Jake Elbrecht

Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Building Construction
Auburn University

Jake Elbrecht is a Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Building Construction in the Auburn University McWhorter School of Building Science. His background includes mass timber design-build experience at Auburn University’s Rural Studio, developing a parametric tool to size mass timber elements during a Research Fellowship with EskewDumezRipple, and performing life cycle and cost analyses on conceptual steel-timber hybrid buildings with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. His current research focuses on the design of resilient single-family housing and better understanding how buildings can be designed for disassembly to extend material lifespans.