CodeLab's faculty, students, and collaborators span architecture, engineering, computer science, design, and the humanities.



























Associate Professor, Associate Head of Design Research
Joshua Bard's research focuses on robotic fabrication, sensor-based manufacturing, and human-robot collaboration in architectural construction.

Associate Professor, Director of the Why Lab
Dana Cupkova is Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Director of the Why Lab. Her research investigates the intersection of architecture, ecology, and advanced…
Professor, Director of the Architectural Robotics Lab
Keith Evan Green is Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Director of the Architectural Robotics Lab. His research investigates the integration of robotic technologies int…

Assistant Professor
Vernelle Noel's research examines computational design through the lens of culture, craft, and equity, with focus on Caribbean architectural traditions.

Associate Teaching Professor
Daragh Byrne teaches and researches at the intersection of physical computing, IoT, and architectural technology.

Assistant Professor
Dina El-Zanfaly's research investigates the intersection of embodied cognition, material making, and computational design. Her work explores how digital and physical processes co-…

Professor, Director of the Design and Computation Research Group
Ramesh Krishnamurti is Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Director of the Design and Computation Research Group (DCRG). His research focuses on computational approaches…

Adjunct Professor
Paul Pangaro is a cybernetician, designer, and educator with decades of experience applying second-order cybernetics to interaction design, conversation theory, and the philosophy…

Associate Professor, Director of CodeLab
Daniel Cardoso Llach is Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture, where he chairs the graduate program in Computational Design and directs the CodeLab. He is the author…

Associate Professor, Director of Lab4C
Jeremy Ficca is Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Director of the Laboratory for Cybernetics (Lab4C). His research investigates cybernetic principles in arch…

Professor of Art, Director of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Golan Levin is an artist, engineer, and educator whose work explores new modes of interactivity and computer-mediated performance. He directs the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Ca…
Assistant Professor, Director of the Regenerative Structures Lab
Eddy Sykes is Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Director of the Regenerative Structures Lab (RSL). His research focuses on sustainable and regenerative desig…