SustainableUrbanSystemsLab · kastnerp · Oct 28, 2025 · Sep 25, 2025 · Sep 26, 2025 · Sep 26, 2025
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 Photo courtesy of Han-Syun Shih.
 
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+title: Patrick Kastner selected as a Georgia Tech SCoRE Faculty Fellow
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+Patrick Kastner has been selected to join the new cohort of the Community-Engaged Sustainability Research Faculty Fellows Program at Georgia Tech's Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE).
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 The Sustainable Urban Systems Lab, led by [Dr. Patrick Kastner](/team/kastner) at [Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture (SoA)](https://arch.gatech.edu/), focuses on developing innovative tools and methodologies to estimate performance indicators of buildings and cities. Our mission is to empower urban decision-makers with software tools that place sustainability at the forefront of their profession.
 
-We challenge the conventional practice of making performance-related decisions late in the architectural and urban design process---which we believe prevents optimal outcomes. By developing [surrogate models](https://vip-smur.github.io/) that accelerate traditionally time-consuming simulations through machine learning, our goal is to provide real-time, actionable feedback for architects, urban designers, and policymakers. We also explore opportunities for inverse design that allow users to define desired outcomes and work backward to identify optimal urban and architectural solutions.
+We challenge the conventional practice of making performance-related decisions only very late in the architectural and urban design process---which we believe prevents optimal outcomes. By developing [surrogate models](https://vip-smur.github.io/) that accelerate traditionally time-consuming simulations through machine learning, our goal is to provide real-time, actionable feedback for architects, urban designers, and policymakers. We also explore opportunities for inverse design that allow users to define desired outcomes and work backward to identify optimal urban and architectural solutions.
 
-Our software tools engage many urban decision-makers. We address critical urban issues such as [microclimate assessment](https://www.eddy3d.com/) (including thermal comfort and urban heat islands), adaptation to a changing climate (including heat waves), natural ventilation, [mobility and walkability](https://urbano.io/), [urban building energy](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381057691_Towards_auto-calibrated_UBEM_using_readily_available_underutilized_urban_data_A_case_study_for_Ithaca_NY), and district energy decarbonization modeling. We actively contribute to the [MS in Architecture](https://arch.gatech.edu/master-science-architecture) curriculum at the SoA, with a concentration in High Performance Building.
+Our software tools engage many urban decision-makers. We address critical urban issues such as [microclimate assessment](https://www.eddy3d.com/) (including thermal comfort and urban heat islands), adaptation to a changing climate (including heat waves), natural ventilation, [mobility and walkability](https://urbano.io/), [urban building energy](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381057691_Towards_auto-calibrated_UBEM_using_readily_available_underutilized_urban_data_A_case_study_for_Ithaca_NY). We actively contribute to the [MS and PhD in Architecture](https://arch.gatech.edu/master-science-architecture) curriculum at the SoA, with a concentration in High Performance Building.
 
-Our projects integrate sustainability considerations seamlessly into urban decision-making processes, interfacing with industry-leading CAD and GIS software such as Rhino, Revit, QGIS, ArcGIS, and web-based platforms. [More recent projects](https://vip-smur.github.io/projects/25sp/) cover areas like nation-wide walkability assessments, game theory applications in neighborhood dynamics, and the intersection of neuroscience with architecture and urbanism.
+Our projects integrate sustainability considerations seamlessly into urban decision-making processes by interfacing with commonly used CAD and GIS software such as Rhino, Revit, QGIS, ArcGIS, and web-based platforms. [More recent projects](https://vip-smur.github.io/projects/25sp/) cover areas like nation-wide walkability assessments, game theory applications in neighborhood dynamics, and the intersection of neuroscience with architecture and urbanism.
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 ### External to GT
 
 If you are external to GT and would like to join GT to work with me, I would encourage you to either apply for the [M.S. in Architecture](https://arch.gatech.edu/master-science-architecture), the [Ph.D. in Architecture](https://arch.gatech.edu/phd-architecture), or a [Ph.D. Program with ISyE](https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/doctoral#degrees). Please note that admission decisions _are made by committees_—I, personally, _cannot_ admit you to any of our programs. I also _cannot_ assess how competitive your application will be before the deadline, as all applications are evaluated in comparison to the complete applicant pool.
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 In addition to submitting an official GT application, you are welcome to provide me additional information via [this form](https://forms.gle/YGa9cNqTumaREhF16).
 
+We also offer opportunities for exchange students to complete your graduate thesis with us (no funding available at the moment). Please reach out about availabilities.
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 ### Student at GT
 
 If you are a current student at Georgia Tech and would like to join my group, I ask you to complete one semester in my [Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)](/teaching/gt-vip-vyh/) before joining my lab.

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 _Advanced proficiency in Rhino and Grasshopper is essential. Undergraduate students (ARCH 4833, CRN 93969) must have completed Media Modeling 2 (ARCH 2020) before registration. Graduate students without sufficient background must complete additional work at the semester's start or concurrently enroll in Media Modeling 2 to develop necessary skills. Faculty guidance will be provided during orientation._
 
-_Excerpt of student work by [Sabontu Tuse (M.Arch. Georgia Tech Class of 2023)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabontu-tuse-317511120)_.
+_Excerpt of student work by [Sabontu Tuse (M.Arch. Georgia Tech Class of 2023)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabontu-a-tuse-assoc-aia-noma-317511120/)_.
 
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