IMAN AFGHANI
Seeking full-time architectural position at a design firm that values creativity, sustainability, and innovation.
EDUCATION
AUG 2021 - MAY 2025
BSc IN ARCHITECTURE
University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX
Merit-Based Scholarship Recipent
AUG 2016 - MAY 2021
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Reedy High School - Frisco, TX
Career & Technical Education Center
4 years of architecture classes
EXPERTISE
||| PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• AutoCAD
• Adobe Suite
• Microsoft Office
• Rhino
• Lumion
• Revit
• Enscape
• Bluebeam
||| UNIVERSITY INVOLVMENT
• Member of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
• Assistant Director of College of Architecture Mentorship Program (CAMP)
• Presented at the national conference for the Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association (CIVSA) as a representative of UT Arlington
||| PORTFOLIO
linkedin.com/in/imanafghani/
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
E: imanafghani21@gmail.com
Frisco, TX, United States
Highly motivated, creative, and hard-working architecture student at the University of Texas at Arlington with a strong foundation in design principles. Eager to change lives for the better through architecture by contributing innovative and sustainable ideas to a design team while actively learning from experienced professionals on real-world projects. Passionate about all cross-sections of art, architecture, urban design, and sociology.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SUMMER 2024
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN
Method Architecture - Dallas, TX
• Worked alongside project teams using Revit, AutoCAD, and 3D rendering/visualization software to help space plan and design projects.
• Involved with a variety of clients and projects.
• Gained experience through site visits, IBC application, schematic design, design development, and construction documents project phases, and attending business development events.
• Firm specializing in tenant interiors and ground-up projects encompassing public, corporate, industrial, breweries/distilleries, and retail.
Dan Dipert University Welcome Center - Arlington, TX
• Member of leadership team at the UTA campus welcome center with a position in communications development.
• Designed various branding materials for the team for external and internal use.
• Gained experience in graphic design using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Managed welcome center staff, overseeing daily events and procedures.
• Served as a representative of the University of Texas at Arlington.
JUNE 2022
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN - Internship Bootcamp
Stantec - Plano, TX
Worked as part of a team to design a portable event shipping container for the city of Garland, TX in association with the non-profit Better Block Foundation.
• Developed schematic design plans and models, using AutoCAD, Rhino, and Enscape.
• Produced a physical 3D model to assist with the design presentation.
• Pitched concept to client (Better Block representatives) in presentation format describing the benefits of our design.
ACHIEVEMENTS
TRAILBLAZER TOUR GUIDE - Communications Captain THE COLLEGE TOUR SHOW
• Received great feedback from the client who expressed interest in using various elements of our proposal.
Featured in a University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture segment on an Amazon Prime award-winning TV show. https://www.thecollegetour.com/segment/architectural-expertise/
ACE MENTOR PROGRAM & GENSLER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPENT
FEB 2023 - PRESENT | 2023 | 2020
Participated in an architecture, construction, and engineering focused program and recieved a scholarship from the program, as well as one from the architecture firm Gensler.
