b'ALUMNI PROFILEWang MengyaMUDD (2015-2016)ChinaI grew up influenced by real estate and urbanWuhan has redefined its position and development development because my family is engaged in an urbandirection as a city that is internationalized, modernized development practice. I chose however to major in civiland ecologicalized. I had the opportunity to be engineering at university. In 2010 I visited Shanghairesponsible for Strategic Industrial Planning at the Expo and was excited by the sustainable design of thescale of a city for the local government, planning and Expo Park especially the green buildings and landscapeinvestment strategies for the Innovation Industrial infrastructure. My initial interest in urban developmentPark for Corporate Headquarters, and participated and design sprouted from then, little by little. in research for the2019 Development Report on Metropolitan Region in China " with the National In 2016, I enrolled at UNSW andwas so lucky toDevelopment and Reform Commission.be accepted into the MUDDProgram. I acquired advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills in urbanRecently I have been researching territorial spatial design, learned a methodology to research urbanplanning with the help of new techniques like GIS and development challenges and an ability to apply themPython. I appreciate that the MUDDProgram taught in a range of contexts related to contemporary bestme the necessary research strategies, methodologies practice. and design skillsto better face the urban challenges in todays China.After I graduated, I went back to China and became a graduate urban designer in the offices of Turenscape in Beijing. Here I worked on ecologically responsible development and the national policy named "Sponge City". I had the opportunity to participate in the design of the sub-centre of Beijing-the detailed planning scheme for(the) green heart with Southeast University, as well as research on the "Ecological Security Pattern as a Strategy of Resilient City of Xiong\'an New Town" with Peking University.In 2018 I became an assistant manager in Cushman & Wakefield, Wuhan. As one of the national central cities, 155P6-20200302-OTHERS.indd 12 2020/3/3 0:11:49'