Seoyeon Yun
EPFL Smart Living Lab HOBEL
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Fields of expertise
- 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
Internship
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
Internship
A PhD intern at Honeywell on the healthy building project
Honeywell International Inc., Rolle, Switzerland
Mar 2022 - current
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
"2021 Best Short Papers of Distiction Award (student)"
Awarded by Healthy Building 2021 – Europe (Oslo, Norway) for a short paper (Optimal sensor positioning for monitoring indoor air quality in a simulated office environment, Seoyeon Yun, Dusan Licina)
23.06.2021