Wei Yan Dr. Wei Yan: Dr. Wei Yan's academic areas are Computer-Aided Architectural Design (CAAD), Parametric Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Building Science, Visualization, and Digital Imaging. He holds degrees from Tianjin University, China (B.E. in Architecture and M.E. in Building Science and Technology), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (Postgraduate Cert. in CAAD), and the University of California, Berkeley (M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Architecture).
Mohammad Rahmani Asl Mohammad Rahmani Asl: Mohammad Rahmani Asl is a Ph.D. student at Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He has been a member of BIM-SIM Group since 2010. Mr. Rahmani’s research interests focus on BIM-based parametric design, building energy simulation, building performance optimization and automation of construction scheduling using BIM and physical constraints. Mohammad has been collaborating with Autodesk Building Performance Analysis team since May 2013 and Dynamo team since June 2014. Please visit the BPA Research Partnership website for more information.
Alexander Stoupine Alexander Stoupine: Alexander Stoupine is an undergraduate computer engineering major at Texas A&M University. He has joined the Optimo project in the summer of 2014.
Saied Zarrinmehr Saied Zarrinmehr: Saied Zarrinmehr's research interests mainly reside in the overlapping area between computation and design, including Shape Grammar, Pattern Languages, Cellular Automata, Design Automation, and Parametric Modeling.