Email
yyu2@sdsu.edu
Office
Art North 302A
San Diego State University
Mail
Yin Yu
Art Department
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-808, USA
Yin Yu （于音） is an artist, designer, engineer, and tenure track assistant professor at the San Diego State University School of Art and Design. Her research investigates the potential of interactive multimedia environments and the intersection of architecture, music, and emerging technologies. Her practice covers a broad spectrum, including product design, furniture design, architectural design, interactive design, wearable design, and art installation.
Yu’s works have been published and exhibited in international venues, such as the Human-Computer Interaction (CHI) conference (US), the Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID) workshop (FR), the Wearable Technology Exhibition (ES), the Expanded Animation Symposium at Ars Electronica (AT), the Xenakis22 Symposium (GR), and International Symposium of Electronic Art (FR, KR). She has won several awards, including the Dean’s Award for Achievement in Research Scholarship Creative Activity, the Academic Excellence Design and Paper Award, and Lyman and Judith Johnson Interior Architecture Award. She was the recipient of the Olivia Long Converse Fellowship and the Nascence and UO Hong Kong Alumni Scholarship.
Yu practiced in leading technology firms and architectural design companies, such as AECOM (Fortune 500 Global No.1 Design Firm), BENOY (Europe Top 50 UK Design Firm), Optoplex (Top 13 in the Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley Telecommunication), and Group 70 International (A Hawaii Top 3 Architecture Design Firm). Clients include Apple, Huawei, Hilton, Porsche, and others.
She has a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering (CN), a Master of Science in Information Technology (US), and a Master of Science in Interior Architecture (US). She received a Doctorate in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.