Yongyeon Cho

Assistant Professor, Interior Design

Education

• M.F.A. 2016. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• M.I.A. 2011. Konkuk University, Seoul, S.Korea
• B.E. 2009. Soongsil University, Seoul, S.Korea      

On the Web

https://issuu.com/yongyeoncho
https://archinect.com/yongyeon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yongyeon-cho-a06b9131/

Supporting Files

• Full CV
• CV-Long Format (08/30/22)

Research Interests

• RESEARCH WEBSITES
  • https://works.bepress.com/yongyeon-cho/
  • https://iastate.academia.edu/YCHO
  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yongyeon_Cho
• ​Wellness Design Evaluation Criteria & Tools
• Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction
• Graphic Communication Tools & Technics
• Workplace, Healthcare, Institutional Design

Current Projects

• Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design
• Visual Communication Application Teaching and Learning Strategy
• Wellness Design Evaluation Tool - Healthcare Facility, Workplace 
• User Sensory Analysis - Learning Environments

Current Scholarship

• A Cabin in the Woods, 10/21/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, October 21) A Cabin in the Woods [Presentation Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2022 Midwest Regional Conference, Regional Conference.

• Undergraduate Students' Sensory Experiences in Open Spaces of Higher Education, 10/20/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, October 20) Undergraduate Students' Sensory Experiences in Open Spaces of Higher Education [Presentation Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2022 Midwest Regional Conference, Regional Conference.

• Diversity in Digital Architectural Perspectives Focuses on Human Figures, 10/07/2022

  Cho, Y., Lim, H., Park, H. J. (2022, October 7) Diversity in Digital Architectural Perspectives Focuses on Human Figures [Presentation Session]. 2022 Design Communication Association (DCA), International Conference.

• Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design 2, 07/29/2022

  Cho, Yongyeon. (2022). Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design 2. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Digital Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.2022.125

  This book is for the advanced level of both architecture and interior design students who in-depth knowledge and skills of computer-aided visualization software. The author developed a total of twenty-two chapters to teach practical graphic presentation techniques for architectural presentations. Readers will learn these techniques by following step-by-step tutorials. This book is included multiple exercises for the reader's practice. After completing the tutorial with user practice, the readers can apply comprehensive techniques and knowledge to their design projects.

• Where Are They Now: Team K’s Float and CoPort., 06/22/2022

  An interview with Yongyeon Cho, IDEC, NCIDQ, LEED GA, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, assistant professor of interior design, and Huiwon Lim, assistant professor of graphic design at Penn State University, has been published in “Where Are They Now: Team K’s Float and CoPort” by Emma Weckerling in WorkDesign Magazine.

• Wellness Design Evaluation and its application to Indoor Built Environments (Workplace, Healthcare), 06/15/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, June 15) invited to present “Wellness Design Evaluation and its application to Indoor Built Environments (Workplace, Healthcare)” at Soongsil University Interior Architecture Major Special Lecture, Seoul, South Korea. Online Presentation.

• Iowa State University College of Design’s 2022 Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance, 06/01/2022
• 2022 Scholarship Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Program, 05/16/2022

  Participated in the 2022 Scholarship Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Program, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State University.

• Wellness Design Evaluation Tools and Implication on Indoor Environment, 04/18/2022

  Cho, Y., Lim, H (2022, April 18) invited to present “Wellness Design Evaluation Tools and Implication on Indoor Environment” at the University of Oregon Architecture lecture series, Oregon, United States

• 2022 Foreign Travel Grants, Iowa State University, 04/15/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, April 15). 2022 Foreign Travel Grants, Iowa State University, Awarded $1,800.00 or 75% of the fare (whichever is less), Yongyeon Cho, 04/15/2022, from Des Moines to Seoul, South Korea, June 6-August 6, 2022

• Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Spring 2022 Research Grant, 04/15/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, April 15). Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Spring 2022 Research Grant, Iowa State University, Awarded $4,956.00, Yongyeon Cho, 04/15/2022, Title “Wellness Design Guidelines and tools: Assessing User's Workspace Expectations”

• Introducing Workplace Design Assessment Criteria for Enhancing User's Wellness during the Pandemic, 03/02/2022

  Cho, Y., Lim, H., Park, H. J. (2022, March 2) Introducing Workplace Design Assessment Criteria for Enhancing User's Wellness during the Pandemic [Presentation Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2022 Annual Conference, National Conference.

• Wellness Design Criteria and its Implication on Interior Design, 01/19/2022

  Cho, Y. (2022, January 19) invited to present “Wellness Design Criteria and its Implication on Interior Design” at INTR 380/580 Design for Health + Wellness, Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States.

• Welcome on board kit for a coworking environment, 12/18/2021

  Lim. H., Cho. Y., & Park. H., (2021). Invitation Exhibition works, Online Exhibition, International Conference on Art & Design (ICAD) 2021, Title of work: Welcome on board kit for a coworking environment.

• NCIDQ Certification, 12/07/2021

  Yongyeon Cho, NCIDQ Certificate Number: 37194

• Design Communication Association (DCA) 20/21 Virtual Drawing Exhibit , 10/20/2021

  Cho, Y. (2021) DCA 20/21 Virtual Drawing Exhibit and in-person exhibition held in conjunction with the Design Communication Association International Conference 2021 Oct. 20–23 at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia. International conference, Four works selected. Two of his works (Flatiron building, Temple gate) were included in the Design Drawing/Image Category and two (Tea makers house interior, Tea makers house exterior) were included in the Observational Drawing Category. The jury selected 162 drawings out of 344 submissions for the exhibition.

• Next Work Environment Competition - Listed on the Finalist, Engagement & Culture category, 08/26/2021

  Lim. H., Cho. Y., & Park. H., (2021, August 26) The 2021 Next Work Environment Competition – Listed on the Finalist, Engagement & Culture category, International Competition, https://www.workdesign.com/2021-tnwec-winners-hms-finalists/

• Human-Computer Interaction in Education: Keyword and Discipline Network in 20 Years, 07/08/2021

  Cho Y., Lim H., Park H.J. (2021) Human-Computer Interaction in Education: Keyword and Discipline Network in 20 Years. In: Kurosu M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Methods and Tools. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12762. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78462-1_4 

• Will workers return to re-imagined offices post-pandemic?, 03/14/2021

  Yongyeon Cho, assistant professor of interior design, was interviewed by Christopher Booker for a PBS NewsHour Weekend story, “Will workers return to re-imagined offices post-pandemic?” The interview aired Saturday, March 14, and is available online.

• Uncovering Hidden Dimensions of Lighting Assessment through a Computer Simulation , 03/02/2021

  Kim, D., Cho, Y. (2021, March 2) Uncovering Hidden Dimensions of Lighting Assessment through a Computer Simulation [Presentation Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2021 Annual Conference, National Conference.

• Solo Seating: a design solution for flexible and efficient restaurant seating with safe social distancing, 03/01/2021

  Swenson, Carl., Cho, Y. (2021, March 1) Solo Seating: a design solution for flexible and efficient restaurant seating with safe social distancing [Poster Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2021 Annual Conference, National Conference. The submission was scored as one of the Top Five in Scholarship of Design Research – Practice category

• Human-Centered Design in Interior Design Education Last 20 Years: A Keyword Network Analysis and Visualization, 03/01/2021

  Cho, Y., Lim, H., Park, H. J. (2021, March 1) Human-Centered Design in Interior Design Education Last 20 Years: A Keyword Network Analysis and Visualization [Presentation Session]. Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2021 Annual Conference, National Conference. The submission was scored as one of the Top Five in Scholarship of Design Research – Pedagogy category.

• Tutorials of visual graphic communication programs for interior design, 01/05/2021

  Cho, Yongyeon. (2021). Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Digital Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.2020.60

  This book is for the beginning level of both architecture and interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software. The author developed multiple tutorials to teach three computer graphic applications, AutoCAD, Revit, and Enscape. AutoCAD is an essential computer drafting software which is 2D drawing software. Revit is a Building Information Modeling software, which is 3D based modeling software. Lastly, Enscape is a real-time rendering, animation, and virtual reality plug-in for users' 4D experiences.

  Ancillaries are available in the text's appendix, and a copy of the book is available in Canvas Commons.

• The secret to a vibrant workplace? Good design, 11/16/2020

  Yongyeon Cho, assistant professor of interior design, was interviewed by Fast Company about workplace design strategies for the Nov. 16 article “The secret to a vibrant workplace? Good design.”

• User Experience Research for the Next Decade in Education and Visual Arts, 10/09/2020

  Lim, H., Jeong Park, H., & Cho, Y. (2020, October). User Experience Research for the Next Decade in Education and Visual Arts: Through Analyzing and Visualizing Research Subjects for the Last 20 Years. In Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (pp. 1-2). https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3380851.3416748 

• Next Work Environment Competition - The winner of the three-way tie Interactive Kitchen / Cafe Collaboration Space category, 09/04/2020

  This competition organized by Work Design Magazine. The competition subject was “Given the challenges of COVID-19 and the issues it has created for our health, economy, and work spaces, we are looking for innovative ideas to create safe, productive, and comfortable work environments.⁠"

  https://www.workdesign.com/2020/09/meet-the-winners-team-k-interactive-kitchen-cafe-collaboration-space/ 

• Research in User-Centered Design 2009 to 2018: A Systematic Keyword Network Analysis, 07/10/2020

  Cho Y., Park H.J., Lim H. (2020) Research in User-Centered Design 2009 to 2018: A Systematic Keyword Network Analysis. In: Stephanidis C., Antona M. (eds) HCI International 2020 - Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1224. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-50726-8_2

• Tutorials of visual graphic communication programs for interior design, 05/29/2020

  2020 Miller Open Education Mini-Grant

  https://www.oer.iastate.edu/mini-grant-recipients-archive

• Introducing Undergraduate Students to First-Hand Research: A Tale from the Front Line, 05/14/2020

  Irish, J., Cho, Y. (2020) Introducing Undergraduate Students to First-Hand Research: A Tale from the Front Line, IDEC Exchange: Research-Informed Design: Thirty Years and Beyond, Issue 1, 2020. pp. 19-20.

• Wellness Design Assessment Criteria: Content Analysis of Workplace Design Guidelines , 04/07/2020

  Cho, Y., Park, H. J., Lim, H. (2020, April 4-7). Wellness Design Assessment Criteria: Content Analysis of Workplace Design Guidelines [Poster Session]. EDRA 51, Tempe, AZ, United States.

• Tea, sunlight, wind, and time , 02/17/2020

  Cho, Y. (2020, February 17-20) Tea, sunlight, wind, and time [Poster Session] 2020 ICAD international conference, Hochiminh, Vietnam. Invited Exhibition http://www.ksaforum.or.kr/modules/bbs/index.php?code=exhibition_expert&mode=view&id=134&page=10&___M_ID=28&sfield=&sword=

• Students’ Integrated Sensory Analysis Results: A Case Study of the Main Lobby Area in College Buildings, 02/07/2020

  Cho, Y. (2020, April 4-7). Students’ Integrated Sensory Analysis Results: A Case Study of the Main Lobby Area in College Buildings [Poster Session]. EDRA 51, Tempe, AZ, United States.

• ARTID 367 Interior Design Studio IV – An International Students Community in Iowa, 12/06/2019

  Cho, Y., Irish, J. (2019) Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO) – Curriculum-Based Outreach Grants $1,500 – ARTID 367 Interior Design Studio IV – An International Students Community in Iowa - Awarded

• Coexistence: Design Technology and Human-Centered Interior Design, 04/18/2019

  Cho, Y. (2019) Coexistence: Design Technology and Human-Centered Interior Design, IDEC Exchange: A Forum for Interior Design Education, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 24-25.

• Gwanghwamun, 04/15/2019

  Cho, Y (2019), assistant professor of interior design, has received an Award of Excellence in the observational category of the 34th annual Architecture in Perspective International Architectural Illustration Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, for “Gwanghwamun.” The work will be included in the 34th annual Architecture in Perspective catalog and exhibition, and Cho will be honored Oct. 5 at the Architecture in Perspective Conference in Hollywood.

• Assessment Tool for Users’ Experience in Healthcare Settings, 03/06/2019

  Cho, Y., Song, J. (2019) Assessment Tool for Users’ Experience in Healthcare Settings [Presentation Session] IDEC 2019 Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, United States. https://www.idec.org/files/2019%20IDEC%20Conference%20Proceeding.pdf pp.111-112

  Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2019 Annual Conference – Selected IDEC Top 10 Presenter. National conference

• ARTID 367 Interior Design Studio IV – A Senior Living Community in Iowa, 11/30/2018

  Irish, J., Cho, Y. (2020) Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO) – Curriculum-Based Outreach Grants $1,500 – ARTID 367 Interior Design Studio IV – A Senior Living Community in Iowa - Awarded

• Combat outpost design proposal in Afghanistan, 10/26/2018

  Cho, Y (2018) Combat outpost design proposal in Afghanistan. International Invitation Exhibition works, Korean Institution of Interior Design (KIID), Hanyang University Museum, Seoul, Korea, International exhibition, Invited exhibition