Tag: yan wang

Warren B. Nelms Institute faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Yan Wang, Ph.D., has received an NSF CAREER Award. This honor is one of the NSF’s most competitive awards, recognizing early-career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars and have the potential to lead advances in research and […]

Dr. Yan Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund the project, “RAPID: Assessing Urgent Time Use Dynamics Among Time-Poor Populations in Preparation for Hurricane Helene and Milton.” After a destructive 2024 Hurricane Season with hurricanes Helene and Milton impacting the Southeast, […]

Researchers Dr. My T. Thai, Associate Director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute; Dr. Yan Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning; and Dr. Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, professor in the Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology, have received a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The project, titled, “Collaborative Research: SaTC: […]

Dr. Yan Wang, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, has received a $457k award from National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of the project, “Spatial Explanation and Planning for Resilience of Community-Based Small Businesses to Environmental Shocks.” This project aims to gain a better understanding of how spatial factors affect […]

Two Warren B. Nelms Institute faculty members from two different colleges at University of Florida received the Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors this spring. Matthew Hale, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Yan Wang, assistant professor in the College of Design, Construction and Planning are among the winners. The prestigious award is only […]

Dr. Yan Wang is an assistant professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A. She is also the founding faculty of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) and directs Urban Agility and Resilience Laboratory at FIBER. Dr. Wang received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at […]