Education:

State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Architecture and Planning
Bachelor of Professional Studies in Architecture
University of Pennsylvania - Graduate School of Fine Arts
Master of Architecture

Achievements and Awards
2006
Technical Assistant & Critic
Roman Studies Progam, Rome, Italy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, NY
Launched FaAR Design, a collaborative research & design practice with partner Fareh Garba.
2005
First International Advanced Architecture Competition sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. Honorable Mention and Induction as Net-Delegate, Nigeria. “Dendrotecture” with partner Fareh Garba
2004
Studio Assistant: 2nd Year Graduate Design “Kinema: Movies & Movement”. UPENN
Instructor: Professor Branko Kolarevic
Journal of Architectural Education. The Sheer Opacity of Contemporary Enclosure. written by Professor Cathrine Veikos and Professor Renee Cheng November 2003. MIT Press.
2003
Vitetta Competition & Gallery Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. Third Place.
Stewardson Memorial Competition. “Crematorium”. Second Place. (UPENN).
Technical Assistant
2nd Year Graduate Visual Studies (UPENN)
Coordinator: Professor Cathrine Veikos
2002
“Man is the Measure of All Things”. Schenk Competition. Juried by Daniel Liebskind and Upper Faculty. First Place. (UPENN)
2001
Woodman Competition. “Addition to the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”. Third Place Winner. (UPENN)

DiGeronimo, PC Project Experience:

Trans Hudson Express (‘THE’ Tunnel) Tunnel
Newark, New Jersey
DiGeronimo PC is part of the Design-Build Team for the Trans Hudson Express (“THE”) Tunnel.

Other Project Experience:

[June 2004 – Present]
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP
41 E. 11th Street. NY, NY. 10003. (212) 777-7800
Reference: Frank Prial (Associate)
www.bbbarch.com
Responsibilities include the development and documentation of the Metropolitian Transit Authority’s capital investment project coined “East Side Access”, a contemporary transit facility and infrastructural hub for the City of New York.
The Long Island Railroad’s infrastructure will be extended into Grand Central Terminal, utilizing an existing tunnel in the East River to join new bored tunnel, eventually extending service and public access to new platforms located 91 feet below Park Avenue with access to approximately 384,000 sq ft of public concourse below street level.

[May 2002 – September 2002]
HLM Design
1650 Arch Street. Philadelphia, PA.19103. (215) 564-9977
Reference: Brad Earl (Vice President)
www.hlmdesign.com
I aided in the development of new office workflows utilizing building information modeling and parametric modeling systems. This involved the development and daily management and maintenance of digital models, material and part libraries and the documentation of drawing sets as well as the production of illustrative visualization packages. Design work here included a variety of healthcare projects as well as a middle school located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
[May 2000 – August 2001]
Kling
2301 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, PA. 19103. (215) 569-2900
Reference: David Altenhofen (Director of Architectural Services) www.kling.us
Kling offered the unique experience of working on a one of a kind building for Merck in Rahway, NJ. This building required close daily collaboration with Merck staff and employees. The program required a Sample Repository where production samples are managed by tray pulling and picking robots to acquire dry chemicals to be prepared for replication and distribution.
Responsibilities included microprogramming, design development coordination and documentation with a variety of in-house consultants and client-contracted consultants.