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Wei Yan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Email: wyan 'at' tamu.edu
Teaching Architecture and Visualization Science/Computer Science (cross-listed) courses taught at Texas A&M University: ENDS 489 - Special Topics in Game Prototypes Graduate courses VIZA 627 - Computer Graphics Production Studio (with Dr. Fred Parke and Reel
FX Creative Studio) ARCH689/ARCH489 Special Topics in Building Information Modeling Awards and recognition Best Paper Prize - Yan, W. and Kalay, Y.E. “Geometric, Cognitive, and Behavioral Modeling of Environmental Users”, in Design Computing and Cognition '06, Ed. Gero, J., Springer; The Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'06), Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, 10-12 July 2006. Certificate of Science and Technology Achievement - Shen, T., Ma, J., Wang, L., Yuan, J., Meng, T., Yan, F., Ni, M., Wang, J., Yan, W., “Lighting Visualization and Measurement System”, issued by Municipal Science and Technology Commission of Tianjin, China, April 1999. Refereed publications Zhao, H., Zhang, H., Szilard, R., and Yan, W. "Use of Ice Thermal Storage Systems to Address LWR Cooling Issues", American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting “Advancing Nuclear Technology for a Greater Tomorrow”, 2009. American Nuclear Society Transactions, Vol. 100. Rajan, P and Yan, W. “Cast Shadow Removal Using Time and Exposure Varying Images”, Proceedings
of The 7th International Conference for Advances in Pattern Recognition (ICAPR), Kolkata, India. 2009. Yan, W. and Liu, G. “BIMGame: A New Way to Enhance Sustainable Design and Education”, Chinese translation: Chuanfei Yu, in journal of New Architecture, 03/2008, Vol.118, Special Issue in Digital Architecture, pp 28-31. ISSN 1000-3959 CN 42-1155/TU, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2008. Yan, W. and Liu, G. “BIMGame:
Integrating Building Information Modeling and Games to Enhance Sustainable
Design and Education”,
in the Proceedings of Conference of Education and Research in Computer
Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) 2007, Frankford, Germany. Yan, W. and Kalay, Y.E. "A Usability-Based Building Model for Environmental Behavior Simulation", in the Proceeding of the Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2006) , Volos , Greece , September 6-9, 2006. Yan, W. and Kalay, Y.E. "Geometric,
Cognitive, and Behavioral Modeling of Environmental Users",
in Design Computing and Cognition 2006 by Springer, for the
Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'06), 10-12
July 2006, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. Best
Paper Prize. Yan, W. "Balancing Freedom and Control for Walkthrough in Virtual Architecture: A Smart and Comprehensive Navigation System", in the Proceeding of Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Asia (CAADIA) 2006 , March 31-April 2, 2006, Kumamoto , Japan . Yan, W. and Forsyth, D. "Learning
the Behavior of Users in a Public Space through Video Tracking",
in Proceedings
of IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) , 2005,
Breckenridge Colorado. Yan, W. and Forsyth, D. "People Tracking in a Public Space: A Novel Application of Computer Vision in Evaluating Architectural Design", poster, CAAD Futures 2005 , Vienna , Austria. Yan, W. and Kalay, Y.E. "Simulating the Behavior
of Users in Built Environments", in Journal of Architectural
and Planning Research (JAPR) 21:4, winter 2004. Locke Science Publishing
Company, Inc. 2005 - Dissertation for Ph.D. in Architecture, "Simulating the Behavior of Users in Built Environments ", Department of Architecture, University of California , Berkeley . Supervisor: Prof. Yehuda Kalay. Committee Members: Prof. Galen Cranz (Architecture), Prof. Jitendra Malik (Computer Science), Prof. Jean-Pierre Protzen (Architecture), Prof. Peter Bosselman (Architecture and Urban Planning). 2004 - Project Report for M.S. in Computer Science, "Learning the Behavior of Users in a Public Space through Video Tracking" , Computer
Science Division, University of California , Berkeley. Supervisor: Prof.
David Forsyth. Committee Member: Prof. Jitendra Malik. Selected course and thesis projects at ETH: 1996 - Thesis for M.E. in Architectural Science and Technology, "Lighting CAD and Visualization", Department of Architecture, Tianjin University, China. Supervisor: Prof. Tianxing Shen. Video demos of tracking and simulation of environmental users (avi format) 1. Video tracking of people sitting by a fountain at a UC Berkeley campus plaza (avi, 11.3MB) 3. Simulation of people in the plaza (avi, 1.95MB) 6. BIM-Game (Building Information Modeling with Gaming) (NEW! Flash videos and free software for students!) Grants Co-PI (and PI on subcontract), Use of Ice Thermal Storage Systems to Improve LWR Plant Efficiency and Relieve the Cooling Water Requirement, with Zhao, H. (PI) and Zhang, H. (Co-PI). U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Grant, Idaho National Laboratory, $200,000. (Subcontract: Design and Analysis of Ice Thermal Storage Buildings Using Building Information Modeling, 30%). Grant Period: 2009. Co-PI, Development of a Reference Building Information Model (BIM) for Thermal Model Compliance Testing, with Clayton, M. (PI) and Haberl, J. (Co-PI). The American Society Of Heating, Refrigerating, And Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), $175,311. Grant Period: 2009-2011. PI, Integrating Video Tracking and Virtual Reality in Environmental Behavior Study: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities, Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University, $10,000. Grant Period: 2006-2007. Grant for Membership of Autodesk Developer Network (ADN). 2008 and 2009. Professional activitiesMember: Local Arrangement Chair and Session Moderator:
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