PhD – Building Science, Technology and Sustainability Alums

Following is a list of Building Science and Sustainability Alumni and their dissertation topics. You can also refer to the list of MS alum thesis topics for a broader range of research subjects.

Barrak Darweesh – Adaptive Frameworks for Robotic Non-Planar Additive Manufacturing

Elnaz Bailey – Interactive Evolutionary Generative Design in Augmented Reality

Yasaman Yavaribajestani – Design, Fabrication and Analysis of Bending-active Hybrid Gridshells

Mohammad Keshavarzi –Contextual Spatial Computing: A Generative Approach

Won Hee Ko – View and environmental quality in buildings

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

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

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

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

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

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