Seoyeon Yun

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EPFL Smart Living Lab HOBEL
Passage du Cardinal 13b
Case postale 487
CH-1700 Fribourg

+41 21 695 73 11
Office: HBL 2 41C
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Fields of expertise

- Human-building interaction
- Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
- HVAC - health and comfort in buildings

Biography

Seoyeon Yun joined HOBEL in November 2019 as a PhD student after receiving her Master's degree in Interior Architecture & Human Built Environment in Yonsei University from South Korea (2018) and as well as her BS(2016) at the same university. During her Master’s course, she focused on human thermal comfort of passengers in a private vehicle mostly based on the field experiments under the project with Hyundai Motors Company.

By joining HOBEL as a PhD student, Seoyeon was also selected as one of the final fellows on 3rd call (2019) in EPFLinnovators program, funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement. By participating in this programme, Seoyeon is expected to connect her knowledge with various transferable skills while advancing her entrepreneurship in her research field. As a PhD student in HOBEL, she currently focuses on the research of occupant-centric HVAC control for optimal air quality, comfort and energy use. With her previous research experiences and interests, she actively works on IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality) research fields.

Professional course

Intern

Internship at Management Support Group, CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) Group

POSCO E&C(Engineering & Construction corporate), South Korea

Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

Exchange program

Exchange student at the architecture department under the program of University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC)

The Universita degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

Education

Bachelor's degree

Interior architecture & Built Environment

Yonsei University, South Korea

Mar 2011 - Feb 2016

Master's degree

Interior architecture & Built Environment

Yonsei University, South Korea

Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

Awards

"2017 Awards for Young Researchers"

Awarded by KSAE(The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers) & WIEST(Korea Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology)

16.11.2017