Bhavleen KaurTeaching and Research Portfolio

DDes, M.Arch (Mention in Research), B.Arch

Visiting Assistant Prof. , FIU
Sr. Academic Cordinator, DDes (FIU)
Research Group Lead (FIU-RDF Lab)


Bhavleen Kaur is an architect, interdisciplinary researcher, and educator exploring multiplicities of computational design and robotics in architectural education. Her work explores the future of autodidactic learning to address technical and socioeconomic barriers.

She holds a Doctor of Design (DDes) from Florida International University (FIU) and is a visiting assistant professor. She serves as the Research Group Leader for the NSF’sResearch on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) and Augmented Learning for Environmental Robotics (ALERT) programs at the RDF Lab. Bhavleen is a recipient of 2024 FIU- Outstanding Graduate Award, an AAUW International Fellowship’24, the Autodesk ACADIA 2023 BIPOC and ROB|ARCH 2024 scholarships. She holds a postgraduate degree in Scientific Communication from ISEC-Lisbon and a Master’s in Advanced Architecture from ELISAVA-Barcelona. She was an assistant professor of computational design at BSSA, Mumbai between 2015-22 where she taught studios on computational design thinking and digital fabrication. She also co-tutored several exchange workshops between master’s studio in Mumbai and Barcelona at ELISAVA School of Design from 2020 to 2023. Bhavleen also serves as the steering member of DigitalFUTURES International, a volunteer-led platform for architectural education.


CV


EDUCATION
 
2022-24
Doctor of Design

Florida International University (FIU)

2020-21
Postgraduate in Management and Communication of an Applied Design Project
(Mention in Research) Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências (ISEC) Lisboa


2014-15
Master of Advanced Design and Digital Architecture
ELISAVA, Barcelona

2007-12
Bachelor of Architecture
Gujarat University-SVIT, India


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS





 



   
2025-present
Visiting Asst. Professor -SoA
Research Group Lead - RDF Lab
Sr. Academic Cordinator - DDes Program

Florida International University

Summer 2024
Adjunct Lecturer - Design
Florida International University

2022-24
Sr. Research Assistant (Robotics)
FIU-Robotics and Digital Fabrication Lab
NSF- Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL)

2015-22
Assistant Professor of Computation
NMIMS-Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, Mumbai, India
















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