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Yifan Lyu

Yifan Lyu

Philadelphia, PA, US

 
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About 

MSD-AAD Graduate at University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Deisgn

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Employment 

Dumolab*, Philadelphia, PA, US, Graduate Summer Researcher

-Developing the project "Building With Food". The research aims to investigate if food waste can be incorporated into the construction industry thereby delaying the end-of-life cycle of the discarded food and if this could be a scalable proposition.
-Making samples of food waste building materials (banana and citrus)LRSM testing under compression and 3point bend testing
-Data collection and literature review
-Slides, video and exhibit materials for competition at BDC (Biodesign Challenge) in NYC

May 2023 - Jul 2023
 

Saint King Architecture and Consultant Corportaiton Ltd, Yantai, CN, Assistant Designer

-Modeling and drawing for site research
-Drawing plans of the project

Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
 

Education 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, Masters, Advanced Architectural Design

Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
 

Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, CN, BArch, Architecture

Sep 2017 - Jun 2022
 

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