Dr Mauro Overend
+44(0)1223 332 659
mo318@cam.ac.uk

Dr Mauro Overend is supporting the IVIS 2009 Scientific Committee.

Mauro Overend is a Lecturer in Building Engineering Design at the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University. He leads the Glass & Façade Technology Research Group within the department.

Building envelopes and glass structures are becoming increasingly complex as they are engineered to fulfil a wider range of multi-faceted and often conflicting requirements. The group's research seeks to address some of the major challenges in this field, such as improving energy conservation in buildings, enhancing resistance to extreme events, and increasing the value of complex glass structures and high performance building envelopes.

The overriding principle of building engineering is to provide buildings that are stable, efficient, durable, comfortable and sustainable. The research undertaken by the group ranges from fundamental research to applied research and development in the field of structural glass and façade engineering. The projects may be subdivided into themes:

• Structural and environmental performance of glass assemblies and facades systems
• Integrated design / construction processes for building envelopes
• Development and prototyping of novel components / systems

This inherently cross-disciplinary research draws upon a network of experts in relevant fields and relies on close collaboration with industrial partners.

Prof Ray Ogden
+44(0)1865 483 208
rgogden@brookes.ac.uk

Professor Ray Ogden is chairman of the International Committee for Vacuum and Advanced Insulation.

Since leaving Arup in 1990 Ray Ogden has been responsible for a wide range of research in the area of steel technology.

Ray is presently deputy head of the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, and Assistant Dean responsible for Research in the departments of Architecture, Planning, Real Estate and Construction. He is director of the Corus Colorcoat Centre for the Building Envelope based at Oxford Brookes and leads a high profile research group focused on steel building design.

Ray's research specialisms include areas of building physics including novel insulation systems. Professor Ogden is holder of the SCI chair of Architectural Technology and Corus Chair of the Building Envelope.

Dr Bousmaha Baiche
+44(0)1865 483 279
bbaiche@brookes.ac.uk

Dr Bousmaha Baiche is supporting the IVIS 2009 Scientific Committee.

Bousmaha Baiche is a qualified architect currently working as a research fellow at the Technology Unit of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, and Business Manager within the Department of Architecture.

For over ten years he has been involved in research and consultancy for materials sectors including concrete, masonry and steel, and research in construction.

Bousmaha is secretary to the International Scientific Committee for vacuum and advanced insulation.

Michael Driver
+44(0)207 323 7030
MichaelDriver@brick.org.uk

Michael Driver is directing the organisation of IVIS 2009.

Michael Driver is the Director of the Brick Development Association, based at the Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT. www.brick.org.uk

Michael is an architect by training, with a previous career in teaching, most notably at the Canterbury University School of Architecture.

Ian Abley
+44(0)7947 621 790
abley@audacity.org

Ian Abley is assisting in the organisation of IVIS 2009 by the Brick Development Association, under the directorship of Michael Driver.

Ian Abley is an architect with considerable experience both on site and in the detailing of façade and roof construction.

In 2000 Ian and his wife Kate established www.audacity.org, a research company questioning the assumptions and limitations of the British construction industry and development sector, with an emphasis on housing and population growth.

In 2006 Ian started an Engineering Doctorate at the Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering at Loughborough University, www.lboro.ac.uk/cice/, sponsored by the Modern Masonry Alliance, on www.modernmasonry.org. The theme of the EngD has developed to be "The future for masonry construction in Britain and the role of vacuum insulation technology".

The research has focused on thermal insulation and the buildability of thinner masonry constructions. There is a need for thinner cavity wall constructions with insulants capable of providing high performance for 100 years. The CICE is committed to advanced training and research in engineering and construction management. Ian's principal academic supervisor at the CICE is Dr Jacqui Glass. His industrial supervisors are Martin Clarke of the British Precast Concrete Federation and Michael Driver of the Brick Development Association.

Christopher Kendrick
+44(0)1865 484 286
ckendrick@brookes.ac.uk

Chris Kendrick is a Building Physicist, specializing in low energy building design, with particular interest in passive cooling. He is a mechanical engineer, with an MSc in Energy and the Environment from Cranfield University in the UK. Chris was Senior Research Engineer with the Building Services Research and Information Association, before joining Oxford Brookes School of Architecture where he now heads Building Physics research and consultancy in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD).

He has undertaken many projects in the decade at Oxford Brookes, in the areas of building physics and advanced thermal and simulation modelling. Chris heads the building physics activities within OISD Technology which include a wide range of national and international projects as well as collaboration with government and industry. He is a key figure supporting the steel sector responses to climate change.

Dr Nicholas Walliman
+44(0)1865 483 644
nwalliman@brookes.ac.uk

Dr Nicholas Walliman is supporting the IVIS 2009 Scientific Committee. He is a qualified architect and senior lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, and a research associate in the Technology Group of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development.

After practicing for many years as an architect, he transferred to an academic career. His expertise is in research and consultancy in construction and building materials and teaches research theory and methods at post-graduate level.

Justyna Laszczynska
+44(0)1865 483 644
jlaszczynska@brookes.ac.uk

Justyna Laszczynska is assisting in the organisation of IVIS 2009.

Justyna is a Polish architect who specialises in graphic design, currently working as a research and office assistant at the Technology Unit of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development.

David G Shepard
+44(0)1865 483 402
dshepard@brookes.ac.uk

David G Shepard is assisting with publicity for IVIS 2009.

David designed and maintains the IVIS 2009 website. He is the website administrator for the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University.