All People
Elisse Newman

Winifred E. Newman

  • Dean, College of the Arts & Architecture
  • Professor, Architecture

Education

  • PhD, MPhil, MArch, Harvard University, 2010
  • BS, BArch., University of Texas at Austin
  • BFA, (Candidate), University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Dr. Winifred Elysse Newman is the Professor and Dean at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research promotes digital and human-machine hybrid solutions as a paradigm shift in the design and occupation of the built environment. Dr. Newman focuses on spatial perception in architecture, ecological psychology, adaptive environments, and neuroaesthetics, with active research in neuroscience and architecture, data visualization, mapping, STEM learning environments, and the history of technology and science. Dr. Newman is the Executive Editor of the Journal for Technology, Architecture, and Design. Recent publications include Data Visualization for Design Thinking: Applied Mapping. ORCID 0000-0003-3811-9659

Links

Recent & Selected Works

“Aging and Technology,” CCADMR Seminar (2023)

Articles & Selected Papers

  • Newman, W. E. (2025). “Ideal and Imperfect Generators.” Technology|Architecture + Design, 9(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751448.2025.2465059
  • Liu, Tong & Newman, Winifred & Browning, Matthew. (2024). Daily Green Exposure, Mobility, and Health: A Scoping Review. Sustainability. 16. 3412. 10.3390/su16083412.
  • Sida Dai, Brygg Ullmer, and Winifred Elysse Newman. 2024. MorphMatrix: A Toolkit Facilitating Shape-Changing Interface Design. In Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '24), February 11--14, 2024, Cork, Ireland. ACM, New York, NY, USA 12 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633383
  • Newman, W. E. (2024). “Translations from Coding to Reality.” Technology|Architecture + Design, 8(2), 169–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751448.2024.2405337

Grants/Funded Research

  • NSF24-576: Gen-4-ERC The Engineering Research Center for Edge and Data Grounded Engineering for Healthcare Innovation (EDGE-HI), Preliminary Proposal, $5M, pending
  • NSF MRI Track 1: Development of “Wakti: A Highly Reconfigurable, Cluster-backed, Tangibles and Computational Materials Enabled Instrument for Collaborative Interactive Visualization, PI: Brygg Ullmer, Co-PIs: W. Newman, Miriam Konkel, $1.4M, pending
  • NSF MRI Development of Enodia: A Highly Reconfigurable, HPC-Backed Instrument Enabling Multifaceted Interactive Visualization, CNS-1828611, Brygg Ullmer (PI), Winifred E. Newman, Miriam Konkel, Todd Marek, Andrew Robb (Co-PIs), $1,964,707

Notable

  • Invited Speaker, American Center Moscow, “NeuroDesign for Better Living,” for Series, Do Cities Dream? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-bOx6qA6gU
  • Plenary Speaker, 2023 International Forum on Infrastructure and Civil Engineering, “Intelligent Systems and Materials in Architecture Design and Construction,” Feb. 6-8, 2023, Porto, Portugal
  • Campus Alliance for Advanced Visualization (CAAV) 5th Annual Conference, online at Clemson University, co-sponsored by the Watt Family Center for Innovation. Collaborators: Barbara Spaziale, Tullen Burns, Nate Newsome. https://caavcon.com/