October 2015, Kansas City, MO, Association for
Preservation Technology, "Oolitic stone use and restoration in the Manti
Temple"
June 2015, Provo UT, “The Development of the St. George Temple Plan,”
Mormon History Association.
June 2014, San Antonio TX, “Masonic Architecture and Design Sources for
Early Mormon Temples,” Mormon History Association.
September 2013, Torino, Italy, Advanced Infrared Technologies and
Applications--12, “The Application of Infrared Imaging to Conditions
Assessments of Guastavino Vaulting.”
October 2012, Charleston SC, Association for Preservation Technology,
“Restoration + 30 years: A Reinvestigation of the Salt Lake City
& County Building Stone Deterioration.”
November 2012, Cambridge MA, Construction History Society of America,
“From Bridge to Tabernacle: Town Lattice Trusses in the Rocky Mountains
1861-67.”
April, 2001, Toronto, Canada, Society of Architectural Historians Annual
Meeting, “The World’s Tallest Concrete Skyscraper: Modernity, Setbacks and
Technological Innovation in the Kavanaugh Building, Buenos Aires.”
April 1997, Baltimore, Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting,
“Engineering Analysis and It’s Applicability to Historical Inquiry.”
April 1996, St. Louis, Missouri. Society of Architectural Historians
Annual Meeting. “Aspects of Long Span Roman Truss Design.”
October 1996, Case Western Reserve University, Western Reserve
Symposium, “Heavenly Aspirations and Earthly Realities: Three Religious
Utopias in the Western Reserve.”
April 1996, St. Louis, Missouri. Society of Architectural Historians
Annual Meeting. “Aspects of Long Span Roman Truss Design.”
August 1994, Karlovy-Vary, Czech Republic. International Conference on
Interdisciplinary Research and the 2nd Orwellian Symposium, sponsored by
The International Institute for Advanced Studies and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, “The Potential of
Electronic Journals in Architecture: Kent State University’s Architronic.”
April 1993, Charleston, South Carolina. Society of Architectural
Historians Annual Meeting. “Structural Analysis and the Study of
Vernacular Buildings: The Mormon Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.”
July 1991, Oxford, England. ACSP/AEOSP Joint International
Conference on Planning. “A British Proposal for North American
Development: Granville Sharp’s Plan for Town and Township.”
May 1991, Seville, Spain. STREMA 91 (Structural Studies, Repair, and
Maintenance of Historic Structures, sponsored by the Computational
Mechanics Institute). “The Development of Early American Skyscraper
Frames.”
April 1991, Cincinnati, Ohio. Society of Architectural Historians
Annual Meeting. “ Vernacular Building Tradition and the Mormon
Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.” (co-authored with Priscilla Graham).
March 1990, Boston, Mass. Society of Architectural Historians Annual
Meeting. “American Skyscrapers and the Calculation of the Steel
Frame.”
February 1990, Los Angeles, Calif. Association of the Collegiate
Schools of Architecture Technology Conference. “Calculation of Early
Skyscraper Frames.”
September 1989, Chicago, Ill. Association for Preservation
Technology Seminar. “The Technological Development of the
High-Rise.”
April 1989, Montreal, Quebec. Society of Architectural Historian’s
Convention. “Theory and Practice in the Architecture of Andrea
Palladio.”
April 1989, Florence, Italy. STREMA 89 (Structural Studies, Repair,
and Maintenance of Historic Structures, sponsored by the Computational
Mechanics Institute), “St. Peter’s Dome: The Structural and Aesthetic
Contribution of Giacomo Della Porta.”