Alumni

Dr. Hao Zheng

Dr. Hao Zheng

 Dr. Hao Zheng PhD ResearcherDr. Hao Zheng currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He graduated from the Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in...

Dr. Salma Mozaffari

Dr. Salma Mozaffari

 Dr. Salma Mozaffari Research AssociateDr. Salma Mozaffari was a research associate at PSL. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Structural Engineering at ETH Zurich and was co-advised by Dr. Akbarzadeh at PSL. Her doctoral research focuses on...

Dr. Hamed Hamidi

Dr. Hamed Hamidi

 Dr. Hamed Hamidi Visiting ScholarHamed Hamidi was a visiting scholar at PSL. Before joining PSL, He has been an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. Hamed obtained his Ph.D. degree in...

Dr. Faisal Mukhtar

Dr. Faisal Mukhtar

 Dr. Faisal Mukhtar Visiting ScholarDr. Faisal Mukhtar is a visiting research scholar at the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and...

Yi Guo

Yi Guo

 Yi Guo Research AssistantYi Guo was a research assistant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. Majoring in Computer Graphics and Game Technology, Yi was graduate student in the Computer and Information Science department at the University of Pennsylvania. His...

Kaixiang Miao

Kaixiang Miao

 Kaixiang Miao Research AssistantKaixiang was a research assistant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory and one of the main contributors of the WebGL-based online Polyhedral Graphic Statics tool at its early stage. Currently he is working at Microsoft Azure as a...

Shuai (Shrek) Shao

Shuai (Shrek) Shao

 Shuai (Shrek) Shao Research AssistantShrek was a master student majoring in Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania. As a research assistant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, Shrek helped set up the first version of the PolyFrame...

Gabrielle Utomo

Gabrielle Utomo

 Gabrielle Utomo Undergraduate Research AssistantGabrielle Lynn Utomo is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. During her time working as a research assistant at Polyhedral Structures...

Dongyun Kim

Dongyun Kim

 Dongyun Kim Research AssistantDongyun Kim was a research assitant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. As an architectural and computational designer, Dongyun explores the connection between technological advancement and architectural design because he believe...

Jingchu Sun

Jingchu Sun

 Jingchu Sun Research AssistantJingchu is a designer with an interest in computational design and spatial data analysis. She holds a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's degree in GIS and Architecture from the...

Hanqing (Amie) Yao

Hanqing (Amie) Yao

 Hanqing (Amie) Yao Research AssistantHanqing (Amie) Yao is an Architectural Designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She worked as a Research Assistant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL). Hanqing holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of...

Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi

Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi

 Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi Research AssistantAli was a graduate student in Master of Science Advanced Architecture Design [MSD-AAD] at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. He received his undergrad degree in architecture from the University of Art Tehran,...

Zehua (Alan) Qi

Zehua (Alan) Qi

 Zehua (Alan) Qi Research AssistantZehua Qi is a designer with an interest in computational design. He received his Master of Architecture degree from the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a part-time research assistant at PSL....

Tian Ouyang

Tian Ouyang

 Tian Ouyang Research AssistantTian Ouyang is a designer and a computational design advocate as well as a total tech nerd. He received his Master of Architecture from the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and ws a part-time research assistant at...

Zach Jones

Zach Jones

 Zach Jones Research AssistantZach is a designer with an interest in computational design. He was a Master of Architecture candidate at the Weitzman School of Design and worked as a part-time research assistant at Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. He holds a...

Yulun Liu

Yulun Liu

 Yulun Liu Research AssistantYulun Liu is an interdisciplinary designer with interest in structural design and spatial efficiency. She was a Master of Architecture candidate at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and a research assistant at...

Chia-Chia (Jasmine) Liu

Chia-Chia (Jasmine) Liu

 Chia-Chia (Jasmine) Liu Research AssistantChia-Chia (Jasmine) is a designer with an interest in computational design on the basis of structural integrities. She was a Master of Architecture candidate at the Weitzman School of Design and worked as a part-time...

Mariana Righi

Mariana Righi

 Mariana Righi Research AssistantMariana Righi is an Argentinian architect involved in the practice, academia, and research. Before joining the PSL, Mariana was a research and teaching assistant at the Autonomous Manufacturing Lab at the University of...

Yiliang Shao

Yiliang Shao

 Yiliang Shao Research AssistantYiliang is an architectural designer currently working for SOM, Chicago. He holds a post-professional Master’s degree from the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. He has a strong interest in computational design,...

Rongxuan (Roxanne) Zhou

Rongxuan (Roxanne) Zhou

 Rongxuan (Roxanne) Zhou Research AssistantRongxuan (Roxanne) Zhou is currently a first-year Master of Architecture student at the Weitzman School of Design. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in...

Liam Lasting

Liam Lasting

 Liam Lasting Research AssistantLiam Lasting is an architectural designer and recent Masters of Architecture graduate from the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. Originally from Southern California, he holds a bachelor’s degree in...