STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

Acknowledgements
The last few years have provided the most intense learning experience of my life, and that is
a most wonderful thing. I want to extend my profound gratitude to my thesis committee with
Professor G.G.Schierle, Ph.D., FAIA, as Chair, and Professors Marc E. Schiler, IES, LC, and
Douglas Noble, FAIA, Ph.D. I am deeply impressed by what these extraordinarily talented
and dedicated teachers do in creating a culture of learning that both embraces and
transcends the various cultures of the individuals that move through the Chase L. Leavitt
Graduate Building Science Program. Their passion for both learning and teaching, their
commitment to the success of the students, and their plain hard work are an inspiration to
me. To the extent that my work here falls short by any measure, my limits are my own; these
gentlemen have done all they could to support and encourage me in improving upon my
efforts.
I want to thank my student colleagues in the Building Science Program. I have learned from
each of them, enjoyed their company, and had the privilege of sharing life experiences with
them over the past two years. They have been generous, kind and patient without exception
and regardless of circumstance. I hope to see them in the future, but most of all I wish all of
them the very best of life as they move into their careers.
Thanks to Chase Leavitt for his great contribution to the creation of such a remarkable
program and environment, providing such an exceptional learning experience for so many. I
have had great esteem for the Graduate Building Science Program at USC since first
learning of it many years ago, and it is truly an honor to finally have participated in the
program as a student. And my thanks to the entire faculty and staff that make the USC
School of Architecture a functional as well as an exciting place to be.
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