Denis Gracanin, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, is co-leading the FutureHAUS bathroom project. Gracanin and professor Joseph Wheeler (Architecture) were part of the team behind the LumenHAUS, which won the International Solar Decathlon competition in Madrid, Spain, and received a 2012 National AIA Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture. They are also partnering with Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology and the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute as they pursue research in integrated technology and new materials for buildings of the future.
