Yuanyuan Wu

BEng MA

Pronouns: She/her
  • Doctoral Researcher in Urban Design
  • Teaching Assistant

Research groups and centres

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Portrait photograph of staff memeber, Yuanyuan Wu

Research and expertise

I focus on analyzing and modeling visual perception, alongside visual analysis, and assess these through behavioral experiments to understand how urban settings shape navigation, wayfinding, and emotional experiences.

Current research activity

  • Urban Greenery and Wayfinding: Exploring how urban greenery influences individuals’ wayfinding behaviour through immersive virtual reality (VR) experiments
  • Urban Greenery and Emotional Experience

Teaching

I contribute to learning and teaching activities across the Schools programmes including:

Undergraduate

  • Teaching Assistant for CVA101 Professional Skills
  • Teaching Assistant for CVB122 Design and Place Making
  • Reviewer for Architecture Part A

Postgraduate

  • Teaching Assistant for CVP322 Principles of Design and Construction

Profile

I joined Loughborough University as a Doctoral Researcher in 2022. Prior to that, I completed my MA in Architecture in Germany, and gained professional experience working in international architectural firms, where I developed design concepts for architectural and urban projects.