDCI Interim Director (2011-2012)
Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering Department
Edmond Saliklis
Expertise: Structural Mechanics, History of Structures, Structural Art. Worked as Post-Doctoral Research Engineer at the USDA Forest Products Lab and as a Design Engineer at FLAD and Associates. Holds a patent in seven countries. Works on the Cal Poly campus teaching undergraduate and graduate courses to architectural engineering students, and has developed unique pedagogical materials for architecture and construction management students. Registered Civil Engineer in California.
Research Interests: Recently funded research includes "Rapid Assembly Disaster Response Shelters made from Recycled Plastic Materials," funded by the California Central Coast Research Partnership and was Co-Project Investigator on an NSF research grant in 2003. Has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and over $400,000 in funded research. Member of the International Scientific Committee for the Second International Conference on Structures and Architecture.
Education: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Email: esalikli@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-7641
Executive Committee, 2012
Michael R. Boswell
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning Department
Mike Boswell
Expertise: Hazard mitigation planning, climate action planning, general/comprehensive planning, sustainability, environmental planning, stormwater management, planning theory.
Research Interests: Use of scientific information and public participation in planning and public policy, determinants of plan quality, politics and power in public decision-making and role of the planner.
Projects: Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan for the State of California;
State Mitigation Assessment Review Team (SMART) project.
Education: Ph.D., Urban & Regional Planning, Florida State University
Email: mboswell@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-2496
Walter Bremer
Professor, Landscape Architecture Department
Walt Bremer
Expertise: Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology applied to land use and environmental planning; computer-human interface design; integration of technology into education.
Research Interests: GIS application; computer-human interface design; integration of technology into education.
Projects: Community 2050 grant through San Luis Obispo Council of Governments - SLOCOG, San Luis Obispo, CA;
Place3s On-Campus Development and Training grant through SLOCOG, San Luis Obispo, CA;
The Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning (GPS) Computer Technologies to Characterize Overwintering Groves of Monarch Butterflies in California;
Responsible for courses in landscape assessment, design, and graphics utilizing computer technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS), 3D, and multimedia.
Education: Master of Landscape Architecture, Utah State University
Email: wbremer@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-2813
Thomas Fowler IV
Professor, Architecture Department
Tom Fowler
Expertise: Interdisciplinary community design-build projects, building design process, integration of advancement computer technology into the building design process, advanced building design digital modeling, interdisciplinary approaches to building design, portable virtual reality systems.
Research Interests: documentation and reflection on the interdisciplinary design studio process, interdisciplinary community design-build projects.
Projects: Main Street Project to improve pedestrian traffic in downtown Atascadero;
Working with the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo/City of San Luis Obispo to develop HO:ME (Housing Opportunities through Modular Environments) - a sustainable single-room occupancy and administrative office building:
Founder and Director of the Collaborative Integrative-Interactive Digital Design Studio (CIDS);
Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Projects Group (IPG) Group for the purpose of working with interested students as independent study or senior projects from all disciplines in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (Architecture, Architecture Engineering, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, City & Regional Planning) to develop community design-build projects.
Education: Master of Architecture, Architectural Design, Cornell University.
Email: tfowler@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-2981
Abraham Lynn
Professor, Architectural Engineering Department
Abe Lynn
Expertise: Analysis and design of large-scale structural engineering projects for seismic demands, seismic evaluation of existing reinforced concrete structures, post-earthquake reconnaissance.
Research Interests: Seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures, earthquake engineering, sustainable practice in structural engineering (particularly in reinforced concrete), historical aspects of reinforced concrete construction and design, scholarship of teaching.
Projects: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s (EERI) Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance – December 22, 2003 San Simeon Earthquake;
NSF grant to study seismic response of squat reinforced concrete shear walls.
Education: PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California- Berkeley
Email: alynn@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-5084
Lonny Simonian
Associate Professor, Construction Management Department
Lonny Simonian
Expertise: Engineering supervisor on several multibillion-dollar federally-funded domestic projects and public/privately-funded international projects; senior project manager responsible for management of several DOE-funded projects; County Administrative Services Manager responsible for the development of web-based database for capital improvement projects.
Research Interests: External Factors Affecting Construction Labor Productivity, Building Information Modeling for Electrical Contractors, Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (MEP) Specialty Construction.
Projects: Refurbishment of the county cogeneration plant;
Design-build RFQ assistance for the San Luis Obispo Airport parking garage;
Structural reinforcement of the Rios Caledonia Adobe;
Lopez Lake boat launch facility and children’s playground for the County of San Luis Obispo.
Education: Ph.D., in progress, Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
Email: lsimonia@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-7981