Ming Tang

I am a registered Architect, and a tenured Associate Professor at School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati. I am also the founding partner of TYA Design, which has won numerous design awards in China, Spain, Mexico, U.K. and United States, including, the first prize of d3 Natural System, the first place of Cities with Soul, the first place of IAAC self-sufficient housing contest, the first place of Chichen Itza lodge museum design.

Before I taught at the University of Cincinnati, I led the Electronic Design program ( Digital Design + Computation) at the Savannah College of Art and Design and was a professor in the Architecture Department. I have worked with Michigan State University's M.I.N.D Lab, University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, and China Architecture Design & Research Group. I hold Master of Architecture Degree from Tsinghua University, Maser of Art Degree in Digital Media and Technology from Michigan State University, and Maser of Final Art degree in Interactive and Game Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. My multi-disciplinary research includes parametric design, digital fabrication, building information modeling, performance driven design, digital computation, virtual reality, algorithm & programming, GIS, simulation, mathematical form, interactive design and visual effects. My research has been published in various international conferences, journals, books and exhibitions. I am the author of the book,Parametric Building Design with Autodesk Maya, published by Rougtledge in 2014. and urban paleontology, evolution of urban forms, published in 2008.

November 2016