Following are the titles of dissertations by College of Design Ph.D. candidates:
Exploring the integration of sustainability and green building themes within formal architectural education
by Traci Rose Rider
Supporting intergenerational interaction: affordance of urban public space
by Michael R. Layne
Understanding change in place: spatial knowledge acquired by visually impaired users through the change in footpath materials
by Andrew Phillip Payne
Mapping the web of landscape aesthetics: a critical study of theoretical perspectives in light of environmental sustainability
by Hyejung Chang
A semiotic phenomenology of visual rhetoric: communication and perception of attributes of cultural sustainability in the visual environment of public housing
by Magdy Ma
Neighborhood design: associations between suburban neighborhood morphology and children's outdoor, out-of-school, physical activities
by Kristin Thorleifsdottir
Children and urban neighborhoods: relationships between outdoor activities of children and neighborhood physical characteristics in Dhaka, Bangladesh
by Mohammed Zakiul Islam
The relationships between objective and subjective evaluations of the urban environment: Space Syntax, cognitve maps, and urban legibility
by Yixiang Long
Creating creativity in the design studio: assessing the impact of metacognitive skill development on creative abilities
by Ryan Anthony Hargrove
Effect of space on health and well-being: an environmental assessment for home-like long term care settings
by Orcun Kepez.
A photometric characterization methodology for daylighting fixtures
by K. Daryl Carrington.
Physical environmental influences on the physical activity behavior of independent older adults living in continuing care retirement communities
by Arleen A. Humphrey.
Children's friendship with place: an exploration of environmental child friendliness of children's environments in cities
by Sudeshna Chatterjee.
The influences of site design on physical activity and social interaction in residential planned unit developments
by Evrim Demir.
An exploratory study of interpersonal distances and perceived spaciousness and crowding in four shopping malls across two cultures
by Aydin Ozdemir.
Color as cognitive artifact: a means of communication -- language and message
by Dennis M. Puhalla
Visualizing communication structures of nonverbal information for online learning environments
by Claudia R. Winegarden
An assessment of understanding universal design through online visual resources and role-playing simulation exercises
by Marcelo Pinto Guimaraes
Residents' attachment to new urbanist versus conventional suburban developments
by Mine Hatun Hashas
Women's spatial needs in housing: accommodating gender ideologies, use patterns, and privacy
by Zeynep Toker
Understanding the adoption of sustainable natural resource management practices and the role of ecological design within the milieu of chronic conflict and political instability: a case study of smallholder households in Nimba County, Liberia
by Cynthia Fay Van Der Wiele
Understanding children's environments: the effect of outdoor physical environments on children's activities and quality of life within Al-Wihdat Palestinian refugee camp and environs in Amman, Jordan
by Eyyad Al-Khalaileh
Space for innovation: effects of space on innovation processes in basic science and research settings
by Umut Toker
The design and assessment of advanced daylighting systems integrated with typical interior layouts in multi-story office buildings
by Jianxin Hu
The effects of spatial layouts on students' interactions in middle schools: multiple case analysis
by Celen Pasalar
