DEBAJYOTI
PATI PhD, FIIA, IDEC, LEED®AP Professor and Rockwell Endowment Chair |
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Texas Tech University, College of Human Sciences, Department of
Design, 1301 Akron Avenue, Box 41220, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1220 T 806.834.0850 F 806.742.1639 |
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. M.A.S.A., University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada B.Arch., University of Bombay, Bombay, India WORK: |
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Dr. Debajyoti
Pati has over 35 years of experience in research, practice, and teaching in
the United States, Canada, and India. He has spent most of his professional
life examining the influences of the built environment on people, processes,
and organizations. His areas of interest include health, healthcare, healthy
environments, sustainability, public architecture, judicial facilities,
performance-based design, organizational learning, and developing indicators
of facility performance. He has published widely on performance
based design in the healthcare and criminal justice sectors, in the
form of book/book chapters, scientific articles, and trade publications. He
served in the A/E industry before moving to his academic position at Texas
Tech in 2011. His current Google Scholar h-index is 30. He is
also listed on the Stanford/Elsevier world's top 2 percent scientists
list. Dr. Pati was twice voted among the 25 most influential people in
healthcare design. He has received numerous awards for research excellence,
including from the Environmental Design Research Association; Interior Design
Educators Council; International Interior Design Association; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; International Academy for Design and Health;
NURTURE, Georgia Tech, and Texas Tech. He has served as a
juror/reviewer at the national/international level including at the U.S. National
Science Foundation; Swiss National Science Foundation; University of Michigan
Precision Health; Center for Health Design; Environmental Design Research
Association; Epidemic Urbanism Initiative; Design & Health World
Congress; Health Design Product Innovation Award; Healthcare Design
Architectural and Interior Design Showcase; American Society of Interior
Designers; Environments for Aging showcase. Dr. Pati is currently
serving on the Editorial Board, Health Environments Research & Design
Journal; International Advisory Board, Swiss Center for Design and Health,
Switzerland; and on the Distinguished Experts Panel, Global Education Policy
Network, Saudi Arabia, among others. He is a Fellow of the Indian Institute
of Architects. |
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