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Jason Van Nest

Leading 21st C. design practices by organizing offsite construction technologies. Using a lifetime of resaerch about the 21st Century shift from representational habits toward Simulation thinking -- in architecture, construction, manufacturing, & art.


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2023 - present
Chartered, funded, and lead the first U.S. academic research center dedicated to advancing industrialized construction. The Center for Offsite Construction (CfOC) serves as a hub for effective offsite construction practices in North America, encompassing research innovation, standards development, consensus building, and curriculum creation.
2022 - present
Leading the modular manufacturing startup design to usher in an era of Configure-to-Order housing construction -- commercializing technologies developed at the CfOC. Storefront laboratory at 143 Main Street.
2021 - present
Elected for the term-limit maximum of (2) dual-year administrations. Preside at Senate meetings, Executive Committee meetings, serve as a faculty representative to the Board of Trustees, chair the Budget, Finances, and Resource Allocations, etc.