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Michelle Boyoung Huh

NCIDQ | MID
  • Assistant Professor
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Location:

Burruss Hall 232D
800 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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Contact:

hmichelle@vt.edu

Education

MID., Interior Design, University of Texas at Austin

B'Arch., Architecture, Korea University

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Michelle Boyoung Huh is an Assistant Professor in the Interior Design Program. She is NCIDQ and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Korea University and a Master of Interior Design from the University of Texas at Austin through the post-professional program. She has practiced in the retail industry for 10 years as a designer and a project manager. To respond to the changes in the built environment that technology brings, her current research focuses on exploring the application of technology in the physical environment, such as VR and AI, in design education and using EEG in design intervention experiments. 

Exploring the application of technology in the physical environment, such as VR and AI, in design education and using EEG in design intervention experiments. 

  • Design Research for Interiors

  • Design Studio III

Selected Publications & Conference Presentations

 

  • Park, J., Huh, M. B., Miri, M., Hoelting, M., Flores, S., Karagaiah, Y., & Afkhami, M. (2026). Prospect and Refuge in the Workplace: An Exploratory Pilot EEG Investigation of Desk Orientation and Hypervigilance Among Adults with ADHD. Architecture, 6(2), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture6020051  
  • Huh, M. B., Miri, M., & Tracy, T. (2025). Students’ Perceptions of Generative AI Image Tools in Design Education: Insights from Architectural Education. Education Sciences, 15(9), 1160. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091160  
  • Huh, M. B., & Miri, M. (2025). The effects of using VR to promote student motivation in architectural design studio course. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2025.2471973   
  • Huh, M. B. (2023). Korean Public Bathhouse: Potential of Interiority. Interiority, 6(2), 159–176. https://doi.org/10.7454/in.v6i2.354
  • Huh, M.B., & Lee, J. (2026). Exploring the Impact of Contrast in Visual Cues on Wayfinding in Interiors. IDEC Annual Conference 2026
  • Emiroglu M., Huh, M.B., Tural A. (2026). Exploring Motivation and Reflection in Interior Design Capstones. IDEC Annual Conference 2026
  • Huh, M. B. (2025). Development of Inclusive Children’s Literature about Interior Architecture. IDEC Annual Conference 2025

  • Miri, M., Huh, M. B., Park, J., Hoelting, M., Flores, S. (2025). Designing for Focus Environmental Interventions for Inattentive ADHD. IDEC Annual Conference 2025

Creative Scholars

 

  • Exhibition. Mood Cocoon. Art Therapy Through Light Healing: Immersive & Interactive Art Installation. April 25-26, 2026. CUBE, The Cube, Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech, VA.
  • Exhibition. Poetics of Emptiness: Atmosphere as Lived In-Between. November 2025. Meteorologic Imaginaries. Mebane Gallery, Austin, TX. Interior Provocations Symposium.

Grant /Awards:

 

  • Hoelting, M., Park, J., Huh, M. B., Miri, M., Karagaiah, Y., Flores, S., & Afkhami, M. (2026). 2026 EDRA CORE: Certificate Of Research Excellence
  • Huh, M.B. (2026). New Faculty Teaching Excellence. School of Design. Virginia Tech.
  • Huh, M.B. (2026). New Faculty Grant. $1,500. Virginia Tech
  • Tural, E., Huh, M.B. (2026) AAD Supplemental Funding for Outreach and Engagement. $800. Virginia Tech
  • Tracy, T.D.E., Huh, M.B., Miri,M. (2023). Artificial to Conceptual Intelligence. $34,900. Angelo Donghia Foundation Grant 2023
  • Park, J., Hoelting, M., Flores, S., Huh, M.B., Miri, M. (2023). Inattentiveness Reduction through Environmental Interventions: Workplace Designing for Inattentive Type ADHD. $30,000. AIA Upjohn Research Initiative 2023