In 2015, Dr. Race joined the Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture as Director of University of Houston’s newly created Center for Sustainability and Resiliency (CeSAR). He serves as the College’s representative to University of Houston’s Research Deans Committee, is a UH 2018 50 in 50 Scholar, and a UH Energy Fellow. His sponsored research includes National Science Foundation grants for intelligent transportation systems and community resilience. In Houston, CeSAR has assisted in developing strategies for flood-resilient neighborhoods and energy-positive mixed-use development including the first Habitat for Humanity mixed-use town center in the US. The master plan for Houston Habitat for Humanity Robins Landing Town Center received the 2021 APA Texas Gold Award for Resilience. His net-zero master plan for the 143-acre Ruffino Hills landfill site in Southwest Houston has received a 2022 APA Houston Gold Award for Resilience. Bruce Race is the principal and founder of RACESTUDIO and is responsible for all aspects of project planning, design and delivery. Since founding RACESTUDIO in Berkeley, CA in 1994, his projects have received 33 design and planning awards including national awards from the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, Environmental Protection Agency and Society of College and University Planning. The Long-Range Development Plan for UC Merced received a national 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects Award, and the Owings Award for Environmental Excellence, from the California Architectural Foundation in 2013. The Downtown Plan for Estes Park, Colorado received a Colorado APA Planning Award for Community Resilience in 2018.