Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ph.D. Università degli studi di Genova
M.Arch. University of Florida
B.A. Middlebury College
Interdisciplinary curriculum development, curriculum design for immersive learning environments, and innovative manufacturing methods & materials.
$4.8 Million in Grant Applications
$1.6 Million in Funded Projects
email: ericpet@hawaii.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-1578-9051
Google Scholar: ericpeterson68
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Construction
10 years as a carpenter and construction supervisor for residential, commercial, and housing projects in the US and Russia, with factory training in wood and steel manufactured buildings.
Fabrication Labs
10 years managing and directing academic fabrication and robotics labs, specializing in pedagogy for alternative educational spaces where Learning by Doing is the primary teaching method.
Classroom
20 years teaching design studios on topics including design fundamentals, site design, housing, civic buildings, furniture design, prototyping, parametric design and robotic fabrication.
Publications
2019: AM for Yacht Design
2020: AM for Marine Manufacturing
2021: Teaching Robotics with VR
2022: Immersive Robotics Learning Games
2022: Evaluating Immersive Learning Tools
2022: Innovations in AM for Marine Vessels
2023: Printing Curved Sandwich Structures
2023: Adaptive Robotics Learning Environments
2023: AR for Environmental Robotics
2023: Performance-Driven VR for Robotics
2024: AI & VR for Inclusive & Adaptive Robotics Training
2024: Towards a New Robotics Training
2024: Creating an Adaptive & Immersive Educational Environment
Studio Monographs
2015: Section City
2016: Post Industrial
2018: Gateway City
2019: Bauhaus 100: WORKSHOP
2023: Green City
2024: UHM 2nd Year Studios
Studio Websites
2016 Architecture in Genoa Program
Exhibitions
2010: Solar Decathlon PerFORM[D]ance
2013: Furniture Design Palletcraft
2014: Sea Level Rise Miami 2100
2015/16: Fabrication Full-Scale Detail
2017: Study Abroad Back From Italy
2019: Curriculum Bauhaus Workshop
2025: Weaving Ulana