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Shai Yeshayahu |yƏ'SH-ä-yƏ-hoo|, is the co-founder of VerS +, an international research and design practice responsive to how ancient, emerging, and local knowledge and data informs making. The collaborative has designed, fabricated and mounted several complex installations, curated exhibitions, and completed commissioned architectural projects. Shai holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture Technology (BSAT) from New York Institute of Technology and a MArch from Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture. Before his appointment at SID Shai held an Assistant Professor position and the coordination responsibilities for the development and implementation of an Interdisciplinary Foundation Curriculum at UNLV School of Architecture. Before arriving at UNLV, he held a tenured position at SIUC where he founded and directed the Digital Fabrication Lab, df_Lab, and was leading an initiative to implement a digital culture across the university’s curriculum. The df_lab role was to act as a catalyst for applied interdisciplinary research and immersive learning opportunities in the area of digital fabrication. Its goal was to serve as a conduit between students, design professionals, and community stakeholders. Additionally, the Lab supported curricular components related to real time experimentation and rigorous examination of the logic behind design and making.