Dr. Danielle Willkens Assoc. AIA, FRSA, LEED AP BD+C is a practicing designer, researcher, and FAA Certified Remote Pilot who serves as an Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Initiative Lead for Just, Resilient, and Informed Communities at the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). She authored The Transatlantic Design Network: Thomas Jefferson, John Soane, and Agents of Architectural Exchange (2024) and Architecture for Teens: A Beginner’s Book for Aspiring Architects (2021). Her teaching and research disciplines include adaptive reuse, historic preservation, digital documentation and visualization, sustainable tourism, American architecture, and Modern Civil Rights Movement heritage. She received research support from the Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation, the International Center for Jefferson Studies, the American Philosophical Society, the American Institute of Architects, the National Park Service, and the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology. She was a Mellon History Teaching Fellow in Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (2021) and a Society of Architectural Historians' H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow (2015). She holds a PhD in architectural history and theory from University College London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, a M.Phil from the University of Cambridge, a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a M.Arch and BS from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Junshan Liu is a full professor at the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn University, Alabama, USA, where he specializes in digital documentation and Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies. He earned his Ph.D. in Architecture
from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, a Master of Building Construction from Auburn University, USA, and holds dual bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering and Technological Economy from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. A globally recognized expert in reality capture, Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM), LiDAR scanning, and related digital technologies, Dr. Liu has developed innovative methodologies and practical guidance that have significantly advanced the field. His extensive body of work includes numerous influential publications on HBIM, reality capture, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), and digital documentation. He actively contributes to the advancement of reality capture technologies in the built environment through his leadership in multiple internationally funded research initiatives across the United States, South America, Europe, and the Middle East.
