Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, two undergraduate landscape Architecture students, Gabby Nivar and Jennifer Kerr, together with Ball State landscape architecture professor Taylor Metz, delivered an ASLA “STEM Literacy by Design” outreach with the children studying in Acton Academy at Fall Creek at Pendleton, Indiana. The goal of national ASLA’s STEM Literacy by Design program is to host a Story Time,…Read more about Illustrated Children’s Book on Native Plants joined ASLA “STEM Literacy by Design”[Read More]
The 2024 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference was successfully held at St. Louis, MO. Four landscape architecture faculty attended the conference, including Erin Percevault, Sean Rotar, David Barbarash, and Yiwei Huang. The featured presentations are: “Combining Cohorts: A case study of student integration and experiences” presented by Sean Rotar and Dave Barbarash “Simulating Sites: predictive human behavior in proposed designs” presented…Read more about LA Faculty Attend the Annual CELA conference[Read More]
The case study report of the performance evaluation of Carmel Monon Boulevard and Midtown Plaza (by Yiwei Huang’s lab) has been published to the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s award-winning Landscape Performance Series! The study is funded through Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, which offers a unique research collaboration and training program for faculty,…Read more about Dr. Yiwei Huang’s Lab Published Case Study[Read More]
Wanting Zhang (MS student in Huang’s Lab) and Yiwei Huang published an interview piece (with site design horticulture director Mark Jirik) about “Planting Design for Children’s Spaces.” The piece is published on the official American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Professional Practice Networks (PPN) online story website, The Field. ASLA Field was created to give members…Read more about Wanting Zhang and Yiwei Huang Published ASLA Field Article[Read More]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang and three landscape architecture recent graduates and undergraduate students Lauren Chapman, Jackson Kincaid, and Phoenix Jefferson, will be presenting their landscape performance study of Monon Boulevard and Midtown Plaza (Carmel, Indiana) in next week Landscape Architecture Foundation’s education webinar. The webinar on October 10th, titled “Midwest Gems,” will feature teams from The…Read more about Huang and students team presenting at Landscape Architecture Foundation’s national education webinar[Read More]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang‘s coauthored book, Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design, is officially published through Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. A complimentary hard copy is available in the department if anyone would like to read it. Purdue library also has the online access available for eBook version.
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang led an independent study last fall and gathered five landscape architecture students to work on a children’s book that introduces Indiana native plants for K-12 populations. The final product, an illustrated children’s book, accompanying board game, school syllabus, and interactive activities, won a National Honor Award (Communication Category) from the American Society…Read more about Landscape Architecture Team Won National ASLA Honor Award[Read More]
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