Associate Professor
Environmental Department
University of Georgia
United States of America
Brian Orland holds degrees in Architecture (Manchester), and in Landscape Architecture (Arizona). He joined the University of Georgia for Fall 2015 as the Rado Family Foundation /UGA Professor in GeoDesign. He has conducted pioneering work in several areas of computer visualization for landscape design and planning including visual simulation, virtual reality and serious games.
Brian Orland current work includes the use of serious games, visualization and mobile devices for data collection and information dissemination in the context of landscape design and planning. Most of his recent work has related to land use change, water resources and energy development in Pennsylvania and the UK but he has also co-led a study abroad program in Tanzania, focused on community design for biodiversity conservation.