Faculty Member
Dr. Amir Hajrasouliha is an architect, urban designer, and city planner with years of professional and academic experience. He is the Head of the City and Regional Planning (CRP) Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is the author of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, professional essays, and conference papers. His scholarship focuses on urban design, campus planning, and smart city applications, including digital twins, extended reality, procedural modeling, and advanced spatial analysis of urban form. Amir has been the recipient of national awards, including the Perry Chapman Prize from the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) and the winner of the ULI/Hines urban design competition. Amir earned his Ph.D. in Metropolitan Planning, Policy, and Design from the University of Utah and a Master’s in Urban Design from the University of Michigan.
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About Amir Hajrasouliha
Dr. Amir Hajrasouliha is an architect, urban designer, and city planner with years of professional and academic experience. He is the Head of the City and Regional Planning (CRP) Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is the author of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, professional essays, and conference papers. His scholarship focuses on urban design, campus planning, and smart city applications, including digital twins, extended reality, procedural modeling, and advanced spatial analysis of urban form. Amir has been the recipient of national awards, including the Perry Chapman Prize from the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) and the winner of the ULI/Hines urban design competition. Amir earned his Ph.D. in Metropolitan Planning, Policy, and Design from the University of Utah and a Master’s in Urban Design from the University of Michigan.
| September 2016 - Present | Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ‐ Department of City and Regional Planning | |
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| September 2015 - June 2016 | Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ‐ Department of City and Regional Planning | |
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Disciplines
Courses
- CRP 409 Planning Internship
- CRP 338 Digital Cities
- CRP 553 Project Planning and Design Studio
- CRP 512 Introduction to Visual Communication and GIS
- CRP 452 Community Design Methods
- CRP 202 Urban Design Studio II
- CRP 202 Urban Design Studio I
- CRP 201 Graphic Skills
| 2011 - 2015 | PhD, Urban Planning and Design, The University Of Utah ‐ Department of City and Metropolitan Planning | |
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| 2010 - 2011 | MUD, Urban Design, The University Of Michigan ‐ Taubman College | |
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| 2004 - 2007 | MA, The University of Tehran ‐ Department of Urbanism | |
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| 1999 - 2004 | B.Arch., Architectural Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University ‐ College of Architecture and Urbanism | |
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