Omar Khan Appointed New Head of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture

May 08, 2020 Professor Omar Khan has been appointed head of the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, effective Aug. Khan joins CMU from the Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York. Khan served as UB department chair for seven years, during which time he initiated new graduate programs, developed industry collaborations, and shepherded facility improvements. During his tenure as chair, the department's reputation grew in response to his pedagogical innovations, especially in design-build experiential learning and research-focused graduate education. His efforts also led to the largest increase of sponsored research ever experienced by the department. Khan's research and creative activities span architecture, installation/performance art, and digital design and fabrication. At UB, he co-directed the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST) and was an editor of the Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series.