Dongwoo Jason Yeom

Dongwoo (Jason) Yeom is an Adjunct Professor at The Design School, Arizona State University, and concurrently serves as a Senior Global Futures Scholar within ASU’s Global Futures Scientists and Scholars program. His work integrates architecture, building technology, and human physiology to advance sustainable, high-performance buildings that actively respond to occupant needs.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Architecture, Ajou University, Korea
• M.S. in Architecture, Ajou University, Korea
• B.S. in Architecture, Ajou University, Korea

Research Interests:

Dr. Yeom pursues human-building interaction research, focusing on how indoor environmental quality (IEQ)—lighting, temperature, air, and materials—affects human physiology, cognitive performance, sleep, and productivity. He develops data-driven models that translate real-time physiological signals (facial skin temperature, pupil diameter, heart-rate variability) into control inputs for personalized HVAC and lighting systems, aiming to simultaneously enhance well-being and energy efficiency. Additional interests include green-roof passive cooling, urban-heat-island mitigation, and sustainable building-certification frameworks.

Publication Trends:

His 2023-2025 articles reveal a concentrated thrust toward physiology-informed environmental design, with over half targeting older adults and vulnerable populations to quantify how lighting spectrum, thermal variability, and multi-sensory stimuli influence sleep quality, cognitive health, and mood. Concurrently, he integrates deep reinforcement learning and predictive analytics to create adaptive building systems that learn individual preferences, supporting both occupant satisfaction and grid-responsive energy savings.

Scientific Awards & Honors:

No specific awards or fellowships are listed in the provided material.

Advising & Grants:

Dr. Yeom currently mentors doctoral students through dissertation courses (EPD 799) and supervises master’s theses and applied projects in architectural technology and research methods. Grant details are not disclosed in the text.

Labs & Teams:

While explicit laboratory names are not provided, his multidisciplinary projects span ASU’s Global Futures Laboratory ecosystem and involve collaboration with engineering, psychology, and health-science faculty to deploy physiological monitoring in controlled living-lab settings.