My past research projects have focused on notions of dwelling in the philosophy of Luce Irigaray, the design of sustainable school buildings and theories of teaching and learning in the engineering and design contexts. I am currently interested in both sustainable architecture in schools, and assessing how different designs affect students’ performance. Figuring out this assessment is a complex task due to the number of variables that can influence students’ success in school on any given day. The question includes issues of pedagogy and the cultural politics of low carbon society. I have recently submitted a research grant with CBER (The Centre for Building Energy Research in the College of Design) to ASHRAE to explore the relationship between air quality in classrooms, educational performance and student wellbeing. I have also been awarded research grants from the Iowa Energy Centre ($3000) entitled: Building a powerful team to research the performance of energy-efficient learning environments, and from the Iowa NSF/ESPSCoR Energy Utilization Platform ($12000).