Research
Research projects:
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2024 - Maui Redevelopment After the 2023 Wildfire
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2024 - US Homeownership
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2024 - Redlining Zones, Land Surface Temperature, Flooding
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2020-2023 Beyond the Early Disruption of COVID-19: Americans’ Travel Adaptations and Their Associations With Social Vulnerability and the Built Environment (Dissertation. Chair: Ruth L. Steiner)
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2020-2022 Longitudinal and Spatial Analysis of Americans’ Travel Distances Following COVID-19
First-place Award in UF DCP’s 2021 Research Symposium -
2021-2023 Immersive Virtual Reality versus 360 Panorama for People’s Visual Evaluation of Geodesign Projects
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2020 Enhancing Resilience of Port St. Joe, FL
Collaborated with city departments in PSJ, incorporating community engagement -
2019 Quantifying Landscape Performance of Depot Park, Gainesville, FL
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2018 Evaluating the Implementation of Master Planning of National Parks in China (Master’s Thesis)
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2015-2018 World Heritage Application to UNESCO: Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
Recognized by UNESCO in 2023 as the world’s first tea-related World Heritage site; collaborated with Chinese central governments and multiple levels of local agencies, with consistent community engagement
Practical projects:
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2021-2023 Signal Four Analytics：Traffic Safety，Crash Mapping Tool Development
Crash documentation system and tool development, used by FL transportation agencies and promoted by USDOT -
2016 Detailed Planning of Fangshan National Park in Zhejiang, China
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2016-2017 Master Planning of Mount Heng (Hengshan) National Park in Shanxi, China - 2016 Revision, 2001-2030
Led by Chinese central governments and Shanxi provincial governments. The plan is in use. -
2015 Historic Preservation and Urban Regeneration Planning of Dingxing Old City in Hebei, China
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2014 Planning & Design of ZOJE Industrial Park Area in Hebei, China
Design project:
- 2015 The regeneration planning of Dingxing Old City in Hebei, China & the conceptual design of the greenbelt surrounding the city.
Bronze Award in China’s Living Enviornment Design Competition, given by Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Education of China.