Ming Tang
Professor
Director of Extended Reality Lab. Professor.
Aronoff Center
7215
DAAP School of Arch & Interior Design - 0016
Professional Summary
Ming Tang, Registered Architect, RA, NCARB, LEED AP (BD+C), is a Full Professor at the School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati. He is the Director of the UC Extended Reality Lab located at the UC Digital Future. He is also the founding partner of TYA Design and served on the committee of the UC Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS) and Industry 4.0 & 5.0 Institute (I45I).
Before he taught at the University of Cincinnati, he was the Director of the Electronic Design program and a professor in the Architecture Department at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has worked in the M.I.N.D Lab at Michigan State University, the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California, and the China Architecture Design & Research Group. He holds a Master of Architecture Degree from Tsinghua University, a Master of Arts Degree in Digital Media and Technology from Michigan State University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Interactive and Game Design from Savannah College of Art and Design.
His research includes Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, Digital twins, Game-based learning, Computational design, Digital fabrication, Generative and performance-driven design, AI, Human behavior analysis and simulation. His recent projects focus on using VR and gaming technology for job training, health education, and public safety funded by the Office of Criminal Justice Service, Ohio Dept. of Transportation, Cincinnati Insurance Company, and Council on Aging.
He authored several books, including Parametric Building Design with Autodesk Maya (Routledge), Architectural Interventions. Design-build collaboration on the global scale, and Urban paleontology, the evolution of urban forms. Homepage; CV.
Research and Practice Interests
Virtual reality & Augmented reality, Digital twins, Game-based learning, Metaverse, Computational design, Digital fabrication, Generative and performance-driven design, AI, Digital human, Human behavior analysis and simulation.
Research Support
Grant: #URS AHHS and IR Advancement Grants AY 2017-2018 Investigators:Tang, Ming 07-01-2017 -12-31-2019 UC Magic School Bus for Computational Cell Role:PI $8,550.00 Completed Type:Grant
Grant: #32391 / FHWA E180658 Investigators:Ma, Jiaqi; Tang, Ming; Wang, Jialiang 08-24-2018 -02-24-2019 Federal Highway Administration Evaluate Opportunities to Provide Training Simulation for ODOT Snow and Ice Drivers Role:Collaborator $39,791.70 Completed
Grant: #K62232 Investigators:Ming Tang 09-01-2019 -12-30-2019 Ihsan Ihsan Community Center Sponsored Studio Role:PI $5,000 Completed Type:Contract
Grant: #32391 Investigators: PI: John Ash. Co-PI: Ming Tang, Julian Wang. 02-2019 -02-2022 Ohio Department of Transportation. Evaluate Opportunities to Provide Training Simulation for ODOT Snow and Ice Drivers”. Phase 2. Role:Co-PI $952,938 Active Type:Grant Level:State
Investigators:PI: Jiaqi Ma, Co-PI: Ming Tang. 06-01-2019 -12-01-2020 UC Paving the way for vehicle highway automation: An integrated simulation-centered testing platform Role:co-PI $70,000 Active Type:Grant Level:University
Investigators:Ed Latessa,J.C. Barnes, Ming Tang, Cory Haberman, Dan Gerard,Tim Sabransky. 10-01-2019 UC Digital Futures Development of a Virtual Reality Augmented Violence Reduction Training System for Active and Mass Shooting incidents. Role:co-PI $10,000 Active Type:Grant Level:University
Grant: #Exhibit A_Project 1 under the Master Agreement Investigators:Tang, Ming 05-15-2020 -05-14-2021 Cincinnati Insurance Company CIC - Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research Project: Phase 1 Role:PI $59,000.00 Completed
Grant: #2017-JG-A02-V6351 Investigators:Barnes, J C; Tang, Ming 04-01-2020 -03-31-2021 Department of Justice Virtual Reality Training for Ohio Law Enforcement Role:Collaborator $50,000.00 Awarded Level:Federal
Grant: #SES-2026594 Investigators:Bhiwapurkar, Pravin; Black, Ann; Fry, Michael; Harfmann, Anton; Linders, Annulla; Nassif, Nabil; Rebola, Claudia; Tang, Ming; Wendell, David 01-01-2021 -12-31-2021 National Science Foundation Future of Work: Understanding the interrelationships between humans and technology to improve the quality of work life in smart buildings. Role:Collaborator $149,720.00 Awarded Level:Federal
Grant: #G402236 Investigators:Ming Tang 10-01-2021 -08-01-2022 Cincinnati Insurance Companies Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research. Phase II. Role:PI $79,980 Active Type:Grant Level:Local
Investigators:PI: John Ash. Co-PI: Ming Tang, Julian Wang. 02-2020 -02-2022 Ohio Department of Transportation. Assess the effectiveness of Type 2 and Type 3 safety vests for day and night use-Phase. Role:Co-PI $337,366.31 Active Type:Grant
Grant: #2017-JG-A02-V6351 Investigators:Barnes, J C; Tang, Ming 04-01-2020 -03-31-2021 Department of Justice Virtual Reality Training for Ohio Law Enforcement Role:Collaborator $50,000.00 Active Level:Federal
Investigators:Ming Tang 03-2021 -03-2022 UC Urban Health Pathway Seed Grant Assess the effectiveness of using Virtual Reality for caregiver training. Partner. Council of Ageing, LiveWell Collaborative. Role:PI $19,844. Active Type:Grant
Investigators:Tang, Ming 07-01-2021 -06-30-2022 Cincinnati Insurance Company Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research Project: Phase II Role:PI 79905.97 Awarded Level:Industry
Investigators:Tang, Ming 06-01-2022 -05-31-2023 Cincinnati Insurance Company Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research Project: Phase III Role:PI 15709.00 Hold Level:Industry
Investigators:Tang, Ming 01-01-2023 -12-31-2023 Cincinnati Insurance Company CIC - Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research Project: Phase 4 Role:PI 48646.35 Awarded Level:Industry
Investigators:Lorenz, Tamara; Tang, Ming 01-01-2023 -12-31-2023 MME Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute Project 2 VR - Immersive vs. Traditional Training - a comparison of training modalities (backdoor) / Internal Role:Collaborator 40000.00 Hold Level:UC's Internal Funds
Investigators:Collins, Christina; Tang, Ming; VanBergen, Noah 04-10-2023 -07-31-2023 Kao Brands, Company KAO-GLOW Creating the Kao Glowverse Role:Collaborator 52122.60 Hold Level:Industry
Investigators:Tang, Ming 10-30-2023 -12-28-2024 Cincinnati Insurance Company CIC - Geospatial Imagery Analytics Research Project: Phase 5 Role:PI 72350 Active
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Tang, Ming (2009. ) City generator: GIS driven genetic evolution in urban simulation .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 3 (2 ) ,42-49
Anderson, Jonathon; Tang, Ming (2010. ) Interactive Information Model for Digital Fabricator .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 3 (2 ) ,42-49
Tang, Ming; Anderson, Jonathon (2010. ) Mathematically Driven Forms and Digital Tectonic: A formula for realizing the digital .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 3 (2 ) ,42-49
Anderson, Jonathon; Ming, Tang (2011. ) Form follows parameters: Parametric modeling for fabrication and manufacturing processes .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 3 (2 ) ,42-49
Tang, Ming; Anderson, Jonathon (2011. ) Information Urbanism: Parametric urbanism in junction with GIS data processing & fabrication .ARCC Conference Repository, , 0 (0 ) ,15-28
Tang, M.; Aksamija, A.; Hodge, M.; Anderson, J. (2011. ) Performance-Driven Design and Prototyping: Design Computation and Fabrication .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 3 (2 ) ,42-49
Ming, Tang; Aksamija, Ajla; Hodge, Mike; Anderson, Jonathon (2012. ) Data Driven Transmutation: an Investigation of Performance Based Design and Adaptive System .AIA Forward Journal, , 12 (1 ) ,81-86
Tang, M.; Anderson, J.; Aksamija, A.; Hodge, M. (2012. ) Performance-Based Generative Design, An investigation of the Parametric Nature of Architecture .Enquiry: A Journal for Architectural Research, , 9 (1 ) ,81-86
Tang, Ming; Anderson, Jonathon; Aksamija, Ajla; Hodge, Michael (2012. ) Performative Computation-aided Design Optimization .Enquiry: A Journal for Architectural Research, , 9 (1 ) ,81-86
Aksamija, Ajla; Snapp, Todd; Hodge, Mike; Tang, Ming (2012. ) Re-Skinning: Performance-Based Design and Fabrication of Building Facade Components: Design Computing, Analytics and Prototyping .Perkins+ Will Research Journal, , 4 (1 ) ,15-28
Tang, Ming (2013. ) dFORM. digital fabrication of responsive materials .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Aksamija, Ajla; Tang, Ming; Hodge, Mike; Anderson, Jonathon (2013. ) Performative Computation-Aided Design Optimization .Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Journal, , 9 (1 ) ,81-86
Anderson, Jonathon; Tang, Ming (2014. ) Crafting Soft Geometry: Form and Materials Informing Analog and Digital Craft Processes .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Tang, Ming; Klimesh, Colin (2014. ) Integrated work of MAN and MACHINE: digital craft as design agent .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Tang, Ming (2014. ) Parametric Building Design Using Autodesk Maya .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Marcu, Mara; Tang, Ming (2015. ) Data Mapping and Ornament in Digital Craft .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Tang, Ming; Marcu, Mara (2015. ) Physics Simulation and Form Seeking in Architecture Design Education .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,124-144
Tang, Ming (2015. ) Self-organizing City: Experiments Using Multi-agent Model and Space Syntax .International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 4 (4 ) ,81-86
Tang, Ming (2016. ) Data-driven landscape .Urban Rail Transit, , 3 (1 ) ,124-144
Tang, Ming; Hu, Yingdong (2017. ) Pedestrian Simulation in Transit Stations Using Agent-Based Analysis .Urban Rail Transit, , 3 (1 ) ,54-60
Tang, Ming (2018. ) From Agent to Avatar - Integrate Avatar and Agent Simulation in the Virtual Reality for Wayfinding .
Published Books
Ming Tang (2014. ) Parametric Building Design with Autodesk Maya .Routledge (Author)
Keywords
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Extended Reality, digital twin, metaverse, game-based learning, Digital Human, AI, visualization, eye-tracking,