Architecture Alumnus and Expert in Architectural Acoustics to Give Public Lecture

October 17, 2006

Dennis Paoletti, Penn State architecture alumnus and expert in architectural acoustics, will give a free public lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, October 27, in 101 Stuckeman Family Building on the Penn State University Park campus. He will discuss his unique career path, key collaborative projects with architects and technical highlights of his career.

Paoletti, who earned a B.S. in architecture in 1967, is a principal of Shen Milsom & Wilke, a consulting firm that is internationally recognized in the areas of acoustics, audiovisual/multimedia systems, telecommunications/IT technology and security. He founded his own firm, Paoletti Associates, Inc., in 1976 and merged it with Shen Milsom & Wilke in 2000. He works primarily on high-profile architectural projects such as performing arts centers, museums and cathedrals, and is committed to the integration and coordination of technical disciplines with architecture to achieve imaginative and technically successful projects. Some of his projects include the Jewish Museum and the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco; Segerstrom Hall (a precedent-setting architectural and acoustical asymmetrical building design) in Orange County; the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif.; and the Getty Center and Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles.

Paoletti was a gymnast while at Penn State and competed on the 1967 national championship team. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and British Institute of Acoustics, as well as the Society for Marketing Professional Services.

Contact: Lisa Iulo, ldi1@psu.edu