Kari Luise

About Kari Luise

A results-oriented and acclaimed architectural engineering educator, engineer, and architect with experience in education, international project management, engineering/architectural design, and leadership roles. Instructed, mentored and inspired students to successful careers in engineering and architecture both in the United States and Germany. Coordinated and managed district/administration/staff to achieve academic accreditation. Coordinated successful turn-key construction and building supply operations originating in North America with distribution networks across Europe. Expertise in leading teams to improve performance, grow organization loyalty, and forge partnerships with internal and external partners. Specialized in client/student-centric development leading to quality professional demands focusing on project, career and soft-skill mastery. Extensive experience in engineering design process and personal team strategy development.

Experience

1. Instructor Introduction to Architecture Southington High School

   Southington Public School

   Sep 2013 — Present · Southington, CT, US

   Students are introduced to the world of design and architecture, its concepts, theory, language, practice, and ethics, and to associated and related fields (such as interior, landscape, graphic, and industrial design, to planning, construction, and development). It also introduces them to the world of the architectural student and intern and to management of the demands it will make of them. Students will learn to raise their powers of observation and design awareness, and increase their sensitivity toward the quality of the designed environment, develop the student\'s visual thinking and communication skills and to introduce systems of architectural representation in various media. Students will develop the ability to represent three-dimensional artifacts and buildings in two dimensions (plan, section, and elevation) and in three dimensions (paraline drawings and perspectives). Representation systems to be investigated will include analog modes (hand drafting, hand drawing, and physical modeling) as well as digital modes (two- and three-dimensional computer graphics) with Autodesk - AutoCAD.

Education

• Senatsverwaltung fuer Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur - Berlin

  Dipl. - Ing./USA Bachelor in Engineering, Architecture

  1994 — 1994

• University of Calgary

  Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

  1981 — 1986

• University of Calgary

  Masters of Environmental Design, Architecture

  1986 — 1993