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Shanghai, China

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

● NSF2026: EAGER: Designing high-performing novel landscapes to tackle climate change using gamification & crowdsourcing.● Integrated the conversational interactions into a VR digital temple environment, the Temple of Demeter, used Natural Language Processing (NLP) and the Unreal Engine (Blueprints), and created a VR immersive learning experience.● Imported AI-driven avatars (embedded with LLM, Lip-Sync, voice commands, speech-to-text, RPM characters, animations, and AI move interaction packages) into digital temple modeled by point-cloud modeling and designed immersive learning experiences and design frameworks.● Devised a series of experiments designed to evaluate the pedagogical impact and usability evaluation of immersive learning XR on education, using usability testing and heuristic evaluation.● Developed HUD VR and on-screen VR learning experience using 360-degree images and videos based on the Uptale platform (a VR training platform) to develop an XR exploratory learning model that allows students to use HUD VR and on-screen VR to visit the University of Michigan and learn about sustainable environments design.● Investigated the impact of environmental elements in 360 images on user immersion time, utilizing eye tracking and dwell time analysis (heat map).

Stockholm County, Sweden

Shanghai, China

● SI 559: Introduction to AR/VR Application Design (Running AR/VR workshop, teaching Bezi, Unity, Adobe Aero, Unity Vuforia, Google geospatial API, helping students develop over 100AR/VR projects)● Teaching students XR-related user research methods, design principles, and interaction techniques (hand-tracking, eye-tracking, Unity Oculus package)

Athens, Attiki, Greece

● Hiked collects ecological, cultural, and architectural information about Naxos Island and wrote detailed trail descriptions, incorporated all the data into ArcGIS platforms, and made hiking maps for CPF.● Took over 1,000 aerial photos with DJI Mini 3 pro drones to build a digital database for Naxos Island.● Utilized drone photos, iTwin Capture, and NeRF modeling to digitally replicate dozens of temples and churches, which laid the foundation for a 3D database for VR.

United States

● Interviewed 4 targeted users and created 200 affinity notes using Miro to understand the user needs and expectations.● Designed surveys and collected 100+ responses for qualitative analysis.● Conducted comparative analysis and heuristic evaluation to further assess the website's usability.● Presented at the Spring 2023 Depository Library Council Meeting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Master'S Degree, User Centered Agile Development

Master'S Degree, Landscape Architecture

Bachelor'S Degree, Landscape Architecture

Exchange, Landscape Architecture