Sinéad Mac Namara

Sinéad Mac Namara

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Department

Architecture
Contact

scm266@cornell.edu

Sinéad Mac Namara is an Associate Professor at Syracuse University jointly appointed to the School of Architecture and the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Her research focuses on collaboration among architects and engineers, innovation and creativity in structural engineering education, structural art, and the structural performance of shell structures. Her teaching has been recognized by awards from Syracuse University, the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and Princeton University. She coauthored the text, Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering (2nd Ed. Routlege 2022 with Clare Olsen). As a structural engineer, she collaborates with colleagues and students on design and design build projects, and this work has been recognized with design awards from the American Institute of Architects, the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and the Mayor of New York City.

Academic Research/Specialty Areas

Architectural technology
Collaborative practice
Community-based planning and development
Structures in architecture

Collaboration among architects and engineers
Innovation and creativity in structural engineering education
Structural art
The structural performance of shell structures

Classes (Selected)

Arch 1612/5612 Structural Concepts

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

American Collegiate Schools of Architecture. ACSA Design Build Educator Award for Play Perch, 2014.
American Institute of Architecture Students. Freedom By Design National Community Inspiration Award for Play Perch, 2014.
American Society of Engineering Education St. Lawrence Division. Outstanding Teacher Award. Spring 2013.
National Science Foundation, $400,000, Principal Investigator for grant awarded by the NSF’s Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) Award EEC- 0935168. This five-year award funded a series of educational initiatives aimed at increasing innovation and creativity in engineering education borrowing pedagogical methods from architecture, 2009–2013.
Meredith Teaching Recognition Award, Syracuse University, 2011.

Publications (Selected)

S.C. Mac Namara, C. J. Olsen. Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering 2nd Ed. Routledge, January 2022.
S.C. Mac Namara, C. J. Olsen. Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering 1st Ed. Routledge, July 2014.
S.C. Mac Namara. L. D. Bowne. "Play Perch" in The Design Build Studio; Crafting Meaningful Work in Architecture Education edited by Toyla Stonorov. Routledge, 2018.