Alexandros Tsamis

Alexandros Tsamis is an Associate Professor with tenure at Renssela Polytechnic Institute's School of Architecture, serving as Graduate Program Director for Built Ecologies MS/Ph.D. programs and Associate Director of CASE (Center for Architecture Science and Ecology).

His academic credentials include:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Design and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Diploma in Architecture with Honors, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Tsamis pioneers research at the intersection of architectural design and environmental systems, defined by the "Effective Distribution of Material, Energy and Information in Space for Socio-Natural Affect." His work advances next-generation composites, climate-responsive cyber-physical energy systems, and computational manufacturing across scales from objects to territories.

His design excellence is internationally recognized through:

• London Architecture Gallery competition first prize
• Gillette Landmark design competition first prize
• Athens Olympics Ephemeral Structures competition first prize

Funding leadership includes Department of Energy grants as Principal and Co-Principal Investigator, yielding three RPI patent applications (two at PCT stage). He has directed graduate programs at MIT, Ohio State University, and Adolfo Ibanez University in Chile while publishing 45+ peer-reviewed works in ASHRAE, IBPSA, and Building Simulation.

Through CASE, Tsamis drives interdisciplinary sustainable architecture research with recent exhibitions at Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale, Tallinn Architecture Biennale, and Chile Biennale.