He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia. After publishing several articles in his doctoral research area, mathematical physics, he is now studying the relationships between architecture and mathematics. He has designed and taught a course entitled Math in Architecture at Sweet Briar. He published an article on THE MATHEMATICS OF PALLADIO'S VILLAS in the NNJ. He is presenting a paper entitled "Architecture and Mathematics Before the Quattrocento: A Context for Understanding Renaissance Architecture" at the Nexus 2000 conference.