Won Hee Ko, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the integrated analysis of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), aim to balance occupant health and well-being with high-performance building sustainability.

Dr. Ko’s scholarship operates at the important intersection of architectural design and building science. By bridging rigorous analytical methodologies with practical design applications, her work provides actionable insights for both academia and the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with the HCAD Faculty Award for Rising Star in Research and Scholarship.

Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Ko was a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also earned her Ph.D. in Architecture (Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability). She holds a Master of Science in Building Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Architecture from Yonsei University. Her academic work is informed by professional experience at Buro Happold, where she specialized in facade design and computational analysis.

As an active member of the global research community, Dr. Ko serves on the Early Career Editorial Board for the journal Building and Environment and acts as a proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Environmental Sustainability program. She also involve with professional organizations including the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for technical committee.

Ph.D. ; University of California-Berkeley ; Architecture (Building Science, Technology and Sustainability) ; 2021

M.S. ; University of Southern California ; Building Science ; 2012

B.Arch. ; Yonsei University ; Architecture ; 2010

https://www.linkedin.com/in/won-hee-ko-15a17a40/

USYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

USYS 790A - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 790C - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 790E - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

USYS 790D - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

ARCH 546 - DSGN & OPTMZNG BLD ENCL

USYS 790B - DISSERTATION RESEARCH

USYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

Sustainable design
High-performance building design
Integrated facades
Daylight, view, indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
Resilience and building autonomy (passive systems)

Building envelope systems
View, daylight, circadian lighting
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
Building resilience and autonomy
Occupant health, well-being, productivity
Emerging technologies, virtual reality (VR), 3D point cloud system

Won Hee Ko, Luis Santos, Michael G. Kent, Hanwook Kim, Nehal Nagarjun. "Determining Window Size for View Quality and Building Energy Efficiency." Journal of Building Engineering .

Jaeha Kim, Katharina Kral, Won Hee Ko, Michael Kent, Stefano Schiavon, Timur Dogan. 2025. "Window View Satisfaction Assessment Methodology: A Comparison of Physical Space, Virtual Reality, and Digital Image." LEUKOS, the Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society , pp. 1–32.

Won Hee Ko, Isabel Burgess , Stefano Schiavon, Susana T. L. Chung, Piers MacNaughton, Chai Yoon Um. 2024. "Assessing the impact of glazing and window shade systems on view clarity." Scientific Reports , vol. 14 , no. 1 , pp. 18392.

Michael George Kent, Won Hee Ko, Iason Konstanzos, Stefano Schiavon, Piers MacNaughton, Arnold J. Wilkins. 2024. "The design of window shades and fenestration for view clarity." Lighting Research and Technology .

Won Hee Ko, Stefano Schiavon, Luis Santos, Michael Kent, Hanwook Kim, Mohammad Keshavarzi. 2023. "View Access Index: The effects of geometric variables of window views on occupants’ satisfaction ." Building and Environment , vol. 234 , pp. 110132.