News from the Lab

Lab Alumni Join Blume Center's 50th Anniversary

Lab Alumni Join Blume Center's 50th Anniversary

Conference, Social EventSarah BillingtonMay 9, 2025Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, composite materials, earthquake engineering, biobased composites, ductile fiber-reinforced concrete composites, performance-based durability engineering

Andrea presents at HumanSys '25

Andrea presents at HumanSys '25

Conference, PresentationSarah BillingtonMay 8, 2025Building for wellbeing, Billington Lab, Andrea Green, Yiwen Dong, Andrea Cuadra, Optimization, ambient intelligence, aging in place, hybrid physical+digital spaces

New paper on immersive virtual environments

New paper on immersive virtual environments

Journal paperSarah BillingtonMay 7, 2025Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, human-building interaction, Basma Altaf, virtual reality, hybrid physical+digital spaces, Biophillic design

Prof. Billington gives invited talk at Yonsei University

Prof. Billington gives invited talk at Yonsei University

PresentationSarah BillingtonMay 6, 2025Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, Korea, Yonsei, hybrid physical+digital spaces, ethical supply chains

New paper in ACM Human-Computer Interaction

New paper in ACM Human-Computer Interaction

Conference PaperSarah BillingtonApril 18, 2025Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, hybrid physical+digital spaces, ambient intelligence, aging in place

New grant on deliberative polling for climate adaptation

New grant on deliberative polling for climate adaptation

GrantSarah BillingtonApril 1, 2025Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, Sustainability, ashish goel, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Alice Siu, Rishee Jain, Doerr School, Sustainability Accelerator, Climate Adaptation, Affordable Housing

Lab members attend 2025 Design for Freedom Summit

Lab members attend 2025 Design for Freedom Summit

ConferenceSarah BillingtonMarch 27, 2025Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, ethical supply chains, Antonio Torres Skillicorn, Daria Fontani

Congratulations to Eva on a successful defense!

Congratulations to Eva on a successful defense!

Presentation, Social EventSarah BillingtonMarch 7, 2025Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, Eva Bianchi, Biophillic design, NVP, Affordable Housing

New paper published in JOBE

New paper published in JOBE

Journal paperSarah BillingtonFebruary 11, 2025Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, Eva Bianchi, Biophillic design, NVP, Metrics

Prof. Billington holds fireside chat with Jeanne Gang

Prof. Billington holds fireside chat with Jeanne Gang

In the newsSarah BillingtonJanuary 16, 2025Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, jackie hwang, haeyoung noh

New paper published in Environment and Behavior

New paper published in Environment and Behavior

Journal paperEva BianchiDecember 18, 2024Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, Biophillic design, Johannes Eichstaedt, Affordable Housing, Eva Bianchi, Maria Correa

New collaborative paper published in Cities

New collaborative paper published in Cities

Journal paperSarah BillingtonNovember 5, 2024Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, jackie hwang, haeyoung noh, human-building interaction, Arash Tavakoli, Urban Studies

Lab research highlighted in Civil Engineering magazine

Lab research highlighted in Civil Engineering magazine

In the newsSarah BillingtonNovember 1, 2024Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, haeyoung noh, hybrid physical+digital spaces, ethical supply chains, artificial intelligence, AI, human-centered design

Prof. Billington delivers alumni-day micro-lecture

Prof. Billington delivers alumni-day micro-lecture

PresentationSarah BillingtonOctober 25, 2024Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, ethical supply chains, Affordable Housing

Andrea attends NextProf PathFinder workshop

Andrea attends NextProf PathFinder workshop

Conference, EducationSarah BillingtonOctober 7, 2024workshop, Andrea Green

Lab receives grant for ethical supply chain research

Lab receives grant for ethical supply chain research

GrantSarah BillingtonOctober 1, 2024Building for wellbeing, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, tiziana vanorio, jonathan payne, Woods Institute, Antonio Torres Skillicorn, ethical supply chains

Eva presents at CIFE Meet & Greet

Eva presents at CIFE Meet & Greet

PresentationSarah BillingtonOctober 1, 2024Building for wellbeing, Billington Lab, Sustainability, Green building, human-building interaction, Eva Bianchi

Prof. Billington in the Uncommon Collaborator Series

Prof. Billington in the Uncommon Collaborator Series

Grant, In the newsSarah BillingtonSeptember 24, 2024Building for wellbeing, human-building interaction, Sarah Billington, Billington Lab, haeyoung noh, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Ali Boehm, Claire Anderson, Jason Hernandez, Michael Lepech, epidemiology, concrete floors, cement-based materials

Flora presents at NSS Inaugural Conference

Flora presents at NSS Inaugural Conference

Conference, PresentationSarah BillingtonSeptember 15, 2024Building for wellbeing, Billington Lab, Sustainability, Green building, Biophillic design, Flora Xu