Entries by Ming Tang

2025 Faculty Excellence Award

I’m honored to share that I’ve received the 2025 Faculty Excellence Award as part of UC’s Research + Innovation Week, co-sponsored by the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost. This recognition is truly meaningful to me, as it highlights the value of collaboration, mentorship, and innovation across our academic community. I’m deeply […]

paper on AI, XR, Metaverse, Digital Twins

Metaverse and Digital Twins in the Age of AI and Extended Reality Tang, Ming, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Ahmad Alrefai, and Aayush Kumar. 2025. “Metaverse and Digital Twins in the Age of AI and Extended Reality” Architecture 5, no. 2: 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture5020036   This paper explores the evolving relationship between Digital Twins (DT) and the Metaverse, two foundational yet […]

AE studio 2025

Spring 2025. Instructors: Ming Tang, Samira Sarabandikachyani This studio provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design. Students developed proposals for a restaurant located in Over-the-Rhine (OTR), Cincinnati, Ohio.

Exhibition: Views of Cincinnati & Ohio Valley

Exhibition “Views of Cincinnati & Ohio Valley” Location: Elevar Gallery, 555 Carr St., Cincinnati. opening hours: May 1- June 27, 2025, Mon-Thu 9-5 pm, Fri 9-6:30 pm The exhibition is supported by the Creative Asian Society and the ArtsWave Impact grant. “Infinite Loop” reflects my interpretation of the Ohio Valley—an ever-shifting landscape shaped by both deep geological time and […]

XR and Gen-AI Technologies in Design

     Left: VR training on welding, Samantha Frickel.  Right: Cinematic universes. Carson Edwards Extended Reality and Generative-AI in Human-Centered Design UHP + Architecture Seminar Student work from the University of Cincinnati’s Honors Seminar and Architecture Design Seminar. This video showcases multiple innovative projects intersecting emerging technologies such has AIGC, XR with human-centered design.The projects […]