Kristen Kurland

Kristen Kurland

Teaching Professor
MMCH 415 (IW)
412.268.4512
Kristen Kurland

Kristen Kurland is a Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and a Teaching Professor of Architecture, Information Systems And Public Policy at CMU’s Heinz College. She holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering, is Past President of CMU’s Andrew Carnegie Society and served on CMU’s Board of Trustees.

Kristen’s research focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations in health, the built environment, spatial analysis and data visualization. She works closely with CMU colleagues and students on health, urban design, economic development, sustainability, big data and “smart and healthy cities” issues. She actively collaborates with the City of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, and many non-profit organizations in Pittsburgh and worldwide.

Her teaching at CMU includes building information modeling (BIM), computer aided design (CAD), 3D visualization, computer aided facility management (CAFM), and geographic information systems (GIS). At Heinz College, she also teaches infrastructure management to executive physicians in the Master of Medical Management (MMM) program and is a faculty advisor for Heinz College Health Care Management students and projects. She has a strong interest in distance education and has been teaching through this medium since 1999. Her distance courses are taught in the Heinz College MMM, Master of Science of Information Technology (MSIT), and Adelaide Australia programs.

In addition to her full-time faculty position at CMU, Kristen is the president of Computer Technical Services, a local consulting firm that has implemented computer technology programs in numerous organizations. Her clients include architects, engineers, hospitals, universities and corporations, as well as local, state and federal governments.

Kristen is also the co-author of a series of best-selling GIS workbooks for Esri, Inc.