Fernando Lima

Biography

Dr. Fernando Lima is an architect, urban planner, and computational designer with fifteen years of teaching experience in architecture and urban design programs. Prior to joining Belmont in 2022, he served as Postdoctoral Scholar in Design Computing at the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, Penn State University, and as vice-director of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, Head of the Department of Design, Representation, and Technology, Digital Fabrication Lab Coordinator and Professor of Architecture at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, in Brazil.

Dr. Lima has a Ph.D. in Urban Design from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, having attended a one-year doctoral exchange at the Faculty of Architecture - University of Lisbon, Portugal. In 2018, he was awarded the Fulbright | CAPES Foundation Thesis 2018 Honorable Mention for his Ph.D. thesis. Dr. Lima holds a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Fluminense Federal University and a specialist degree in Construction Management from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (2008), where he also graduated Architect and Urbanist (2003). Dr. Lima is a member of the International Executive Committee of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) and a reviewer of several journals in the field of architecture, urban design, and computational design.

 “I am thrilled to be joining the O'More College of Architecture and Design! The College's supportive, mission-driven, and innovation-seeking environment makes me enthusiastic about serving as an architecture educator while addressing technology to explore, develop, and present design ideas that seek to contribute to more resilient, equitable, and beautiful buildings and communities.”