Contact Information:

    yael-cv@pyael.com

     www.pYael.com

Education:

University of California, Berkeley

PhD.	Department of Architecture (Expected 2013). Research title: Global architects meet the place: Bridging the gap through Information and Communication Technology.

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

M.Sc.	Master of Science in Architecture-Urban Design, Cum Laude. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Thesis Title: "Climate and Energy Considerations in School Building Design in the Hot-Humid Climate of Israel's Coastal-Strip" (June, 2003). Supervisors: Prof. Edna Shaviv and Dr. Guedi Capeluto.
B.Arch	Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Awarded 5-Year Architecture Degree Cum Laude (June, 1998).

University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

One Session at the Department of Architecture and Town Planning, Special International Exchange Program for Qualified Students (1997). 

De-Shalit High-school, Rehovot, Israel.

Full Matriculation, Advanced Placement in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (1990).

Awards and Fellowships:

·         Berkeley Circus Merit Award for PhD. Lighting talk. March 1, 2012

·         Berkeley Big Ideas 2011 – Social Justice, CommunityEngagement Competition: Second Place Co-Winner: Students-CommunityCollaborative Design Challenge

·         Berkeley Big Idea 2011 – Information Technology for Society Competition: Finalist.

·         Berkeley Circus Honorable Mention for PhD. Lighting talk. March 3, 2011

·         Chancellor's Awards for Public Service Campus, Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability - Pinoleville Pomo Nation Partnership, 2010

·         Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009, Curricular Innovation – Honorable mention: Pinoleville Pomo Nation - UC Berkeley Partnership for Tribal Energy, Land Use and Sustainability (TELUS)

·         Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009 – IT For Society – Finalist: CARES: Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability

·         Chancellor’s Public Fellow – Berkeley Engaged Scholarship Initiative, UC Berkeley 2009

·         UC Berkeley Dean's Normative Time Fellowship (DNTF), UC Berkeley.

·         Academic Progress Award 2008. UC Berkeley.

·         Graduate Division Summer Grant 2008. UC Berkeley.

·         National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Award, 2008 for project "CARES” – Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability.

·         P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship 2007-8 and 2008-9

·         The Eva Li Fellowship 2007. The Department of Architecture, UC Berkeley.

·         The Gerhard and Gertrude Karplus 2004 award, for best Master Thesis. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Relevant Professional Experience:

2009-Present   CARES – Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability

Co-founder and architecture director.

·         Working with Native American communities in northern California on design and construction of sustainable, culturally sensitive buildings and supporting sustainable systems.

·         Managing and working with two architecture graduates on the architectural design of a sustainable and culturally sensitive prototype houses for the Pinoleville Pomo Nation in Ukiah, California.

2006-Present   University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR):

·         Prof. AlSayyad, Department of Architecture – Digitizing information and web design. For the Traditional Dwelling and Settlements Review as well as other projects.

·         Prof. Agogino, School of Mechanical Engineering – Working on the following projects: CARES: Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability; Native-CARES: Sustainable design research for the Pinoleville Pomo Nation; Sustainability Engineering Research in Saudi Arabia;

·         Digital Design Research Group, headed by Prof. Kalay: Computer modeling for West Oakland Jazz Project; Doing background research for the Sambor Prei Kuk (Cambodia) project as well as creating its website.

·         NanoCity Studio Course’s GSR: Responsible on gathering the reading list for the course as well as administrative work needed for the course, including maintaining the course’s website.

2005-2006       Tushita Meditation Center – Dharamkot Village, H.P. India.

Different design projects as a freelance Architect (now in fund-raising process):

·      Master plan for the whole campus; Retreat accommodation; New main Gompa.

2004-2005       Didi Contractor, Rakar Village, H.P. India.

Ms. Didi Contractor designs and constructs sustainable buildings in Dharamsala area from local materials and with environmental sensitivity.

·      Participating in the construction of a private house built over a year.

2001-2003       The Environmental Simulation Laboratory (ESLab), Porter School for Environmental Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

·      Research assistant. Responsible for the design and creation of a 3D computerized model of Tel-Aviv city and the suburbs, and use it as the base for 3D Schematic Models of Urban Regions and Urban Development used in different research-project.

2000-2001       TheSociety for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI).

Environmental Proficiency Program: sponsoring one student chosen from each major university in Israel, for 1 year, combining theoretical discussions and lectures as well as practical work on an project.

2000                Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

Research assistant:

·      Professor Rivka Oxman: Development of a case-based reasoning system. Analyzing different architectural precedents, categorizing them and their characteristics. Adding the precedents, testing the system and maintaining it.

·      Professor Arza Churchman. Writing literature reviews about social aspects:  "Psychological aspects of high-rise housing" and "Housing quality in Israel and around the world".

1999-2000       I-Scraper.com, Israel. After Sales Department.

A high-tech company which developed a web-based management system to improve communication between all parties in construction projects.

·      Account manager, responsible for the assimilation of the system among the different participants of big construction projects.

·      Assisting the Quality Assurance team and advising the Development Department about new features needed.

1998–1999      SHACHAM- Computerized Engineering and Information Systems LTD, Jerusalem. Authorized Dealers of Autodesk.

·      Product Manager for Autodesk’s Software and incharge of AutoCAD courses in the company.

·      Technology Assimilation Advisor.

1998              Lahav Rigg Architects and Town Planners, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, Israel.

An Architecture firm that combines environmental aspects in their practical planning.

Taking part in different stages of the following projects:

1995                Engineering Department, Netanya City Council, Israel.

Service and Information Department.

Teaching Experience:

Co-Teacher (University of California, Berkeley)

·      ARCH101– Design Studio (Spring 2009)

Graduate Student Instructor (University of California, Berkeley)

·      ARCH110– Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture & Urban Design (Fall 2010, Fall 2011)

·      ED1 – People and Environmental Design (Spring 2008)

·      ARCH132 – Introduction to Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (Fall 2007)

·      ARCH200B – “Fundamentals of Architectural Design” (Spring 2007)

Teacher Assistant (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology):

·      “CAD Systems for Drafting and Modeling in Architectural Design” (2002).

·      “Psychology for Architects”: Compulsory undergraduate course (2002, 2001).

·      “Climate, Energy and Architecture”: Compulsory undergraduate course (2001, 2000).

·      “Computerized Information Systems: Web-based Design”: Graduate course (2001, 2000).

Publications:

Perez, Y. V., & Ben-David, Y. (2012). “Internet as Freedom – Does the Internet Enhance the Freedoms People Enjoy?” Information Technology for Development, 18(4), (in press).

Shelby, R., Perez, Y., and Agogino, A. (2011). “Co-Design Methodology for the Development of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems for Underserved Communities: A Case Study with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation", Proceedings of ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011, August 29-31, 2011, Washington, DC, USA, 2011

Perez, Y. V., & Capeluto, I. G. (2009). Climatic considerations in school building design in the hot-humid climate for reducing energy consumption. Applied Energy, 86(3), 340-348.

Presentations:

Perez, Y. (2011) Global Architects Meet the Place: Bridging the Gap through Information and Communication Technology. Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference, May 25-28, 2011, Chicago Illinois

Cranz, G., G. Lindsay, L. Morhayim, Y. Perez (2011) Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the Dellums Federal Building: User Acceptance of Sustainability Features. Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. May 25-28, 2011.

Perez Y. (2011) Design Workshop Vs. Design Charette – How To Make The Community An Active Part Of The Design Process Proceedings From The Death + Life Of Social Factors: Reexamining Behavioral And Cultural Research In Environmental Design. Berkeley, California. April 29 – May 1, 2011

Schultz T., R. Shelby, Y. Perez, A. Agogino, C. Bayley, T. Liu, D. Rhoads, B.T. Nguyen. (2009). “The Design of Energy- and Water-Efficient Housing with the Pinoleville-Pomo Nation”. Poster Presented at the American Indian Science and Technology Conference.

Agogino A, N. AlSayyad, K. Lau, Y. Perez, T. Schultz, R. Shelby (2009) “Sustainability Engineering Research in Saudi Arabia.”. Poster presented at the ME Advisory Board meeting, UC Berkeley, California (October, 2009).

Agogino A, N. AlSayyad, K. Lau, Y. Perez, T. Schultz, R. Shelby. “Research to Support the Development of a Sustainability Engineering Infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”. (January, 2009). Collaborative Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, California.

Perez Y. "Designing School Buildings to fit Tel-Aviv's Climate" (June, 2003). Paper presented at the Education, Energy and Environment Conference, Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting, Tel-Aviv University.

Perez Y. and Benenson I. (2002) "New Approach to 3D Thematic Mapping", Poster session, EURESCO Conference on Geovisualisation, Albufeira. Portugal.

Perez Y. "Environmental Information in 3 Dimensional Simulations" (December 2001). Paper presented at the Israel Geographical Association Conference. Tel-Aviv.

Oxman R. E. and Perez Y. (2002) “On Winds”, Poster session, Meital Conference on E-Learning, Technion, Israel.

Language Proficiencies:

Hebrew,  French  - Mother tongue;

English - Very good;

Hindi,  Italian – Basic.

General: 

·         Social and Environmental Forum, the Israel Association of theUnited Architects (2002-2003). A group of architects working together in their free time on issues related to environment and community.

·         Israel Eco-Rally. Participant in the 1st Israeli cross country bicycle tour for environmental causes and ecological collaboration between Israelis and Palestinians. (March 2002).

·         Volunteer inETGARIM- "Challenge - Israel outdoor sports and recreation association for the disabled". Riding tandem bicycles with blind people (2002-2003).

·         Mountain Bike, Road Bike, and Triathlon Competitor. Among others: 1^st place in Tel-Aviv Triathlon, July 2003; 1^st place in the Golan Sprint Mountain Bike Competition, June 2001