Research Students
Students' Research Topics
This page contains an index of the research students undertaking Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the supervision of our academic staff. Students are listed alphabetically by surname, along with their project titles and supervisors.
Architecture
| Name | Project | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Mohd Shahrudin Abd Manan | Architecture, Body and Pop Culture: Weaving the Critical Fabric(ated) Spaces of the T-Shirt |
Assoc Prof Chris Smith, Dr Dagmar Reinhardt |
| Judith Ainge | Walls of Iron: The Architecture of Habitable Prefabricated Iron buildings |
Mr Trevor Howells, Prof Richard Hyde |
| Saeed Ali H Alburgawi | Makkah’s Urban Morphology | Dr Lee Stickells, Mr Barrie Shelton |
| Craig Allchin | Increasing Supply of Housing in High Density Centres to Improve Housing Affordability |
Dr Lee Stickells, Mr Barrie Shelton |
| Philippa Barr | Atmospheres | Assoc Prof William Martens, Assoc Prof Glen Hill |
| Graham Bell | Patterns of Failure: A Pragmatic and Theoretical Response to Negligence in Architecture from 1975 |
Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Assoc Prof Greg Castillo |
| Nikolina Bobic | City as Target: Urbicide of Belgrade in 1999 | Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Assoc Prof Chris L. Smith |
| Sarah Breen Lovett | Expanded Architecture: the Intersection of Avant-garde Film, Expanded Cinema + Architecture |
Dr Lee Stickells, Prof Sandra Kaji-O'Grady |
| Douglas Brown | Bushfire Risk Perception: A Study of the Perceived Vulnerability of Domestic Architecture in Bushfire Prone Areas | Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Dr Peter Armstrong |
| Anne Burgess | Aboriginal Stories of Victoria Park Design and Research Project | Dr Glen Hill, Prof Peter Read |
| Peter Chivers | Architecture: Three Concepts. An Inquiry into the Sites of Architectural Transformation | Prof Michael Tawa |
| Bayezid Choudhury | The Genesis of Sangsad at She-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka | Dr Peter Armstrong |
| Rachel Couper | The Theatre of Festivals |
Dr Glen Hill, Dr Dagmar Reinhardt |
| Sunil Dubey | Comparative Evaluation of Governance and Management in Public Property Assets in Commonwealth Countries |
Dr Peter Armstrong, Geoffrey Gallop |
| Haris Dzonlagic | Derrida and Architectural Philosophy/Theory |
Dr Glen Hill, Assoc Prof Chris Smith |
| Allison Earl | The Language of Sustainability |
Prof Michael Tawa, Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Monika Bednarek |
| Jennifer M Gamble | Spatialisation Writing/Thinking | Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Dr Simon Hayman |
| Farzaneh Haghighi | Bazaar as Event: An Architectural Exploration of the Bazaar and its Relation to Key Socio-Political Events in Tehran, Iran (1980-2010) |
Assoc Prof Chris Smith, Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Dr Pamela Karimi |
| Scott Hill | A “Suitable” Residents | Dr Glen Hill |
| Maroun Kassab | The Heritage of the Modernist Movement in Lebanon |
Assoc Prof Chris Smith, Assoc Prof Glen Hill |
| Seyed Mahdi Khatami | Modesty in the Islamic City; An Investigation of the Islamic Concept of Modesty and its Implication for Urban Form. | Prof Michael Tawa, Assoc Prof Glen Hill |
| Simon Kringas | The Topological City |
Assoc Prof Chris Smith, Dr Lee Stickells |
| Fontaine Liu | Conserving Architecture as Living Heritage: A Reading of Heideggerian Thinking in Relation to Current Heritage Conservation Theory and Practice |
Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Mr Trevor Howells |
| Margaret Liu | Energy, Environment and Buildings: Retrofitting Existing Tertiary Education Buildings to Improve Energy Efficiency | Prof Richard Hyde, Dr David Leifer |
| Pamela Lofthouse | Semi-detached Houses as a District Dwelling Type in NSW |
Dr Peter Armstrong, Mr Trevor Howells |
| Peter Maganov | Improving the Take-up of Findings in Jurisdictional State of the Environmental Reports |
Dr Edward Blakely, Dr Rafael Pizarro |
| Shu Min | The Evolving Vernacular Space Case Studies in Sichuan, China, 1644-1911 |
Assoc Prof Duanfang Lu, Prof Gary Moore |
| Sanja Mladenovic | Notion of Becoming Child: Interdisciplinary study in the Field of Philosophy, Film and Architecture | Assoc Prof Chris L. Smith |
| 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 |
| Jun Yi Ong | Building the Garden City: The Clean Movement in Singapore, 1965-2010 | Assoc Prof Dianfang Lu, Assoc Prof Glen Hill |
| Anne Watson | Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House: The ‘lost’ years 1966-68 |
Dr Peter Armstrong, Dr Glen Hill |
| 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 |
| Michael Zanardo | Shaping Affordable Housing: An Archtitectural Typological Investigation of Workers' Housing in Sydney 1900-1940 | Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Dr Lee Stickells |
| Serena Yanjing Zhang | Transdisciplinary Practices: A Rising Mode in the Architectural Profession in Australia Since the 1990's |
Dr Peter Armstrong, Assoc Prof Glen Hill, Assoc Prof Chris Smith |
Architectural Science
| Name | Project | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Judith Ainge | Iron Buildings |
Prof Richard Hyde, Dr Trevour Howells |
| Hana Al-Jawder | The Impact of Window Design on Visual Privacy in Home |
Assoc Prof Wendy Davis, Prof Michael Tawa |
| Hisham Allam | Retrofitting Adaptive Comfort Strategies Into conventionally Air-Conditioned Buildings |
Prof Richard de Dear, Dr David Leifer |
| Mansour Alulayet | Energy Effciency Through the Building Envelope in office Buildings in Saudi Arabia | Prof Richard Hyde |
| Rui Chen | Using Tangible Augmented Reality to Support Urban Design Learning |
Assoc Prof William Martens, Prof Mary Lou Maher |
| Ralph Collins | Music Practice Rooms: Acoustic Effects on One’s Own Voice | Dr Densil Cabrera |
| Alistair Duncan | Lighting for the Aged Care |
Assoc Prof Wendy Davis |
| Elizabeth Gallagher | Beyond “Green” Streets – Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change | Prof Richard de Dear |
| Arosha Gamage | Exploring the Potential of Biomimicry as a Design Approach to Enhance Ecological Sustainability in Architecture |
Prof Richard Hyde, Assoc Prof Glen Hill |
| Petar Gligorov | Tunable Passive Resonant Sound Absorber | Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Jingfeng Xu |
| Jungsoo Kim | Relationship Between Perceived Indoor Environment Quality and Office Workspace Satisfaction |
Prof Richard de Dear, Dr Christhina Candido |
| Ben O’Callaghan | The Impact of Sustainable Housing Design and Environmental Attitudes on Resource Consumption |
Prof Richard Hyde, Dr David Wadley |
| Mark McKinnon-Bassett | Testing the Relative Influence of Two Training Methods on Reporting Difference in Tone Colouration |
Assoc Prof William Martens, Dr Densil Cabrera |
| Luis Alejandro Miranda Jofre | The Spacial Complexity of Auditory Scenes | Dr Densil Cabrera |
| Thomas Parkinson | Alliesthesia and Thermal Perception in Transient Environments |
Prof Richard de Dear Dr Christhina Candido |
| Claudiu Pop | Auditory Perception of Room Size | Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Craig Jin |
| Craig Roussac |
Saving Energy in Australian Commercial Office Buildings | Prof Richard de Dear, Prof Richard Hyde |
| Daniel Ryan | An Historical Exploration of the internal Thermal Environment | Prof Richard Hyde |
| Trevor Seymour-Jones | An Assessment of Emerging International Best Practice in the Integrated Management of Public Sector Property Assets, and Its Application to the Australian Public Sector |
Dr. David Leifer |
| David Spargo | Role of Diffusion in Listening Rooms | Assoc Prof William L. Martens |
| Ian Stevenson | Auditory confusion and the Poetics of Sonic Reverie | Dr Densil Cabrera, Dr Kirsty Beilharz |
| Shiuan-Ru Su | Perceived Control in outpatient Departments of Taiwanese Hospitals from the Patient's Perspective: A Naturalistic Case Study |
Prof Gary Moore, Prof Richard de Dear |
| Anir Upadhyay | Constituents of Environmental Quality of Life in Sustainable Housing in South East Queensland | Prof Richard Hyde |
| Manuj Yadav | Auditory Room Size Perception |
Dr Densil Cabrera, Assoc Prof William Martens |
Design Lab
| Name | Project | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Phillip Gough | Visualising Science for Non-Expert Users Through Affective, Interactive Digital Art | Dr onacloV, Dr Tomasz Bednarz |
| Luke Hespanhol | Designing Interactive Environments and Ubiquitous Engagement by Augmenting Public Spaces with Electronic Installations | Dr Martin Tomitsch |
| Steven Janssen | Autonomous Robotic Construction | Dr Rob Saunders |
| Mohammad Ashraf Khan | 'wePlan'-Spacial Design Communication for End-Users: An Alternative Model Based on the Application of Geo-located Augmented Reality and Reference |
Dr Lian Loke, Dr Ilan Dar-Nimrod, Dr Kurt Iveson |
| Crighton Nichols | Cross Cultural Design: A Capability Approach to Technology Appropriation by First Australians |
Assoc Prof Andy Dong, Dr onacloV |
| Morteza Pourmohamadi Mahounaki | Designerly Ways of Customizing | Dr Rob Saunders, Assoc Prof Andy Dong |
| Nikash Singh | Investigating User-Interface Solutions to Personal Information Management in Email |
Dr Martin Tomitsch, Hon Prof Mary Lou Maher |
| Anhong Zhang | The Evolution of Languages for Design in Artificial Creative Systems | Dr Rob Saunders, Dr Ollie Bown |
| Jie Zhu | Human-Robot Interaction Design - Improving Situation Awareness Through Mixed Reality | Dr Rob Suanders, Dr Martin Tomitsch |
Urban and Regional Planning
| Name | Project | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hill | How Can We Better Protect Employment lands When Residential is the Higher and Better Use? | Porf Peter Phibbs, Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran |
| Adrienne Keane | Planning for the Interface Between Natural World Heritage and Neighboring Cities | Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran |
| Pall Jakob Lindal | Project: Restorative Environment Design for Densifying Cities |
Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran, Prof Terry Hartig |
| Sally Lewis | Reconciling Planning, Development and Housing Outcomes in Australia |
Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran, Dr Paul Jones |
| Ninik Suhartini | The Relevance of Spatial Plans and Policies on Urban Disadvantaged in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Jayapura, Indonesia |
Assoc Prof Paul Jones, Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran |