Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Ajou University, 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Ajou University, 2018
Master of Science in Urban Design, 2019

Keywords

Behavior, Agent-Based Simulation, Spatial Cognition, Heuristics, Space Syntax

Biography

Yeinn Oh is a Ph.D. student in Architecture at the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech. She obtained her Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Psychology degrees from Ajou University in South Korea and completed her M.S. in Urban Design at Georgia Tech. Yeinn is passionate about investigating the relationship between human behavior and building design using Agent-Based Simulation. Her research focuses on understanding how building form affects human psychology. Her recent research applies Space Syntax analysis and Agent-Based Simulation in office settings to examine spatial behavior.

Statement of Teaching Interest

Yeinn's teaching interest focuses on architecture design studio, computational design, scripting and AI, and simulations.

Statement of Research Interest

Yeinn's research interest focuses on examining human behavior in built environments at various scales using space syntax, agent-based simulation, and mixed methods. Yeinn also discovers the built environment's effect on performance outcomes in healthcare settings.

List of Recent Scholarly Work

• Matić, Z., Oh, Y., Grindle, A., DuBose, J. R., & Lim, L. (2025). Keeping Healthcare Workers Safe During a Pandemic: Evaluating Doffing Area Design for Safer Removal of Personal Protective Equipment. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 19375867241311273.
• Baek, D., Baek, J., Noh, J., Oh, Y., & Lim, L. (2024). Toward healthy underground spaces: a review of underground environmental design factors and their impacts on users' physiological and psychological health. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 19375867241238470.
• Oh, Y., Gill, S., Baek, D., Watral, A., Pulos, B., Thompson, B., ... & Blocker, R. (2024). Improving the Mental Health of Surgical Teams Through Operating Room Design. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 17(2), 57-76.
• Matić, Z., Oh, Y., Lim, L., & Zimring, C. (2022). Placing users at the center: Evaluating exam room design for improved user experience. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 15(4), 152-166.
• Machry, H., Matić, Z., Oh, Y., DuBose, J. R., Morgan, J. S., Love, K. L., ... & Zimring, C. M. (2022). Healthcare design to improve safe doffing of personal protective equipment for care of patients with COVID-19. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 43(12), 1796-1805.
• Matić, Z., Oh, Y., & Lim, L. (2020). Using design to make doffing of personal protective equipment safer for healthcare workers. Journal of the Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture, 26(3), 17-26.
• Matić, Z., Humphreys, B., Oh, Y., Lim, L., & DuBose, J. (2020). Design strategies for biocontainment units: creating safer environments. Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture, 26(2), 83-87.