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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 and Allied Arts

Name Project Supervisors
Christopher Abel Architecture & Cultural Evolution:
A Memetic Theory of Types

Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Assoc Prof Chris Smith 
Judith Ainge Walls of Iron:
The Architecture of Habitable Prefabricated Iron buildings		 Mr Trevor Howells,
Prof Richard Hyde
Wadia Albarqawi Forming Architectural Identity:
Constructing the Islamic District in Makkah		 Dr Duanfang Lu,
Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Assoc Prof Greg Castillo
Saeed Ali H Alburgawi The Impact of Pilgrimage on Urban Development in Makkah 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
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,
Assoc Prof Glen Hill 
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,
Mr Col James,
Prof Peter Read
Sing D'arcy The Organ As Architecture Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Dr Peter Armstrong
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		 Dr Duanfang Lu
Saul Flaxman Concrete Ideologies: Politics and Practice in the Australian
Indigenous Housing Sector		 Prof Michael Tawa,
Assoc Prof Glen Hill
Jennifer Gamble Spatialisation of thinking: Facilitating the emergence
of insight in the context		 Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Dr Simon Hayman
Jan Golembiewski Psychotoxicity in the urban environment (schizophrenia) Dr Peter Armstrong
Heather Jones The Interaction of Nature and Quality of Life for Older
Residents in Nursing Homes		 Prof Gary Moore,
Assoc Prof Susan Quine
Farhan Sirajul Karim Gandhi’s Modernity: 1883, 1937, 1959 & Ashram 1909  Dr Duanfang Lu,
Assoc Prof Greg Castillo,
Assoc Prof Chris Smith
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 Improving energy performance of existing buildings
through renovation and refurbishment		 Prof Richard Hyde,
Dr David Leifer
Sanja Mladenovic Notion of time, change and movement in architecture
of thinking (becoming)		 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 The Green Image and Experience Economy of Singapore -
A case study on Gardens by the Bay 		 Dr D. Lu,
Assoc Prof Greg Castillo
Mercedes Paulini Spatial problem-framing in mobile social computing Dr Paul. Murty,
Prof Mary Lou Maher
Catherine Smith Artisanal Architectured: Problematising the form/matter
relation in DIY architecture.		 Dr Chris L. Smith,
Assoc Prof Glen Hill
Floris Smith Parallels Between Louis Khan and Aldo Van Eyck Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Assoc Prof Greg Castillo
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: A Typological Investigation Of
Affordable Housing in Sydney 1901-2000 		 Assoc Prof Glen Hill,
Assoc Prof Greg Castillo

Architectural Design Science

Name Project Supervisors
Hisham Allam Retrofitting Adaptive Comfort Strategies Into
conventionally Air-Conditioned Buildings		 Prof Richard de Dear,
Dr David Leifer
William Antram Will changing design features and sound parameters
improve worker satisfaction productivity in building facilities?		 Dr Densil Cabrera,
Dr David Leifer
John Bassett Architectural acoustics Dr Densil Cabrera,
Assoc Professor Fergus Fricke
Petar Gligorov Tunable Passive Resonant Sound Absorber Dr Densil Cabrera,
Dr Jingfeng Xu
Doheon Lee An application of psychoacoustical modeling to room
acoustics analysis		 Dr Densil Cabrera,
Assoc Prof Fergus Fricke
Thomas Parkinson Comfort in Semi-Outdoor Environments:
The role of alliesthesia in transient conditions		 Prof Richard de Dear
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
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
Yufang Zhang Foundations of the Experience of Gloom Prof Warren Julian,
Ass Prof Terry Purcell

Design Lab

Name Project Supervisors
Kazjon Grace Situated Analogy-making in Design Prof John Gero,
Dr Rob Saunders
Fiona Kerr Patterns and pedagogies:
Approaches to Developing e-Learning Environments		 Assoc Prof Andy Dong,
Prof Mary Lou Maher,
Prof Peter Goodyear
Ahmet Baki Kocaballi Wearable Environments:Enriching User Experience in
Agent-Mediated Spaces		 Dr Robert Saunders,
Dr Masahiro Takatsuka
Crighton Nichols The Adaptation of Technologies by Indigenous Communities:
A Capability Approach		 Dr Andy Dong,
Assoc Prof Anna Rubbo
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

Urban and Regional Planning and Policy

Name Project Supervisors
Amit Bhattarai Cultural influences on Ecological Footprint:
A case study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal		 Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran,
Dr Peter Armstrong,
Dr Krishna Shrestha
Vibha Bhattarai Upadhyay Modern Plans, Ancient Ideologies:
Towards Hybrid Urban Management in Kathmandu, Nepal		 Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran,
Assoc Prof Peter Phibbs
Stewart Lawler Best Practice in Developer Agreements and Cost Efficient
Delivery of Affordable Housing in Australia		 Assoc Professor Peter Phibbs,
Dr Peter Armstrong
Zeenat Mahjabeen Community participation in regional planning: A Critical
Investigation of Sydney Metropolitan planning in Australia		 Dr Krishna K.Shrestha,
Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran,
Dr John Dee
Ji Yuan Yu Planning for sustainable land use in Sydney using
GIS-based Modeling		 Assoc Prof Nicole Gurran

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