Nathan Miller - Experience

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Professional

2012-Present

CASE Design, Inc.
Location: New York, NY
Position: Director of Computational Design
Responsibilities:

  • Computational Design strategy and implementation
  • Business Development
  • Complex Geometry rationalization
  • Software Development

2007-2012

NBBJ
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Position: Associate, Architectural Designer, Lead Computational Designer
Responsibilities:

  • Design Computation, firm wide strategic planning and implementation
  • Design lead on major international commissions and competitions
  • International travel, collaborating with design partners and clients in China

2007

Graft, LLC
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Position: Design Consultant
Responsibilities:

  • Conceptual + schematic design on local and international commissions.
  • Design visualization, diagrams, renderings

2005-2007

Randy Brown Architects
Location: Omaha, NE
Position: Designer, Builder
Responsibilities:

  • Design development
  • Construction and fabrication for custom housing
  • Design-build construction team leader
  • Web development and graphic design

Academic + Teaching

2012

Computer Applications in Design
University of Nebraska Lincoln
A core introductory course for digital technology in architecture, interior design, and landscape design.

Coding Autodesk Vasari
Autodesk University 2012, Las Vegas
A short lecture and introduction to using Python and Visual Programming with Autodesk Vasari.

Python for Revit and Vasari
ACADIA 2012 Conference, hosted at California College of the Arts
A 1-day Python workshop with implementations for Autodesk Revit and Vasari.

2012

UCLA Grasshopper Workshops
University of California, Los Angeles
A 2-part Grasshopper workshop covering basic and advanced topics

Design Computation Workshops
NBBJ Design Computation
Firm-wide workshops focusing on computation methods and tools.

2011

Design Computation Workshops
NBBJ Design Computation
Firm-wide workshops focusing on computation methods and tools.

Advanced Grasshopper Workshops
ACADIA Regional 2011
Workshop focusing on Galapagos and custom VB.NET components.

ARCH 517: Problem Solving using Evolutionary Systems
University of Southern California
A 5-week seminar focusing on theory and applications of evolutionary computing in design. The course focused on the Galapagos evolutionary solver for Grasshopper.

2010

ARCH 517: Performance-Driven Design Using Grasshopper
University of Southern California
A 5-week seminar focusing on parametric modeling with an emphasis on performance criteria for generative design.

Grasshopper Workshop
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A digital design workshop for UNL students.

2007

Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Site + Context Issues, 3rd Year Architecture Studio Adjunct
Teaching Assistant to Professor Jeff Day

Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Understanding Architectural Ideas, 4th Year Architecture Studio Adjunct
Teaching Assistant to Dr. Rumiko Handa

2006

Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Visual Literacy: Analysis+Composition, 1st Year Design Studio
Teaching Assistant to Professor Steven Ginn

2005

Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Visual Literacy: Analysis+Composition, 1st Year Design Studio
Teaching Assistant to Professor Tom Allisma


Education

Graduate

Master of Architecture
University of Nebraska Lincoln
May, 2007

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science in Design
University of Nebraska Lincoln
May, 2005

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