Ying Yu, PhD

Visiting Scholar

Civil and Environment Engineering

Shantou University

China

2019

Ying Yu is Professor in the Civil and Environment Engineering department at Shantou University, China. She got her PhD from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Yu’s teaching and research are in the areas of design of large span structures and deployed structures. She has published over twenty papers in these areas. Her funded projects include the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National key research and development program and so on. As a visiting scholar in the Georgia Institute of Technology at 2019, she worked with Prof. Economou on combining origami with shape grammar, which brings us a new perspective of designing origami structures.

Cvetelina Hill, MS Math, M.Ed, BLA

Research Affiliate

PhD Candidate

School of Mathematics

College of Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

2018–2019

Cvetelina Hill is a PhD student in the School of Mathematics, College of Sciences and Georgia Institute of Technology. Cvetelina’s research interests are in algebraic combinatorics and applied algebraic geometry. She is currently working with Professor Josephine Yu. Cvetelina’s background includes professional experience in landscape architecture and secondary mathematics education. She holds a MS in Mathematics from Georgia Tech, a MAT in Mathematics Education from Georgia state, and a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture from University of Georgia.

Andressa Martinez, BS.Arch, MSc.Arch

Visiting Scholar

School of Architecture

Federal University of Viçosa (DAU-UFV)

Brazil

2018 - 2019

Andressa Martinez is an architect and professor at the Federal University of Viçosa (DAU-UFV), Brazil, teaching in undergraduate and graduate levels (Msc in Architecture). Since 2015 she has been the Director of the Digital Manufacturing Research Laboratory (Nó.Lab). The major focus of her research is digital design processes and fabrication. She has taught at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro a series of Design Studios and courses in Digital Modeling (2009, 2012–2013). In 2007, Andressa was selected for an academic exchange at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, with a scholarship offered by European Union. In 2005, she won an Honorable Mention in the Tomorrow Architect Competition (IAB-RJ). She also won a Second Place in the House 1.0 award (2003), a competition for social housing projects, promoted by ABCP in Brazil. Andressa holds a BS in Architecture and Urbanism and a MSc and DSc in Urbanism from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.