Professor Ng’s research broadly examines emerging material technologies and their potential within design to provide a sustainable and responsive architecture. Central to this inquiry is the potential for current and emerging technological advancements to redefine the interdisciplinary and collaborative modes of contemporary architecture and design praxes. Situated within the context of the global mandate for sustainable and environmentally conscious design, this research is rigorously directed by the complex and interconnected relationships of built and natural environments. Her current projects include “ReD”, a funded research project to develop a prototype of a responsive daylighting panel integrating phase change material and “Firefly”, a winning design of a sustainable woodland shelter to be built at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Spring 2009. Professor Ng is a co-founder of the non-profit organization SEAMLab, a collaborative think tank dedicated to research and dissemination of design-based knowledge focused on materiality within the built environment. In addition, she is a registered architect with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and principal of the architecture firm, RNG Design LLC.