Dr. Yingying Lyu

Lyu headshot

Title: Assistant Professor
Office Location: 525 BPM Center
E-mail: YLyu@wcupa.edu
Phone: 610-436-3396
Google Scholar Link: Dr. Yingying Lyu Profile

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; Doctor of Design, 2019; urban planning and design concentration.
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; Master in Design Studies, 2013; concentration in Energy and Environment.
Tsinghua University, School of Architecture; Beijing, China; Master of Engineering, 2010; focus on architecture and urban planning.
North China University of Technology, College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering; Beijing, China; Bachelor of Engineering, 2002; majoring in automation and control engineering technology.

Health, aging, and environmental sustainability

Research

Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; 2020-2022
Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences; Harvard-China Project; Since 2019
Research Associate, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; 2013 –2014

Practice

Transportation Consultant, Dennis Frenchman Urban Design LLC; May – August 2018
Intern, AECOM Design and Planning, China Sustainability Center, Beijing; May – July 2012
Project Designer, Tsinghua University Urban Planning & Design Institute; 2008–2009
Designer, Cox Architecture (Australia), Beijing Office; 2004–2007
Designer, Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University; 2003 –2004
Engineer, Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Automation; 2002 –2003

The Social Technology for Global Aging Research Initiative (STGA) at Harvard University, the Lishui Community Study team, since 2020.

Research how the built environments can support physical, mental, and social health and enhance health equity.
Explore how technology and age-friendly environments can improve older people’s health outcomes and quality of life.
Design a quantitative household survey and multiple qualitative studies on age-friendly communities and technology for aging, collaborating with colleagues at the STGA. Data collection also combines GIS data and audits of homes and neighborhoods.
Coordinate with Chinese collaborators on survey implementation in Lishui District, Nanjing, China.

Lyu, Y., & Forsyth, A. (2022). Planning, aging, and loneliness: Reviewing evidence about built environment effects. Journal of Planning Literature, 37(1), 28–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122211035131
Lyu, Y., Forsyth, A. & Worthington, S. (2021). Built environment and self-rated health: comparing young, middle-aged, and older people in Chengdu, China. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(3), 229–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586720982566
Lyu, Y. & Forsyth, A. (2021). Attitudes, perceptions, and walking behavior in a Chinese city. Journal of Transport & Health, 21, 101047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101047
Lyu, Y. & Forsyth, A. (In Press). Technological devices and aging in place: An inventory and assessment focusing on the neighborhood and city scales. Cities & Health

Service to Profession

Communications Committee member, Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) since 2021
Discussant, The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference 2021

Professional Affiliations

Referee for peer-reviewed journals, international conferences, and paper awards, since 2021

Business & Public Management