Research Students

Students' Research Topics

Name Project Supervisors

  Group      

Christopher Abel
  Dr Glen Hill, Dr Chris Smith  Architecture & Allied  Arts
Judith Ainge   Mr Trevor Howells, Prof Richard Hyde Architecture & Allied  Arts 
Wadia Albarqawi Forming Architectural Identity: Constructing the Islamic District in Makkah Dr Duanfang Lu, Dr Glen Hill, Dr Greg Castillo, Architecture & Allied  Arts 
Saeed Ali H Alburgawi
  Mr Barrie Shelton
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Tooran Alizadeh
Design Attributes of Wired Communities for Teleworkers
Prof Ed Blakely, Dr Rafael Pizarro, Prof Gary Moore Urban & Regional Planning & Policy 
Hisham Allam
  Ass Prof Richard de Dear Architectural & Design Science  
Craig Allchin
  Mr Barrie Shelton
Architecture & Allied  Arts
William Antram Will changing design features and sound parameters improve worker satisfaction productivity in building facilities? Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr David Leifer
Architectural & Design Science 
Frances Barram
  Prof Richard Hyde Architectural & Design Science
John Bassett Architectural acoustics
Dr Densil Cabrera, Assoc Professor Fergus Fricke
Architectural & Design Science
Michael Bates 
The Role of Multichannel Sound Design in Shaping the Experience of Engagement Within the Context of Screen-Based Narrative Content
Dr Kirsty Beilharz, Dr Nigel Helyer, Dr Simon Hayman
Architectural & Design Science
Graham Bell
  Dr Glen Hill
Architecture & Allied Arts
Amit Bhattarai
Cultural influences on Ecological Footprint: A case study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Dr Nicole Gurran, Dr Peter Armstrong, Dr Krishna Shrestha Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Vibha Bhattarai Upadhyay
Modern Plans, Ancient Ideologies: Towards Hybrid Urban Management in Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr Nicole Gurran, Assoc Professor Peter Phibbs
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Graham Bell Patterns of Failure: A Pragmatic and Theoretical Response to Negligence in Architectural Practice in Australia from 1975 Dr Glen Hill, Dr Greg Castillo, Professor Tom Heneghan Architecture & Allied Arts
Nikolina Bobic
  Dr Glen Hill
Architecture & Allied Arts
Anne Burgess Aboriginal Stories of Victoria Park Design and Research Project Mr Col James, Dr Glen Hill, Professor Peter Read Architecture & Allied  Arts
Rui Chen Using Tangible Augmented Reality to Support Urban Design Learning
Dr Xiangyu Wang, Dr Mike Rosenman
Design Lab 
Paul Coe
Justice Not Trinkets
Dr Nicole Gurran, Mr Col James, Professor Ed Blakely
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Matthew Conlon Swedish Influences on Australian modern architecture Dr Glen Hill, Dr Greg Castillo Architecture & Allied  Arts
Sing D'arcy The Organ As Architecture Dr Glen Hill, Dr Peter Armstrong Architecture & Allied  Arts
Lucila de Carvalho
The Sociology of Informal Learning In/About Design
Dr Andy Dong, Dr Peter Reimann, Dr Karl Maton
Design Lab
Katina Dimoulias
  Professor Gary Moore Environment, Behaviour & Society
Haris Dzonlagic Derrida and Architectural Philosophy/Theory Dr Glen Hill, Dr Duanfang Lu, Dr Chris Smith Architecture & Allied  Arts
Farhana Ferdous
The Evaluative Image of Urban Plazas: The Relationship between Built Environment, Aesthetic Response and Social Use of Urban Plazas in Sydney and Dhaka
Professor Gary Moore, Dr Rafael Pizarro
Environment, Behaviour & Society
Jennifer Gamble   Dr Glen Hill, Dr Simon Hayman Architecture & Allied  Arts
Tony Gilmour
How can nonprofit organisations supply more affordable homes: an international comparative study
Professor Ed Blakely, Dr Vivienne Milligan
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Petar Gligorov
Tunable Passive Resonant Sound Absorber
Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Jingfeng Xu
Architectural & Design Science
Jan Golembiewski
  Dr Peter Armstrong
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Kazjon Grace
Situated Analogy-making in Design
Dr John Gero, Dr Rob Saunders
Design Lab
Azman Hassan The Quality of the Physical Environment of Early Childhood Development Centres in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
Professor Gary Moore, Associate Professor David Evans
Environment, Behaviour & Society
Lei Hou
  Dr Xiangyu Wang Design Lab
Richard Yizhi Hu 
A Tale of Two Cities: Transforming the CBDs in Sydney and San Francisco
Professor Ed Blakely, Professor Eric Heikkila, Dr Nicole Gurran
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Heather Jones The Interaction of Nature and Quality of Life for Older Residents in Nursing Homes
Professor Gary Moore, Associate Professor Susan Quine
Environment, Behaviour & Policy
Farhan Sirajul Karim Gandhi’s Modernity: 1883, 1937, 1959 & Ashram 1909  Dr Duanfang Lu, Dr Greg Castillo, Dr Chris Smith Architecture & Allied  Arts
Adrienne Keane 
Improving planning for the interface between cities and natural World Heritage Areas
Dr Nicole Gurran, Dr Krishna Shrestha Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Nicholas Kelly
The Role of Representation in Emergence and Applications for Design Tools
Dr John Gero, Dr Rob Saunders
Design Lab
Fiona Kerr
Patterns and pedagogies: Approaches to Developing e-Learning Environments
Dr Andy Dong, Professor Mary Lou Maher, Professor Peter Goodyear
Design Lab
Ahmet Baki Kocaballi
  Dr Robert Saunders, Dr Kirsty Beilharz
Design Lab
Ingo Kumic Revealing the Competitive City
Spatial Political Economy and City Brands
Dr Duanfang Lu, Dr Glen Hill Architecture & Allied  Arts
Stewart Lawler
Best Practice in Developer Agreements and Cost Efficient Delivery of Affordable Housing in Australia
Assoc Professor Peter Phibbs, Dr Peter Armstrong
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Doheon Lee
An application of psychoacoustical modeling to room acoustics analysis
Dr Densil Cabrera, Assoc Professor Fergus Fricke
Architectural & Design Science
Ralph Thomas Lengler
  Dr Andrew Vande Moere
Design Lab
Chi  Li Affordable Housing in China  Dr Duanfang Lu Architecture & Allied  Arts
Pall Lindal The Effects of Scale, Complexity and Style of Buildings in Relation to Natural Elements in Urban Environments on People's Restoration
Professor Alan Peters, Associate Professor Allan Terrence Purcell
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Fontaine Liu Conserving Architecture as Living Heritage: A Reading of Heideggerian Thinking in Relation to Current Heritage Conservation Theory and Practice Dr Glen Hill, Mr Trevor Howells Architecture & Allied  Arts
Margaret Liu Improving energy performance of existing buildings through renovation and refubishment Professor Richard Hyde, Dr David Leifer Architecture & Allied  Arts
Pamela Lofthouse Semi-Detached Houses as a Distinct Housing Typology in NSW Dr Peter Armstrong, Mr Trevor Howells Architecture & Allied  Arts
Troy Loveday Can the form of urban development in Western Sydney deliver sustainable transport outcomes?
Mr Martin Payne
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Wesley Lumby Social, economic, legislative and stylistic forces - their effects on the interwar hotels of NSW Mr Trevor Howells, Dr Charles Picket Architecture & Allied  Arts
Peter Maganov
A New Approach to Address the Lack of Policy Integration and Follow-up to the Findings of Jurisdictional State of the Environment Reports Professor Ed Blakely, Dr Rafael Pizarro
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Zeenat Mahjabeen Stakeholder Participation in Regional Planning: A Study of Urban Planning Process in Sydney, Australia
Professor Ed Blakely, Dr Nicole Gurran
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Harpreet Mand Constructing Identity, Interpreting Architecture: Alternative Strategies in Contemporary Asian Design Mr Barrie Shelton, Professor Tom Heneghan Architecture & Allied  Arts
Anthony Milou
Play/Search-Engines: Creativity and the Experience of Place and Space in the Realm of Onine Search M.A. Schnabel, M. Maher
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Sanja Mladenovic
  Dr Chris L. Smith
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Chumporn Moorapun Effects of the designed environment on customer purchase behaviour as mediated by affective response and way finding performance
Em Professor Gary Moore, Professor Charles Areni Environment, Behaviour and Society
Mozammel H Mridha  The Relationship Between Residential Satisfaction and Apartment
Living in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh
Em Professor Gary T Moore, Associate Professor Nicole Gurran  Environment, Behaviour & Society
Ramaswamy Nagarajan Modeling Community Perceptions of Large Projects Using Soft Computing Tools
Dr David Gunaratnam, Professor Ali Jaafari
Architectural & Design Science
Crighton Nichols
The Adaptation of Technologies by Indigenous Communities: A Capability Approach
Dr Andy Dong, Assoc Professor Anna Rubbo
Design Lab
Nik Lukman Nik Ibrahim
Typology of Daylighting
Professor Richard Hyde, Dr Glen Hill, Dr Simon Hayman
Architectural & Design Science
Kim Norley
  Prof Alan Peters
Urban & Regional Planning & Policy
Paul O'Donnell The Curatio Project - Remember and Recognise: Towards Developing a National Instrument for the Conservation of Australian Catholic Church Heritage Dr Peter Armstrong, Mr Trevor Howells Architecture & Allied  Arts
Jun Yi Ong The Green Image and Experience Economy of Singapore - A case study on Gardens by the Bay  D. Lu, T. Heneghan Architecture & Allied  Arts
Mercedes Paulini
Spatial problem-framing in mobile social computing
M.A. Schnabel, P. Murty
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Claudiu Pop
  Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Craig Jin
Architectural & Design Science
Margaret Pope
  Professor Warren Julian, Assoc Professor Terry Purcell
Architectural & Design Science
Morteza Pourmohamadi Mahounaki
Designerly Ways of Customizing Dr Rob Saunders  
Design Lab
Brian Purdey
Workplace Performance and Productivity
Dr David Leifer, Dr George Cairns
Architectural & Design Science
Sam Ridgway Construction Pedagogy Dr Glen Hill, Dr Peter Armstrong Architecture & Allied  Arts
Russell Rodrigo The Place of Remembrance: Aesthetics of Loss and the Design of Memory Dr Glen Hill, Professor Tom Heneghan Architecture & Allied  Arts
Abu Nur Mohammad Shahriar Sky Brightness for architecture: Digital Photography for Measurement and Comparison of Sky Luminance to Standard Skies Professor Richard Hyde, Dr Simon Hayman Architectural & Design Science
Vishal Singh
Computational model of social learning and formation of team mental model in design teams
Dr Andy Dong, Dr John Gero
Design Lab
Konrad Skirlis
Correlation between frequency and amplitude in genre-specific popular culture
Assoc Professor Fergus Fricke, Dr Densil Cabrera
Architectural & Design Science
Catherine Smith
  Dr Chris L. Smith
Architecture & Allied  Arts
Floris Smith Parallels Between Louis Khan and Aldo Van Eyck
Dr Glen Hill, Dr Greg Castillo Architecture & Allied  Arts
Kristine Sodersten Student Approaches to and conceptions of design learning in design in an undergraduate course in architecture Dr Simon Barrie, Assoc Professor Mike Prosser, Associate Professor Terry Purcell Architecture & Allied  Arts
David Spargo
  Ass Prof William L. Martens
 
Ian Stevenson
  Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Kirsty Beilharz
Architectural & Design Science
Stewart Wallace Information Architecture for Mobile Urban Information Services Mr Barrie Shelton, Dr Andy Dong Architecture & Allied  Arts
Rui Wang
  Dr Xiangyu Wang Design Lab
Wei Wang
  Dr Xiangyu Wang Design Lab
Lu Wang
  Dr Xiangyu Wang Design Lab
Xiong Wang
A Machine Learning System for Understanding Appraisal in Design Documents
Dr Andy Dong, Dr Rob Saunders Design Lab
Anne Watson Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House: The ‘lost’ years 1966-68  Dr Peter Armstrong, Dr Glen Hill Architecture & Allied  Arts
Simon Weir Paranoiac - Critical Methods for Architecture: Speculations on the influence of Salvador Dali on Rem Koolhaas Dr Glen Hill, Professor Tom Heneghan Architecture & Allied  Arts
Donna Wheatley Branded Skylines: Experience Office Buildings and the battle for talent Assoc Professor Anna Rubbo, Dr Greg Castillo, Professor Gary Moore Architecture & Allied  Arts
Peter Williams Architectural and Liturgical Design of Church Buildings for the Roman Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council - Assessing the Response to the Documents of the Council Dr Peter Armstrong, Dr Gerard Moore  Architecture & Allied  Arts
Leilei Xu
  Prof Gary Moore
Environment, Behaviour & Society
Michael Zanardo Shaping Affordable Housing: A Typological Investigation Of Affordable Housing in Sydney 1901-2000  G. Hill, G. Castillo Architecture & Allied  Arts
Yufang Zhang Foundations of the Experience of Gloom Professor Warren Julian, Associate Professor Terry Purcell
Architectural & Design Science
Jie Zhu
  Dr Xiangyu Wang, Dr Mike Rosenman Design Lab