University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Architecture Professor has been selected for a award to Vietnam by the presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board. He will undertake teaching and research at Danang University of Science and Technology (DUT) in Danang, Vietnam, during the 2017–2018 academic year.
Rockwood will collaborate with DUT architecture and civil engineering students and lecturers. The research will follow up on Rockwood’s Fulbright specialist award in 2014 that focused on the examination of existing Vietnamese housing stock, and on evolution of new techniques for constructing affordable and sustainable housing in the country.
This year, Rockwood and his Vietnamese colleagues will design, build and test wall assemblies for public housing with the goal of lowering cost and decreasing heat transfer.
“I’m honored to have been selected as a Fulbright Scholar, and am excited to work with DUT colleagues in Vietnam during the next academic year,” he said. “Vietnam is experiencing rapid economic growth and, as a result, millions of people are moving from rural to urban areas to seek employment. Our research on housing construction seeks to improve living conditions for urban immigrants and to protect the natural environment through sustainable design practices.”