Sowon Han received her Bachelor's degree in Architectural Design from Sangmyung University in 2024 and is now pursuing a Master's degree in Architectural Design. She has been working as a researcher at the Design Research Institute affiliated with the College of Design at Sangmyung University since 2024. Her research topics mainly include: energy saving, lighting, photovoltaic systems, and building envelope performance.
Janghoo Seo received a B.S. from the Department of Architecture, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea in 2002, and M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Architectural Environment from the University of Tokyo, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. In his postdoctoral work at the University of Tokyo, he mainly studied optimal energy system design based on indoor air quality using genetic algorithms. While studying and working at the University of Tokyo, he contributed to several projects under the auspices of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He developed test methods to assess sorption building materials and reduce indoor air pollution and proposed a measurement method of semi-volatile organic compound (SVOC) emission rates as an ISO draft. Since 2013, he has been a Professor with the Department of Architecture, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea. His laboratory has carried out research into the solution the physical mechanism of the chemical compounds emitted from building materials, the application of sorptive building materials to improve indoor air quality, and developing technology predicted and analyzed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Heangwoo Lee received his Ph.D. in Architecture from Kookmin University, Korea, in 2014 and subsequently worked as a research assistant in the Architectural Design Program at the Graduate School of Techno Design, Kookmin University. In 2020, he moved to Sangmyung University and was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Space Design at the College of Design, where he is currently serving. His research topics mainly include: energy saving, lighting, light environment, photovoltaic (PV) systems, and artificial intelligence (AI).