Scholars

overview

Dr. Wei Yan, Professor of Architecture and holder of the Mattia Flabiano III AIA/Page Southerland Design Professorship at Texas A&M University, with interests in the fields of Design Computation and Building Science, specifically Building Information Modeling, Parametric Modeling, Performance Simulation, Visualization, and Optimization.

education and training

Ph.D. in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States)

selected publications

Academic Articles29

Shaghaghian, Z., Burte, H., Song, D., & Yan, W. (2024). An augmented reality application and experiment for understanding and learning spatial transformation matrices. Virtual Reality. 28(1), 12.
Lu, Z., Wang, W., Yan, W., Kew, C. L., Seo, J. H., & Ory, M. (2023). The Application of Fully Immersive Virtual Reality on Reminiscence Interventions for Older Adults: Scoping Review.. JMIR Serious Games. 11, e45539-e45539.
Mohammadgholibeyki, N., Nazari, F., Venkatraj, V., Koliou, M., Yan, W., Dixit, M., & Sideris, P. (2023). A decision-making framework for life-cycle energy and seismic loss assessment of buildings. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering: maintenance, management, life-cycle design and performance. 19(7), 875-889.

SDG 11
Yoo, W., Clayton, M. J., & Yan, W. (2023). ESMUST: EnergyPlus-driven surrogate model for urban surface temperature prediction. 229, 109935-109935.
Yan, W. (2022). Augmented reality instructions for construction toys enabled by accurate model registration and realistic object/hand occlusions.. Virtual Reality. 26(2), 465-478.

Chapters7

Aguilar, S. D., Burte, H., Yasskin, P., Liew, J., Yeh, S., Qian, C., ... Yan, W. (2024). AR-Classroom: Investigating User-App-Interactions to Enhance Usability of AR Technology for Learning Two and Three Dimensional Rotations. Communications in Computer and Information Science. HCI International 2023 Late Breaking Posters. 249-256. Springer Nature.
Aguilar, S. D., Burte, H., Stautler, J., Mondal, S., Qian, C., Monjoree, U., ... Yan, W. (2024). Learning 3D Matrix Algebra Using Virtual and Physical Manipulatives: Qualitative Analysis of the Efficacy of the AR-Classroom. Learning and Collaboration Technologies. 3-16. Springer Nature.
Burte, H., Aguilar, S. D., Stautler, J., Mondal, S., Qian, C., Monjoree, U., ... Yan, W. (2024). Learning 3D Matrix Algebra Using Virtual and Physical Manipulatives: Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data Evaluating the Efficacy of the AR-Classroom. Learning and Collaboration Technologies. 50-64. Springer Nature.
Alhazzaa, K., Dixit, M., & Yan, W. (2023). BIMThermoAR: Visualizing Building Thermal Simulation Using BIM-Based Augmented Reality. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Computer-Aided Architectural Design. INTERCONNECTIONS: Co-computing Beyond Boundaries. 503-517. Springer Nature.
Aguilar, S. D., Burte, H., Shaghaghian, Z., Yasskin, P., Liew, J., & Yan, W. (2023). Enhancing Usability in AR and Non-AR Educational Technology: An Embodied Approach to Geometric Transformations. Learning and Collaboration Technologies. 3-21. Springer Nature.

Conference Papers44

Shaghaghian, Z., Burte, H., Song, D., & Yan, W. (2022). Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality App for Learning Spatial Transformations and their Mathematical Representations. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). 00, 599-600.
Shahsavari, F., Hart, J. D., & Yan, W. (2022). Risk Assessment for Performance Driven Building Design with BIM-Based Parametric Methods. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 1465, 456-472.
Hou, D., Yan, W., Liu, G., & Li, X. (2020). A Multi-Stage Framework for Building Energy Optimization: Key Factors and Prototypes. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA. 16, 2941-2950.
Hou, D., Yan, W., Liu, G., & Han, Z. (2020). Embedding Sensitivity Analysis into PSO for Building Energy Optimization. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA. 16, 2918-2924.
Ashour, Z., & Yan, W. (2020). BIM-Powered Augmented Reality for Advancing Human-Building Interaction. ECAADE 2020: ANTHROPOLOGIC - ARCHITECTURE AND FABRICATION IN THE COGNITIVE AGE, VOL 1. 169-178.