Alex Nathanson
Founder And Lead Designer at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Nathanson is a designer-technologist and educator who has spent the past decade shaping the intersection of art, renewable energy, and hands-on learning. As founder and lead designer of Energy Transition Design and creator of Solar Power for Artists, he translates technical solar systems into accessible, creative projects for artists, institutions, and communities. He teaches creative coding and thesis supervision at NYU Tandon while publishing scholarship and practice—his book A History of Solar Power Art and Design bridges art history and applied sustainability. With a background in multimedia engineering at the Guggenheim and a NABCEP Photovoltaic Associate credential, he blends fabrication, programming, and site-specific installation skillfully. Rare among designers, he pairs deep practical experience installing off-grid PV systems with academic research toward built ecologies, currently pursuing a PhD at Rensselaer.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Integrated Design and Media, Master of Science - MS, Integrated Design and Media at NYU Tandon School of EngineeringBachelor of Arts - BA, Photography, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Photography at Bard College at Simon's RockDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Architectural Science - Built Ecologies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Architectural Science - Built Ecologies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (37)
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controller9
tracer8
music-generation7
typescript7
music7
python7
github6
git6
github-desktop6
electron6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alexnathanson/solarserver
Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:146 commits, 145 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
communityvirtualpowerplant/demandResponse_UX_research
Jul 2025 - Sep 2025
Contributions:325 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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