SOLVE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES WITH FRESH DESIGN PERSPECTIVES Are you a community, non-profit, or agency working to solve a community or environmental design problem? Purdue University’s Center for Community & Environmental Design invites you to collaborate with our enthusiastic senior-level Landscape Architecture students. Annually, 15-25 dedicated Purdue Landscape Architecture students participate in an independent design course,[Read More…]
Last week, HLA graduate student Mya Hagerty (Huang Lab) attended the international Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In addition to co-presenting a poster with Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, Mya presented her thesis research as part of the Graduate Student Mentoring Workshop for the second consecutive year. Mya’s thesis, conducted[Read More…]
HLA Graduate Student Mya Hagerty (Huang lab) and Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang presented research at the international Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA) conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada! Two presentations and one poster were presented: Perception Misalignments of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Features within Central Indiana Yiwei Huang, Ph.D., Purdue University, IN and Phoenix Jefferson,[Read More…]
Yiwei Huang‘s co-authored (with Professor Patsy Owens and Professor Jayoung Koo) textbook, Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design, has received the International Environmental Design and Research Association (EDRA) 2025’s Great Place Book Award! The jury commented, “This is a truly comprehensive volume on the consideration of human experience in the landscape[Read More…]
Purdue Agricultural Communications featured a story this week on Landscape Architecture senior Mary Schultz’s capstone project with the College of Veterinary Medicine, creating outdoor spaces designed specifically for animal well-being. Her work considers how animals uniquely experience environments while ensuring functionality for veterinary students and staff. The project demonstrates the valuable intersection of landscape architecture[Read More…]
Yiwei Huang and David Barbarash attended the 2025 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) conference in Portland, Oregon to both serve in their Board of Directors positions and to present novel research. Yiwei served as Regional Director overseeing programs in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin while Dave served as the 2nd Vice President and Chair for[Read More…]
Dr. Yiwei Huang has been honored with Purdue University’s Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award, marking a significant milestone for both Dr. Huang and the entire HLA department. This prestigious recognition represents Purdue’s highest teaching accolade for faculty members in the early stages of their careers. The award acknowledges Dr. Huang’s outstanding teaching abilities and unwavering[Read More…]
Ben Henschen (Landscape Architecture/May 2024) won the Bill Millsap Travel fellowship last spring and presented his work on March 13 in Dallas, TX. “Join the AD EX to hear from 2024 McDermott Travel Fellow Dianna Hodza & The Bill Millsap Travel Fellow Ben Henschen present discoveries from their travels. This event showcases two fellowship-supported research[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, and three practicing professionals, Daniel Overbey (Director of Sustainability of Browning Day), Brett Schlachter (urban designer and landscape architect at Browning Day), and Alan Rosenwinkel (Senior associate at Rundell Ernstberger Associates) spoke about carbon reduction and sustainable site development strategies during a panel discussion at the Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference[Read More…]
The Landscape Architecture program career fair was held on February 7 in the Purdue Union South Ballroom. Alongside 38 alumni representing design firms from 44 firms in 14 different states, students interacted with professional designers and endured over 300 formal interviews for summer internships, year-long co-ops, and post-graduation employment opportunities. Next year’s fair will be[Read More…]







