Ming Norman Tsui

Ming Norman Tsui

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Ming Norman Tsui is currently in his fifth year of study in Penn State’s Architectural Engineering Program. While the name Ming in Chinese means “light” or “illumination”, choosing his path to emphasize in the lighting option is almost an intrinsic faith. Ever since high school, he had already developed a strong appreciation for arts and science. It wasn’t until college that he discovered his true passion, architecture - a fusion of the two contrasting interest.
In pursuit of his passion for architecture, Norman took the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in Rome, Italy, where he was able to reinforce and apply his understanding of lighting on architectural design. Upon completion of this endeavor, he successfully obtained a minor in architecture.

During the summer of 2005, Norman interned with international design firm, Hellmuth, Obata+Kassabaum Inc. (HOK). At HOK, Norman worked under the HOK Lighting Group, at the same time providing design support for architects, interior designers and landscape architects of various departments throughout the firm. Prior to HOK, Norman works as a research assistant and graphic consultant during summer and throughout the semester, providing architectural modeling and photorealistic visualization services to several commercial design firms. In June 2005, Norman was awarded first prize in the IESNA Howard Brandston Student Lighting Design Competition.

In his free time, Norman enjoys doing graphic design, digital architecture studies as well as photography and playing soccer. He is also a member in the student chapter of IES. Norman is scheduled to take the LEED Certification Examination within this fall and the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination in April of 2006. He will be attending graduate school in pursuit of a master degree in architecture. He looks forward to utilizing his education and experience in his career by becoming a Registered Architect and obtaining his Professional Engineering license.