Kutay Guler is an award-winning, NCIDQ licensed interior architect and academician based in Manhattan, KS. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Bilkent University – Turkey, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design in 2006 and 2009 respectively. He joined Kansas State University, Department of Interior Architecture and Industrial Design in 2018. His research focuses on the intersection of environmental design dynamics and digital tools. His papers were published in leading high impact journals such as Computers & Education, Journal of Simulation, Museum Management & Curatorship. He authored the book Simulating Visitor Behavior and edited the book volume titled Contemporary Issues in Housing Design, both published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. He has also pursued a freelance design career since 2006, during which he completed over 60 commercial and residential interiors along with numerous industrial design, landscape design, and architectural visualization projects for an international clientele.