David Ogoli, Ph.D.

David Mwale Ogoli, Ph.D, teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level themes on building control systems, namely: sustainable & energy-efficiency in buildings, passive solar & active systems, architectural lighting and architectural acoustics. His academic interests were initially developed in East Africa where he taught building science at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to teaching at CBU, Dr. Ogoli has taught at the University of Florida, Judson University, and the University of Nairobi.

He has widely published professional papers in many peer-reviewed journals on the theme of building control systems. During his studies at the University of Cambridge, he interacted with the major authorities on this subject at the Passive and Low Energy Conference held in July 1994 in Israel. They included the late Jeffrey Cook from Arizona and UCLA’s Baruch Givoni, author and developer of the building bio-climatic chart (Psychrometric chart). Dr. Ogoli interacts with leaders in this area including the renowned author and emeritus professor John Reynolds (co-author of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings). He pursues research activities as a support to his primary responsibility of teaching.

Alongside his teaching and research activities, Dr. Ogoli engages in professional practice. He holds an active professional license as a registered architect in Kenya where there are many projects he previously designed and/or participated in. They included a wide diversity: religious, commercial, institutional and residential. He is an Associate member of the American Institute of Architects, and a full member of the Society of Building Science Educators and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers.

Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education
Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya
1981

Environmental Technology (Sustainable Design)
Active and passive heating and cooling systems for buildings
Daylighting in architecture
Architectural Acoustics
Life-safety systems
Computer-aided modelling and simulation

Sustainable design
Building control systems
Evidence-based research in thermal comfort, energy-efficiency and climate for building design
Building information modeling

Judson University
Cornell University (Visiting Critic)
University of Florida (External Scholar)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Visiting Professor)
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Lecturer in Building Control Systems & Design Studio)
University of Nairobi (Adjunct Instructor)

Architectural Research Centers Consortium
Society of Building Science Educators
Building Technology Educators' Society
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and IESLA (Los Angeles Chapter)
Passive and Low-Energy Architecture
American Solar Energy Society (ASES)

Kingdom Interdenominational Community Church in San Bernardino, CA
Global Outreach Missions (Kenya, etc.)
Friends Church (Quakers) in Vihiga, Kenya

Currently being considered for Director, American Institute of Architects Inland Empire (AIAIC)
Past Board Member/Director, American Institute of Architects North-east Illinois (AIA NEI)

Golf (handicap index 5.2)
Track and Field
Architectural study tours across Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and UK)
Appropriate and affordable architecture for East and Central Africa
Gospel outreach missions
Iris, Roy na Sharon

Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith (Hebrews 12:2)
Aim Higher: Architecture that is energy-efficient, sustainable and climatically responsive for the comfort of occupants