Shuyi Yin was awarded a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue her research project titled “Use of Digital Technologies in Urban Heritage Management for Public Engagement and Sustainable Development: A Study of Tel Aviv, with Implications for Jerusalem and Beyond.” She is conducting this research under the guidance of Professor Architect Michael Turner at the UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. This research project aims to explore the significant role of urban heritage in sustainable development and examine how cities can use digital technologies in urban heritage to create interactive and immersive experiences that educate, inspire, engage, and empower the public. Shuyi received her Bachelor of Architecture at Zhejiang University and her Master of Science in historic preservation, concentrating on conservation science, at the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a Master of Environmental Design (MED) with a specialization in architectural and preservation history. Her Ph.D. in historic preservation from Columbia University, advised by Professor Jorge Otero-Pailo, Professor Erica C Avrami, and Professor Mario Santana-Quintero, is focused on the history of 3D digitization technologies and their global networks in heritage documentation and preservation.
