Nam-Kyu Park, Ph.D., NCIDQ® Certificate No. 024603, LEED A. P.

Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department of Interior Design
office: 354 ARCH
e-mail: npark@ufl.edu
phone: 352-392-0252, ext. 338

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Education

• Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
• M.S. Oklahoma State University
• B.S. Kon-Kuk University

Member

• Interior Design Educators Council
• Environmental Design Research Association
• Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Nam-Kyu Park, LEED accredited professional and NCIDQ certified interior designer, joined the faculty of the Department of Interior Design in 2007. Previously, Dr. Park was on the faculty at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Her teaching experience centers on design studio focused on retail and office environments, interior lighting design, environmental systems, and interior design detailing. Her principle areas of research address lighting perceptions and behaviors in service environments, environmental and social sustainability, and environmental design and human spatial behavior. She also has interest in the cultural impact on design, including cross-cultural differences in lighting preference and cross-cultural issues in residential design. Her research work has been presented at a numerous international and national conferences and published in several scholarly journals.

Teaching Focus

• Design studio
• Lighting design
• Interior Environmental systems
• Interior Detailing

Courses

• IND 3216/5231 Architectural Interiors II
• IND 3431/5434 Interior Lighting
• IND 3468/5466 Interior Environmental Technologies
• IND 3905 Individual Study: Lighting and Sustainability
• IND 4550C/5454C Advanced Interior Design Detailing
• IND 4930 Special Topics in Interior Design (Independent Studies)

Research

• Luminous environments
• Environmental and social sustainability
• Effect of culture on design
• Environmental design and human spatial behavior