The Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2017 Livable Buildings Award from Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE).
Follows is a list of Building Science and Sustainability Alumni and their dissertation topics. You can also refer to the list of M.S. Alumni thesis topics for a broader range of research subjects.
2020
Carlos Duarte-Roa - Design and Control of High Thermal Mass Radiant Systems
Luis Santos - Computational efficient models for digital design methods based on thermal and daylight performance
Jonathan Woolley - A multi-method investigation into design and control of radiant cooling and heating systems
2010 - 2019
Kartikeya Date - Immersion in Early Architectural Design in the Age of Computing
Graduation Date: 2018
Joyce Kim - Advancing comfort technology and analytics to personalize thermal experience in the built environment
Graduation Date: 2018
Caroline Karmann - Thermal comfort and acoustic quality in buildings using radiant systems
Graduation Date: 2017
Jingjuan Dove Feng - Design and Control of Hydronic Radiant Cooling Systems
Graduation Date: 2014
Hsin-Hsien Chiu - Toward Healthy and Successful Aging: Intelligent Home Care Environments for the Elderly
Graduation Date: 2013
Seung Wan Hong - The Affordance of Online Multiuser Virtual Environments (MUVE) for Creative Collaboration
Graduation Date: 2013
Yael Valerie Perez - Global Architects Meet the Place - Bridging the Gap through Information and Communication Technology
Graduation Date: 2013
Bauni Hamid - Reconstruction through collaboration negotiation of the housing process in disaster recovery
Graduation Date: 2012
Ahmed H. El Antably - Experiencing the Past: The Virtual (Re)Construction of Places
Graduation Date: 2011
Kyle Stas Konis - Effective Daylighting: Evaluating Daylighting Performance in the San Francisco Federal Building from the Perspective of Building Occupants
Graduation Date: 2011
Fung Ki Lam - Simulating the Effect of Microclimate on Human Behavior in Small Urban Spaces
Graduation Date: 2011
Brian Coffey - Using Building Simulation and Optimization to Calculate Lookup Tables for Control
Graduation Date: 2011
Kai-Fend Cheng - Social Interactions in Computer-mediated Public Spaces
Graduation Date: 2011
Chung On Kim - Designing for Learning: Multiplayer Digital Game Learning Environments
Graduation Date: 2010
Gamil Serag-Eldin - A Conflict Management Model for Architectural Design Collaboration
Graduation Date: 2010
2000 - 2009
Therese Evelyn Peffer - California Dreaming: The Design of Residential Demand Responsive Technology with People in Mind
Graduation Date: 2009
Vorapat Inkarojrit - Balancing Comfort: Occupants' Control of Window Blinds in Private Offices
Graduation Date: 2005
Dan Ni Wang - Economic Cost of Thermal Discomfort and its Application in Builidng Environmental Control
Graduation Date: 2005
Hui Zhang - Human Thermal Sensation and Comfort in Transient and Non-Uniform Thermal Environments
Graduation Date: 2003
1990 - 1999
Adil M.K. Sharag-Eldin - Predicting Natural Ventilation in Residential Buildings in the Context of Urban Environments
Graduation Date: 1998
Tengfang Xu - Evaporative Cooling: Thermal Comfort and its Energy Implications in California Climates
Graduation Date: 1998
Alison Grace Kwok - Thermal Comfort in Naturally-Ventilated and Air-Conditioned Classrooms in the Tropics
Graduation Date: 1997
Kristin Elizabeth Heinemeier - The Use of Energy Management and Control Systems to Monitor the Energy Performance of Commercial Buildings
Graduation Date: 1994
Marc Ellis Fountain - Locally Controlled Air Movement Preferred in Warm Environments
Graduation Date: 1993
Qingsan Cao - Deliberated Performance Evaluation and Application in Comfort Assessment
Graduation Date: 1992
David Regis Ernest - Predicting Wind-Induced Indoor Air Motion, Occupant Comfort, and Cooling Loads in Naturally Ventilated Buildings
Graduation Date: 1991
Haider G.H. Taha - An Urban Micro-Climate Model for Site-Specific Building Energy Simulations: Boundary Layers, Urban Canyons, and Building Conditions
Graduation Date: 1990
1980 - 1989
Jong-Jin Kim - Numerical Analysis Of Daylight in the Urban Environment
Graduation Date: 1988
Richard Cleeves Diamond - A Case Study of the Determinants of Energy Use in Housing For the Low- Income Elderly
Graduation Date: 1986
1970 - 1979
Rory Fonseca - Resource Conserving High Density Communities in Asia
Graduation Date: 1975
Eric Jon Dluhosch - Industrialized Building, Housing and Community Formation
Graduation Date: 1973
Hugo Girard Blasdel - Multidimensional Scaling of Architectural Environments
Graduation Date: 1972
