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Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Eunhwa Yang is an assistant professor at the School of Building Construction, researching the reciprocal relationship between the built environment and human outcomes across various settings, including workplaces, university campuses, and homes. Eunhwa employs Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, which proposes that human outcomes are constantly influenced by the nested structures of environments. Her contributions include workplace studies, facility operation and maintenance, sustainable building practices and operations, and cognitive aging-in-place. Eunhwa’s work assists individuals such as office workers, university students, and older adults, as well as facility managers/owners, corporate real estate directors, and designers, in identifying optimal spatial design, usage, and operation. She has published 40 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings and teaches graduate-level courses on facility management, environmental issues, health outcomes, and research methodologies. Eunhwa holds an MS in Building Construction and Facility Management from Georgia Tech and a Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design from Cornell University.