Wenwen Cheng

Wenwen Cheng has joined the Division of Planning and Panorama Structure

Hometown: Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China

Academic/skilled background: Bachelor and Grasp in Panorama Structure, Ph.D. in City and Regional Science

What’s your discipline of analysis, and the way did you get into it? My analysis focuses on microclimatic panorama design in a number of scales, together with city warmth island and environmental justice, sustainable communities, human thermal consolation and warmth stress. I’m excited about how these invisible climatic parts form our surroundings and have an effect on our conduct and emotions.

What attracted you to UW–Madison? It’s a world well-known college situated in a gorgeous metropolis. The analysis areas of my colleagues in our division are extremely intriguing and carefully aligned with my very own analysis focus.

What was your first go to to campus like? It was wonderful to see the lakes throughout my first campus go to (picture above was taken throughout that go to).

The pandemic compelled us all to rethink many issues we took as a right. Is there one thing you’ve realized that has helped you thru these difficult instances, personally or professionally?

One essential lesson that many individuals have shared is the significance of adaptability and resilience, for each the person and group. Moreover, it has underscored the worth of group and connection in supporting each other via troublesome instances.

From an expert perspective, it’s essential to speak our ideas and considerations with colleagues and collaborators. Whereas in-person conferences could also be restricted typically, environment friendly communication, sturdy mutual assist, and a deep understanding of one another’s roles and challenges are important pillars that enable us to work as a workforce. 

Do you’re feeling your work relates in any approach to the Wisconsin Concept? If that’s the case, please describe how. How communities’ bodily surroundings could be strategically deliberate and designed to face up to the present and future results of local weather change, particularly for underserved communities, is among the key points of my analysis. For instance, current warmth vulnerability assessments are from a top-down coverage perspective, neglecting the viewpoints of various stakeholders, particularly susceptible populations. In one among my tasks, via group workshops organized in heat-vulnerable communities and utilizing a decision-making assist system, we promoted significant conversations amongst stakeholders to establish issues and steadiness potential options when it comes to warmth mitigation within the underserved group.

What’s one thing attention-grabbing about your space of experience you’ll be able to share that may make us sound smarter at events? Youngsters want to remain in cooler areas in comparison with adults! Adults really feel chilly however they really feel OK. So, it’s price considering earlier than you placed on sweaters on your youngsters. They might not want them simply since you really feel chilly.

Hobbies/different pursuits: Piano, dancing, drawing, enjoying with my daughter