Publication

Book Chapters

  1. Yang, E., Chen, C. Y. Y., Zimring, C., Machry, H., Motamed, F., Fellows, H., Crew, J., & Burke, M. (in revision). Using Design to Empower People Facing Cognitive Decline in the Community and Healthcare Facilities. In C. Zimring, L. Lim, & R. Stroebel (Eds.), Evidence-based design for healthcare improvement: Using the built environment as a tool. Wiley. (Refereed)
  2. Yang, E., Kim, J., & Tucker, M. (2024). Facility Management Education: Personal Journeys of Facility Management Educators and Researchers. In M. Hellerforth & E. Rondeau (Eds.), Facilities @ Management, Concept, Realization, Vision: A Global Perspective (pp. 199-206). Wiley. ISBN: 9781394213306.
  3. Yang, E., & Sanborn, B. (2021). Ecological Systems Theory. In R. Appel-Meulenbroek & V. Danivska (Eds.), A handbook of theories on designing fit between people and the office environment (pp. 101-114). Routledge, ISBN: 9780367652999. (Refereed)
  4. Inalhan, G., Yang, E., & Weber, C. (2021). Place Attachment Theory. In R. Appel-Meulenbroek & V. Danivska (Eds.), A handbook of theories on designing fit between people and the office environment (pp. 181-194). Routledge, ISBN: 9780367652999. (Refereed)

Published and Accepted Journal Articles

  1. Shagar, M., Zeng, Q., Baru, A., Yang, E., & Pishdad, P. (2025). Systematic review of residential indoor environmental quality assessment surveys and the development of an exemplary novel survey identifying and analyzing tool. Building and Environment, 284 (in progress), 113448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113448
  2. Ma, J.H., Erdogmus, E., & Yang, E. (2025). A user-centered building design approach using immersive virtual reality and discrete choice modeling. Building and Environment, 284 (in progress), 113400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113400
  3. Koo, B., Bilau, I., Rodriguez, A. D., Yang, E., & Kwon, H. (2025). Quantifying mild cognitive impairments in older adults using multi-model wearable sensor data in a kitchen environment. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.24.25328107
  4. Bilau, I., Koo, B., Fu, E., Chau, W., Kwon, H., & Yang, E. (2025). Visual accessibility through open shelving: Impacts on cognitive load, motivation, physical activity, and user perception in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.21.25328033
  5. Machary, H., Motamed Rastegar, R., Gholami, Y., Yang, E., Little, E., Burke, M. A. M., Bilau, I., DuBose, J., & Zimring, C. (2025). Cognitive-aging-in-place: Home design factors influencing instrumental activities of daily living for older adults facing mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Aging and Environment, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2025.2506060
  6. Yang, E., Chen, C., Li, K., Guo, K., Hua, Y., & Zhang, L. (2025). Challenges and strategies for energy performance contracting: A critical review. Journal of Building Design and Environment, 3(1), 202510. https://doi.org/10.70401/jbde.2025.0001
  7. Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Yang, E., Xu, S., & Yu, Y. (2025). Sale to list ratio, for sale inventory, sale count, and housing value. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 18(2), 416-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-08-2023-0113
  8. Zhang, X., Yang, E., & Wang, Y. (2025). Time series observation of relationship between United States private residential construction spending and its indicators. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 18(2), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-07-2023-0096
  9. Zhang, X., & Yang, E. (2025). Observation of relationship between housing value and the number of building permits in the United States using time series method. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 18(1), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-06-2023-0085
  10. Zhang, X., Yang, E., Huang, L., & Wang, Y. (2025). Incremental population density improvement via missing middle housing under density-based and form-based zoning ordinances. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 18(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-06-2023-0074
  11. Ma, J. H., Erdogmus, E., Kangisser, S. J., & Yang, E. (2025). A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality on end-user design review. Building and Environment, 267, 112237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112237
  12. Lee, J., Chae, S., Yang, E., & Hong, S. W. (2024). BIM and individual physical needs-trained model-enabled approach to spatial redesign and visualization. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2389163
  13. Zhang, X., Xu, S., Wang, Y., & Yang, E. (2024). Monthly seller’s bargaining power index constructed using open-source data. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-01-2024-0014
  14. Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Xu, S., Yang, E., & Meng, L. (2024). Forecasting total and type-specific non-residential building construction spending: Case study of the United States and lessons learned. Buildings, 14(5), 1317. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14051317
  15. Keskin, E., Yang, E., Tanrıvermiş, H., & Salami, M. A. (2024). Selection criteria for facility management practices: Residents’ and building/site managers’ perspectives in urban transformation projects. Facilities, 42(7/8), 641-659. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-04-2023-0033
  16. Yang, E., Kim, Y., & Rodgers, C. (2024). Effects of a behavior-based safety observation program: promoting safe behaviors and safety climate. Work, 77(1), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-220465
  17. Ismail, A., Erdogmus, E., Yang, E., Porter, R., Zimring, C., & Boron, J. (2023). Beyond physical accessibility for inclusive age-friendly homes: Insights from a comparative study of two residential developments. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 29(4), 05023005. https://doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1530
  18. Zhang, X., & Yang, E. (2023). Have housing value indicators changed during COVID? Housing value prediction based on unemployment, construction spending, and housing consumer price index. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 17(1), 242-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-01-2023-0015
  19. Yang, E., Sanborn, B., & Zhou, Y. (2023). The role of coworking spaces in the changing landscape of future workplace: Linking boundary organization theory and organizational development models. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 25(2), 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2021-0046
  20. Keskin, E., Yang, E., Tanrıvermiş, H., & Erdogmus, E. (2023). Facility management perspective in urban transformation projects: the opportunities and challenges in Turkey. Facilities, 41(3/4), 248-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-04-2022-0062
  21. Yang, E., Kim, Y., & Hong, S. (2023). Does working from home work?: Experience of working from home and the value of hybrid workplace post-COVID-19. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 25(1), 50-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-04-2021-0015
  22. Ensafi, M., Thabet, W., Afsari, K., & Yang, E. (2023). Challenges and gaps with user-led decision-making for prioritizing maintenance work orders. Journal of Building Engineering, 66, 105840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.105840
  23. Yang, E., Ismail, A., Kim, Y., Erdogmus, E., Boron, J., Goldstein, F., DuBose, J., & Zimring, C. (2022). Multidimensional environmental factors and sleep health for aging adults: A focused narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15481. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315481
  24. Yang, E., Hong, S., & Kim, Y. (2022). Factors influencing adaptive reuse of declining shopping malls in the U.S.: A multi-stakeholder view. Journal of Green Building, 17(2), 83-108. https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.17.2.83
  25. Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2022). Academic library spaces and student activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 48(4), 102529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102529
  26. Hong, S., Kim, H., & Yang, E. (2021). Automated text classification of maintenance data of higher education buildings using text mining and machine learning techniques. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 28(1), 04021045. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000522
  27. Yang, E., Hong, S., & Kim, Y. (2021). The environment of open-plan workspaces: space utilization, user satisfaction, and environmental measures. Journal of Facility Management Education and Research, 5(2), 86-98. https://doi.org/10.22361/jfmer/1453522
  28. Hong, S., Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2021). Indoor environment and student productivity for individual and collaborative work in learning commons: a case study. Library Management, 43(1/2), 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-06-2021-0055
  29. Kim, Y., Hong, S., & Yang, E. (2021). Perceived productivity in open-plan design library: Exploring students’ behaviors and perceptions. Journal of Learning Spaces, 10(3), 28-42.
  30. Chacon Vega, R. J., Gale, S., Kim, Y., Hong, S., & Yang, E. (2020). Does an open-plan office actually work? A workplace gap analysis: importance and perceived support of key activities. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 22(4), 261-277. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-03-2020-0014
  31. Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2020). Theoretical understanding of sociomateriality in workplace studies. Facilities, 38(13/14), 927-942. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-10-2019-0112
  32. Ghannad, P., Lee, Y.C., Friedland, C., Choi, J., & Yang, E. (2020). Multi-objective optimization of post-disaster reconstruction processes for ensuring long-term socioeconomic benefits. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(4), 04020038. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000799
  33. Yang, E., Guevara-Ramirez, J. S., & Bisson, C. (2020). Finding evidence of green leasing in United States government-leased properties. Journal of Green Building, 15(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.3992/1943-4618.15.1.55
  34. Wang, N., Yang, E., & Li, L. (2020). Time as space: A comparative analysis of Zhejiang traditional houses in the 1960s and 2010s. The Journal of Architecture, 25(1), 77-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2020.1734047
  35. Yang, E., & Bayapu, I. (2020). Big data analytics and facilities management: a case study. Facilities, 38(3/4), 268-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-01-2019-0007
  36. Yang, E., Bisson, C., & Sanborn, B. (2019). Coworking space as a third-fourth place: changing models of a hybrid space in corporate real estate. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 21(4), 324-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2018-0051
  37. Williams, B., Haines, B., Roper, K., & Yang, E. (2019). Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Facility Management (FM): Industry survey of building assets. Journal of Facility Management Education and Research, 3(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.22361/jfmer/112195
  38. Zhao, C., Yang, E., Nie, Y., & Russo, J. (2019). Facility decision making process with modified value engineering approach. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 21(2), 112-129. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-01-2018-0002
  39. Yang, E., Lee, Y. C., & Li, Q. (2018). Energy disclosure law in New York City: Building energy performance benchmarking progress. Facilities, 36(11/12), 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-08-2017-0090
  40. Yang, E., Hua, Y., & DiCiccio, T. (2018). Diffusion of innovation in sustainable building practices and the role of stakeholders. Journal of Green Building, 13(4), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.3992/1943-4618.13.4.91
  41. Yang, E., & Nie, Y. (2018). An aging workforce and work environment: A hotel case study in China. Journal of Facility Management Education and Research, 1(2), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.22361/jfmer/81608
  42. Hua, Y., & Yang, E. (2014). Building spatial layout that supports healthier behavior of office workers: A new performance mandate for sustainable buildings. Work, 49(3), 373-380. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-141872

Conference Presentation with Proceedings (Refereed)

  1. Chan, S., Li, J., Ao, S., Wang, Y., Bilau, I., Jones, B. D., Yang, E., Mynatt, E. D., & Tan, X. Z. (2025). Insights from designing context-aware meal preparation assistance for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their care partners. Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Madeira, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715336.3735817
  2. Zeng, Q., Shagar, M., Fatemifar, K., Pishdad, P., & Yang, E. Enhancing indoor thermal comfort in educational settings through adaptive HVAC control and seating recommendations. CIP World Building Congress Conference 2025, West Lafayette, IN. https://doi.org/10.7771/3067-4883.2030
  3. Baru, A., Shagar, M., Vajpayee, A., Lee, J., Moore, G. J., & Yang, E. Predicting and enhancing indoor environmental quality in educational environments: Latest trends in AI and machine learning applications. CIP World Building Congress Conference 2025, West Lafayette, IN. https://doi.org/10.7771/3067-4883.2020
  4. Oh, J., Baru, A., Yang, E., & Ashuri, B. Framework for building energy management: Seasonal benchmarks for optimizing thermal comfort. CIP World Building Congress Conference 2025, West Lafayette, IN. https://doi.org/10.7771/3067-4883.2017
  5. Nguyen, T. D., Shagar, M. M., Zheng, Q., Maqsoodi, A., Pishdad, P., & Yang, E. (2025). Exploring the feasibility of utilizing blockchain in cloud computing and AI-enabled BIM for enhancing data exchange in construction supply chain management. Proceedings of the International Conference on Construction Management and Technology. Paris, France.
  6. Bilau, I., Yang, E., Tonetto, L., Shagar, M., & Baru, A. (2024). Navigating the hybrid work landscape: Unveiling perspectives of the aging workforce through persona and thematic analysis. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  7. Chacon Vega, R., Zhou, Y., & Yang, E. (2024). Enhancing agility in corporate real estate: Development of an occupancy simulation model for space optimization and decision-making. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  8. Rodgers, C., Williams, B., Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2022). Women in the construction industry preferences to working in the field vs. in the office. Proceedings of the 58th Associated Schools of Construction Annual International Conference. Atlanta, GA.
  9. Ghannad, P., Lee, Y. C., Friedland, C., & Yang, E. (2019). Optimizing the socioeconomic benefit of post-disaster strategies by prioritizing reconstruction of damaged facilities. Proceedings of Computing in Civil Engineering 2019: Smart Cities, Sustainability, and Resilience (pp. 180-187). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.
  10. Yang, E., & Bayapu, I. (2018). Big data analytics: Challenges and opportunities for facilities management in higher education. Proceedings of the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track, Charlotte, NC.
  11. Xu, D., & Yang, E. (2018). Library transformation in higher education. Proceedings of the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track, Charlotte, NC.
  12. Yang, E., Kim, Y., Hong, S., & Manoosingh, C. (2018). Aging workforce and their safety and health concerns in the construction industry. Proceedings of the 54th Associated Schools of Construction Annual International Conference (pp. 322-329). Minneapolis, MN.
  13. Nie, Y., & Yang, E. (2017). Redesign the workspace for the aging workforce: A hotel case study in China. Proceedings of the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track (pp. 22-30). Houston, TX.
  14. Ross-Bain, J. G., Yang, E., Roper, K. O., & Song, X. (2017). A metric for measuring facility management quality. Proceedings of the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track (pp. 63-71). Houston, TX.
  15. Lee, Y., Yang, E., Eastman, C.M., & Roper, K.O. (2017). Modularized validation of a Building Information Model according to the specifications of the facility management handover and COBie. Proceedings of Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (LC3), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
  16. Hong, S., & Yang, E. (2017). Improving a spatial layout design method to promote communication and knowledge sharing with Agent-based modeling. Proceedings of the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Europe Academic and Research Track (pp. 26-33). Stockholm, Sweden.
  17. Yang, E., & Juneja, P. (2017). Integrating research and practice in facility management. Proceedings of the Associated Schools of Facility Management, Seattle, WA.
  18. Juneja, P., & Yang, E. (2017). Gap and partnership between facility management students and industry- where we are: A SWOT analysis. Proceedings of the Associated Schools of Facility Management, Seattle, WA.
  19. Yang, E., & Hua, Y. (2014). Framework of construction innovation: A review of diffusion of sustainable innovation in the building sector. Proceedings of Construction Research Congress: Construction in a Global Network (pp. 2096-2105). Atlanta, GA.

Other Publications and Creative Products

  1. Yang, E. (2025). Editorial: Evolving perspectives in corporate real estate and user-centered strategies for the hybrid work era. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 27(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-04-2025-081
  2. Yang, E., Little, E., Seth, H., Machry, H., Sastakar, M., DuBose, J., Burke, M., & Zimring, C. (2023). Home Design Guidelines: Being safe and independent at home. https://simtigrate.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/2023-12/home_design_guidelines.pdf
  3. Little, E., & Yang, E. (2023). Cognitive aging in place: Guides to enhance safety, independence, and comfort at home. American Society on Aging. https://generations.asaging.org/cognitive-aging-place-guides-safety-etc
  4. Ross-Bain, J., & Yang, E. (2022). A place to call home: Finding functioning space for FM teams. Facility Management Journal, (January/February), 14-17.
  5. Yang, E., & Ross-Bain, J. (2020). Learning through serving: FM students implement strategy at 100-year-old church. Facility Management Journal, (May/June), 76-78.

Presentations

  1. Yang, E. (2024, December). Design and construction for cognitive aging in place. Presented at the Human-Centered Building Design Symposium 2024 at Clemson University.
  2. DuBose, J., Yang, E., & Little, E. (2024, August). Cognitive-aging-in-place: Enhancing quality of life through home design. Presented at the Georgia Gerontology Society Annual Meeting & Conference 2024.
  3. DuBose, J., Yang, E., & Rao, A. (2024, June). Sleeping while poor: Why we need to improve housing design for low income urban areas. Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association’s 55th Annual Conference 2024.
  4. Green, A., Bilau, I., Yang, E., Erdogmus, E., Goldstein, F., Boron, J., & Siddiqui, A. (2024, June). Improving sleep quality in black older adults with mild cognitive impairment through built environment interventions: A case study. Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association’s 55th Annual Conference 2024.
  5. Yang, E. (2024, February). The evolving nature of workplace design and management for corporate real estate agility. Presented at the Real Estate Development Conference: Building Tomorrow 2024.
  6. Little, E., & Yang, E. (2023, December). Home Design Guidelines. Presented at the Emory Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Brain Talk Live.
  7. Yang, E., & Bilau, I. (2023, November). Healthy workplace & healthy aging in place. Presented at the Seoul National University Specialized Graduate School of Intelligent Eco-Science Special Lecture Series.
  8. Yang, E. (2023, November). Design and construction for cognitive aging in place. Presented at the Health Systems – The Next Generation Forum.
  9. Yang, E. (2023, October). Functional independence in aging adults facing cognitive decline: the role of the built environment. Presented at the GT Neuro Next Initiative.
  10. Sanborn, B., Yang, E., & Wahab, G. (2023, September). The evolving role of research in work/life design. Presented at the Metropolis Think Tank.
  11. Green, A., Erdogmus, E., Yang, E., Goldstein, F., Boron J., Ismail, A., & Bilau, I. A. (2023, June). Investigating sleep quality and environmental factors that impact the sleep of African Americans with mild cognitive impairment: A survey-based pilot study. Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association’s 54th Annual Conference 2023.
  12. Little, E., Yang, E., Machry, H., Seth, H. S., & Rastegar, F. (2023, March). Cognitive aging in place – A tool to improve quality of life in home environments. Presented at the On Aging Conference 2023.
  13. Yang, E., Machry, H. (2022, October). Design and Construction for Aging. Presented at KyungHee University.
  14. Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2021, December). Finding evidence of a restoration effect in biophilic design using an eye-tracking device. Presented at FM Colloquium 2021.
  15. Hong, S., & Yang, E. (2021, December). Automating categorization of maintenance requests of higher education buildings utilizing machine learning-based text mining. Presented at FM Colloquium 2021.
  16. Kim, Y., & Yang, E. (2019, October). Linking the evidence to argument: Workplace studies through the lens of sociomateriality. Presented at the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track, Phoenix, AZ. (refereed)
  17. Hong, S., Kim, J., & Yang, E. (2019, October). Optimization of Maintenance Work Order (MWO) assignments with a Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) algorithm. Presented at the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track, Phoenix, AZ. (refereed)
  18. Yang, E. (2018, March). Three instructional strategies for teaching software. Presented at the Celebrating Teaching Day, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
  19. Hong, S., & Yang, E. (2018, October). Facility management as a service provider for millennial nomads in sharing economy. Presented at the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace Academic and Research Track, Charlotte, NC. (refereed)
  20. Yang, E., & Wells, N.W. (2015, May). Game for learning: Engaging students in research methods concepts. Presented at Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta, GA. (refereed)
  21. Yang, E. (2014, June). Diffusion of sustainable building practices and the role of stakeholders. Presented at the Young Researchers Workshop at the International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) 23, Timisoara, Romania. (refereed)
  22. Yang, E., & Hua, Y. (2013, February). How does the design of the built environment predict stair versus elevator use for college students? Presented at Active Living Research Conference, San Diego, CA. (refereed)
  23. Yang, E., & Kim, Y. (2009, October). Analysis of effective methods to reduce building CO2 emissions. Presented at the International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace, Orlando, FL. (refereed)