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…]
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…]
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…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang has been selected for the third time as one of the faculty Research Fellows of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. This time, Huang will collaborate with DAVID RUBIN Land Collective, and investigate the landscape performances of Grand Junction, Westfield, Indiana. Purdue landscape architecture undergraduate student, Serine Kao, will[Read More…]