Biography
Omar Khan’s research and creative activities span architecture, installation/performance art and digital design and fabrication. Before joining Carnegie Mellon, he co-directed the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST) at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York. CAST’s research focuses on pervasive computing technologies as they intersect with architecture. Through CAST, he worked on the legacy of cybernetics and, more recently, artificial intelligence as they apply to the area of responsive architecture. He also was a co-director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotics Technology (SMART) Community of Excellence, where researchers across architecture, engineering, computing and management collaborate with industry to explore robotic technologies for manufacturing. Through SMART, he worked with Boston Valley Terra Cotta, the largest architectural terra cotta manufacturer in North America, on developing digital workflows in the manufacturing process.
