As a Senior Research Architect at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois and as an Assistant Professor in the UIUC School of Architecture, Brian has been a primary creative force in developing the LEAM project. His research projects include LEAM applications to the Tri Counties of Peoria, Illinois in collaboration with the State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the development of a dynamic decision support system for sustainable military communities through the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).

Brian received a B.S. in Architectural Studies and his Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed his Ph.D. in 2002. Brian holds Architect licenses in Illinois and Wisconsin. As a UIUC faculty member, Brian teaches courses in the School of Architecture (Senior Architectural Design Studio and Special Projects).

He is a member of the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Technical committee, the Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council, the City of Champaign's Neighborhood Task Force Committee and is a proposal reviewer for the National Homebuilder Press.

Publications

Deal, Brian and D. Fournier, Ecological Urban Dynamics and Spatial Modeling, in the proceedings of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Summer Study on Efficiency and Sustainability,  Monterey, CA; 2000

Deal, Brian, C. Farrello, M. Lancaster, T. Kompare, and B. Hannon, A Dynamic Model of the Spatial Spread of an Infectious Disease, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 5, pp. 47-62; 2000

Deal, Brian, Ecological Urban Dynamics:  the Convergence Spatial Modeling and Sustainability, The Journal of Building Research and Information, Vol. 29, No. 5; Sept-Oct. 2001

Deal, Brian, W. Goran, and D. Timlin, A Spatial Modeling Approach to Address Urban Growth Threat to Military Training, Joint Forces Quarterly; 2001

Deal, Brian, D. Fournier, and D. Timlin; An Assessment of Encroachment Mitigation Techniques for Army Lands, Engineering Research and Development Center [CERL] (TR submitted)

Deal, Brian, The Military Land use Evolution and impact Assessment Model (LEAM), Engineer Research and Development Center [CERL], Champaign, IL, Technical Note TN-01-2

Deal, Brian, M. Diane, M. Timlin, and William D. Goran, Urban Encroachment of Military Lands:  Military Installations at Risk, Engineer Research and Development Center [CERL], ERDC/CERL TR-02-3

Deal, Brian and D. Fournier, Building Codes, Energy, and the Environment:  How Model Building Codes Affect Sustainability, Engineering Research and Development Center; 2000, TR 00/03

Deal, Brian, W. Rose and S. Riley, The Commissioning of Humidified Buildings, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories; 1998, TR 98/03

Presentations and Invited Lectures

Ecological Urban Dynamics keynote speaker at Sustainable Building 2000, Maastricht, NL;  2000

Architecture and Sustainable Design, featured speaker - American Licensed Architects Forum; 2001

The Land use Evolution and impact Assessment Model (LEAM), invited speaker at The USEPA Region V Watershed Modeling Workshop; 2002

The Land use Evolution and impact Assessment Model (LEAM), featured speaker at The State of Illinois Growth Task Force Committee Meeting; 2002

Ecological Sustainability and the Urban Dynamics:  A Disaggregated Modeling Approach to Sustainable Design with V. George; presented at Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Honolulu, HA; July 2001

Urban Dynamics and Sustainability:  an Ecological Approach presented at the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference; November 2001

Evolving Urban Dynamics:  the Landuse Evolution and Impact Assessment Model presented at: Planning Matters, a workshop of the Illinois Planning and Zoning Institute; March 2002

The Military Land use Evolution and impact Assessment Model presented at the Federal Planning Division of the American Planning Association Conference, Chicago, IL; April 2002

Professional and University Service  

Appointed to the Committee for a Sustainable Campus Environment, University of Illinois; 2001

Appointed to the Sustainable Livings Systems, Inc., Board of Directors; 2001

Appointed to the LEED 3.0 Coordinating Committee by the US Green Building Council; March 2001

Appointed to the State of Illinois Capitol Development Board Green Building Advisory Group; 2002

Appointed to the Housing Source Selection and Evaluation Board at the US Military Academy at West Point