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Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Wei Yan had participated in
research projects as a graduate student researcher in the Department of Architecture and
the Computer
Science
Division at
UC Berkeley, and
the Building Technologies Department at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory.
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.
Funded projects/Grants
PI, High Dynamic Range Imaging for Preserving the Chromaticity Information of Architectural Heritage, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant, $30,000. Grant Period: 2007-2009.
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.
PI, High Dynamic Range Imaging for Preserving the Chromaticity Information of Architectural Heritage, College Research and Interdisciplinary Council (CRIC) Grant, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, $8,000. Grant Period: 2007.
IEEF Competitive Grant – “Game Development Course For College Of Architecture”, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, $2,120. Grant Period: 2007.
Grant for Membership of Autodesk Developer Network (ADN). 2008, 2009, and 2010.
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 Rajan, P. “Towards Digitizing Colours Of Architectural
Heritage”, Proceedings
of The Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia (VSMM) '08: Dedicated
to Digital Heritage, October 20 - 25th, 2008,
Limassol, Cyprus.
Yan, W. “Environment-Behavior Simulation: from CAD to
BIM and Beyond”, Proceedings of The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
(ACADIA) 2008, Minneapolis, MN.
Graf, R. and Yan, W. "Automatic Walkthrough Utilizing Building
Information Modeling to Facilitate Architectural Visualization", Proceedings
of Conference of Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural
Design in Europe (eCAADe) 2008, Antwerp Belgium.
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 He, W. “Interpreting Architectural Space through Camera
Movement”, in Proceedings of Computer-Aided Architectural Design
Futures (CAAD Futures) 2007, Sydney, Australia.
Yan, W. "Design Thinking Visualization", in the Proceedings
of Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2007,
April 19-22, 2007, Nanjing, China.
Yan, W. "Integrating Video Tracking and Virtual Reality
in Environmental Behavior Study", in the Proceeding
of The ACADIA (The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture)
2006 International Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, October 12-15,
2006.
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. "Integrating Web 2D and 3D Technologies
for Architectural Visualization: Applications of SVG and X3D/VRML in
Environmental Behavior Simulation", in the Proceeding of the
Eleventh International Conference on 3D Web Technology , Web3D
2006, Columbia, Maryland, USA, April 18-21, 2006. ACM Press. Image
selected for Proceedings book cover. |
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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 Kalay, Y.E. "Simulating
Human Behavior in Built Environments", CAAD Futures 2005,
Vienna , Austria.
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.
Software development/Releases
Integrated Building Information Modeling and Game (BIM-Game) for Architecture Visualization (NEW! Flash videos and free software for students!)
Dissertation and theses
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.
1999 - Thesis for Nachdiplomstudium (Postgraduate Studies) in Architecture
and Computer-Aided Architectural Design, "Navigation in Virtual
Architectural Space", Chair of Architecture and Computer-Aided Architectureal Design (Prof. Gerhard
Schmitt and Prof. Maia Engeli), Faculty of Architecture, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). Supervisors: Prof. Maia Engeli and Prof. Leandro Madrazo.
(Score: 6/6)
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)
2. Video tracking of people walking in the plaza (avi, 12.4MB)
3. Simulation of people in the plaza (avi, 1.95MB)
4. Simulation of people in a plaza without a fountain (avi, 3.63MB)
5. Simulation of people using detailed models (avi, 20.0MB)
6. BIM-Game (Building Information Modeling with Gaming)
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