Department of Environmental Conservation

Lecturer and Assistant Program Director – Building and Construction Technology Program
Faculty member – Architecture+Design Program
Chair – Departmental IT Committee

Tel: +1 (413) 545-1976
Room: 125 Holdsworth Hall

E-mail: schreyerschreyer(at)eco.umass.edu
Website: www.alexschreyer.net
Social Web: LinkedIn - Twitter - Facebook

Calendar: Busy/free calendar

Primary interests

Combining backgrounds in structural engineering, wood science and digital design, Mr. Schreyer’s interests span the entire range of planning and design of buildings and structures. He specializes in the design and construction of mainly heavy-timber type (e.g. glulam) structural systems. This is complemented by a strong interest in computer applications and web-based solutions in structural engineering, construction and architecture.

Mr. Schreyer is Assistant Program Director and Lecturer in the Building and Construction Technology (BCT) program at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) in Amherst, MA. He teaches classes in BIM (Building Information Modeling) and CAD (Computer-Aided Design), building materials and construction methods, wood properties as well as a capstone graduate structural design class in the M.Arch. architecture program.

In his research, Mr. Schreyer focuses on the behavior of wood-based structural systems with a particular interest in innovative connection systems for wooden structures. Other foci are development of software applications for digital design and structural optimization as well as interactive web-based tools.

Current Projects

• Wood-concrete composite structural systems
• Fasteners and connection systems for wood structures
• Structural upgrading of historic buildings
• CAD and BIM applications in architecture and construction
• Structural optimization
• Web applications for research and teaching

Courses Taught

BCT 204 - Construction Materials & Methods (Spring Term)

[ BCT 220 - Introduction to CAD in Construction and Architecture (Fall Term) ]

BCT 304 - Properties of Wood (Fall Term)

BCT 420 – Advanced Topics in CAD (Spring Term)

ECO 697SB – Studies in Building Information Modeling (Spring Term)

ARCH-DES 653 – Tectonics 3 (Fall Term)

Selected Recent Publications

Clouston, P., Schreyer, A. 2011. “Truss plates for use as shear connectors in Laminated Veneer Lumber - concrete composite systems“. Proceedings, 2011 ASCE SEI Structures Congress, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Schreyer, A., Hoque, S. 2009. Interactive 3D Visualization of Building Envelope Systems Using Infrared Thermography and SketchUp. Presentation and paper, Inframation 2009, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Schreyer, A. 2008/2009. CAD Solutions for Wood Design. Presentation, CWC Wood Solutions Fairs, Vancouver, BC and Toronto, ON, Canada

Schreyer, A. 2007. CAD Solutions for Wood Design. Presentation, Wood Structures Symposium, Amherst, MA, USA

Clouston, P., Schreyer, A. 2006. Wood-Concrete Composites: A Structurally Efficient Material Option. Paper, Boston Society of Civil Engineers (BSCE), Civil Engineering Practice

Clouston, P., Bathon, L.A., Schreyer, A. 2005. Shear and Bending Performance of a novel Wood Concrete Composite System. Paper, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Structural Engineering, 131 (9), pp. 1404-1412

Schreyer, A., Lam, F., Prion, H.G.L. 2004. Comparison of Slender Dowel-Type Fasteners for Slotted-in Steel Plate Connections under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading. Paper, Proceedings, World Conference on Timber Engineering 2004, Lahti, Finland

Schreyer, A., Lam, F., Prion, H.G.L., Bathon, L.A., 2001. Strength Capacities and Behaviour of a New Composite Timber-Steel Connector. Paper, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Structural Engineering, 127 (8), pp. 888-893

Schreyer, A. 1999. European Connection Design. Presentation, Part of the seminar “A Chance to Connect”, College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC, Canada