Patricia Kio

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Engineering Technology School of Business and Technology
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978.665.3051 Office: Conlon Hall 211
Office Hours
Spring 2024

Mondays 9:30 - 10:45AM
Tuesdays 11:00 - 12:15PM
or by appointment

Background

Ph.D. Architecture Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 2021 
MS Architecture Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria 2010 
B.Tech. Architecture Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria 2003

Circular Economy
Construction Materials
Industrial Symbiosis
Life Cycle Analysis
Renewable Energy Waste
Additive Manufacturing
Virtual Reality
Lean Construction
Internet of Things

1. Symbiotic Circularity in Buildings: An Alternative Path for Valorizing Sheet Metal Waste Stream as Metal Building Facades, (with Ahmed K. Ali, Jorge Alvarado & Yi Wang), Waste and Biomass Valorization Journal (2020)

2. Matrix Trays: From waste to opportunities (with Ahmed K. Ali, Astrid Layton & Jewel Williams), Journal of Cleaner Production (2020)

3. In situ experimental evaluation of a novel modular living wall system for industrial symbiosis (with Ahmed K. Ali), Energy and Buildings Journal (2021)

Member, Editorial Board of Technology | Architecture + Design Journal
Member, International Society for Circular Economy
Member, United States Green Building Council, (LEED Green Associate)
Member, International Society for Construction with Alternatives
Member, Nigerian Institute of Architects 
Member, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria