Design Project

Yilin Shi-RESUME

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee - Knoxville (2008 - 2011)

College of Architecture and Design

Master of Landscape Architecture, August 2011; GPA: 3.8/4.0

Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2003-2007)

B.S. in Biotechnology; GPA: 3.7/4.0

SKILLS

GRAPHIC PRESENTATION:

- Hand Sketching and Rendering

- AutoCAD

- Adobe Design Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

- Google Sketchup

- FormZ

- 3D Animation / Digital Tour (Sketchup, Google Earth)

- Website Design

SITE ANALYSIS:

- GIS (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcView)

- Urban Hydrology Modeling

- Site visit, photography, measurements and preliminary surveys; background information

research

MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE:

- Word

- Excel (data generation, collection and processing)

- PowerPoint (presentation)

LANGUAGE: Chinese, French

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

- Greenway / Bike Path Planning

- Residential Landscaping

- Urban Park Design

- Planning

- Streetscape Improvement

- Mixed-use Development

- Planting Design

DOCUMENTS:

- Master Plan

- Construction Document

- Concept Plan

- Sections

- Perspective

- Information Boards

EXPERIENCE

Currently intern at Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Organization: Habitat Urban Gardens Program

(HUG). HUG is an educational program to assist the homeowners in developing their

home landscape; to improve family living; and to protect environmental quality.

My work involves (1) assisting homeowners in the landscape design;

(2) working with the homeowner to properly install the landscape by following the plan developed

for each home;

(3) providing follow up support to the homeowners to encourage the proper care and management

of the landscapes.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Conference Presentation

- Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2012 conference, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, IL

Paper Title: Greenways as Synergistic Landscape to Address Urban Fragmentation

- The 43rd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, 2012,

Seattle, Washington

Paper Title: Greenway Design for Community Health

- 2011 Tennessee Greenways & Trails Forum - Murfreesboro, TN

Improving the Connections between Greenways and Communities

- 2009 International Conference on Communication and Environment: Transformation for A

Sustainable Tomorrow, Penang, Malaysia

Paper Title: Sustainable Design Practice: Bridging the Communication Gap through Nomenclature

and Shift in Design Approach

Master’s Thesis Project

Greenway Design and Planning for Healthy Communities: Case Study of Knoxville

(online available at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1023/)

Advisor: Prof. Archana Sharma

Research Areas

- Sustainable Design;

- Greenway Design and planning;

- Landscape Synergism;

- GIS Application in Landscape Architecture.

AWARDS

- J. Wallace & Katie Dean Graduate Fellowships, U. of Tennessee Knoxville (2008 - 2009)

- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, College of Architecture and Design, UTK (2008-2010)

- Recipient of Stipend from College of Architecture and Design, UTK (2010 -2011)

- Scholarship and Research Award, College of Architecture and Design, UTK (2011)

ACTIVITIES

- UTK’s Study Abroad Program - Italy (May 2009)

- UTK’s Study Abroad Program - Ireland & United Kingdom (May 2010)

(Visited major cities and landscape projects in these countries.)

- Vice President of Chinese Student & Scholar Association, University of Tennessee

(2009-2010)

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