Alumni
Most DDes graduates go on to teach in universities all over the world. Others choose to work in different fields related to architecture, urban planning and design, landscape, etc. The following DDes graduates, dissertation titles, and current affiliations are listed alphabetically from 2004.
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2009: |
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| Stephanie E. Hurley |  |
Urban watershed redevelopment: Design scenarios for reducing phosphorus pollution from stormwater in Boston's Charles River basin, USA Advisors: Richard Forman, Christian Werthmann, C. Timothy Baird (Penn State) |
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| Stephen Ramos |  |
Dubai Amplified: The Role of Large-Scale Trade Infrastructure in the Territorial Development of a Lower Gulf Port Geography Advisors: Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Joan Busquets, Roger Owen |
Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs |
| Warinporn Yangyuenwong |  |
Provision of Low-Income Housing in Bangkok, Thailand Advisors: Peter Rowe, John Beardsley, Mona Serageldin |
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2008: |
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| Anna Grichting |  |
Boundaryscapes. Recasting the Green Line of Cyprus Advisors: Joan Busquets, Hashim Sarkis, Svetlana Boym |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Andreas Georgoulias |  |
Designing in uncertainty: The I-SASP model for tactical and innovative risk management in the hi-performing professional practice Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, Richard Peiser, Hans de Jonge (TU Deft) |
Harvard University |
| Kyung-Min Kim |  |
Impacts of Urban Spatial Structure on Office market Advisors: Richard Peiser, Spiro Pollalis, Joe Ferreira (MIT) |
Seoul National University, Korea |
| Miwa Matsuo |  |
Metropolitan Form, Transportation, and Labor Accessibility: Empirical Evidence from Four US Metropolitan Areas. Advisors: Jose Gomez-Ibanez, Jerold Kayden, Paul Cote, Christopher Zegras |
The University of Iowa |
2007: |
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| Carlos A. Cardenas |  |
Modeling strategies: Parametric design for fabrication in architectural practice Advisors: Daniel Schodek, Martin Bechthold, Spiro Pollalis |
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| Peeradorn Kaewlai |  |
Modern trade and urbanism: The reciprocity between retail business and urban form in Bangkok and its periphery Advisors: Peter Rowe |
Thammasat University, Thailand |
| David Jason Gerber |  |
Parametric Practice: Design, Theory, Process, and Praxis Advisors: Daniel Schodek, Kostas Terzidis, Jeffrey Huang (EPFL), William Mitchell (MIT) |
University of Southern California |
| Jeng-Neng Fan |  |
Tailorable furniture with single curved surfaces: A study of the unique artifact within the condition of mass production Advisors: Daniel Schodek |
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| Kimberly S. Karish |  |
Theory rich, data poor: Ecological principles for biodiversity conservation planning with limited data. The case study of Coiba Island, Panama Advisors: Carl Steinitz |
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| David del Villar |  |
Understanding the outsourcing of architectural services Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, Jose Rafaek Noneo Valles, Luis Rodriguez Llopis |
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| Jie-Eun Hwang |  |
Heuristic Nolli Map: A Machine Learning Approach for Interpreting Urban Morphology. Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, Kostas Terzidis, Kimberle Koile, Paul Cote |
University of Seoul, Korea |
2006: |
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| Yasmine Abbas |  |
Neo-nomads: Designing environments for living in the age of mental, physical and digital mobilities Advisors: Antoine Picone, Edith Ackermann (MIT), Kostas Terzidis |
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| Burcin Becerik |  |
Implementation and value of online collaboration and project management systems in design and construction Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, William Mitchel (MIT), Jeffrey Huang (EPFL), Ugo Gagliardi |
University of Southern California |
| Ralitza Boteva |  |
An avatar's perspective: The architectural interface of virtual encounters Advsisors: Jeffrey Huang (EPFL) |
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| Hao-Hsiu Chiu |  |
Telepinup: Dynamic remote interaction in design reviews Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, Janine Shinoki Clifford(Clifford Planing LCC), Jeffrey Huang (EPFL), Paul Moody (IBM) |
Tunghai University, Taiwan |
| Robert J.N. Fan |  |
Indoor Illumination for the Stimulation of the Human Circadian System: Assessing the Interaction of Spectral Advisors: Michelle Addington, Daniel Schodek, Roy Glauber. |
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| June-Hao Hou | |
Object Modeling and Proper Abstractions: The Case of Stair Design Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, William Mitchel (MIT), Jeffrey Huang (EPFL) |
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| Adriana Lira-Oliver |  |
Indoor illumination for the stimulation of the human circadian system: Assessing the interaction of spectral and intensity characteristics of light, optical properties of materials, and surface texture Advisors: Michelle Addignton (Yale) |
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| Shiau-Yun Lu |  |
Control power, tourism development and conservation: Planning an island with a traditional culture Advisors: Carl Steinitz |
National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan |
| Naree Phinyawatana |  |
Urban canyon design: Evaluating the impact of radiative material properties and spatial configuration on urban heat islands Advisors: Michelle Addignton (Yale) |
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| Erico Naves Rosa |  |
The Evaluation of Daylight Guide Systems and Their Impact on Building Design. Advisors: Michelle Addignton (Yale) |
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil |
| Bing Zhu |  |
Urbanization, spatial configuration and regional management: The case of the Changjiang Delta Region, China Advisors: Peter Rowe |
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2005: |
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| Limin Hee |  |
Constructions of public space, Singapore Advisors: Peter Rowe |
National University of Singapore |
| Kihong Ku |  |
Investigation of the implications of three-dimensional geometric modeling in complex-shaped building projects. Case study research of effective practice models. Advisors: Spiro Pollalis, Dan Schodek, Karen Stephenson, William Mitchell (MIT), Martin Fischer (Stanford) |
Virginia Tech |
| Panagiotis Parthenios |  |
Conceptual design tools for architects Advisors: Spiro Pollalis |
Technical University of Crete, Greece |
| Ramesh Srinivasan |  |
Weaving spatial, digital and ethnographic processes in community-driven media design Advisors: Jeffrey Huang |
UCLA |
| Luis Valenzuela |  |
Mass housing and urbanization on the road to modernization in Santiago of Chile, 1930--1960 Advisors: Peter Rowe |
Universidad Catolica de Chile |
2004: |
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| Thomas Schroepfer |  |
Relational geographies of building practice: An analytic framework Advsisors: Jeffrey Huang |
Harvard University |
| Kyuman Song | |
Project Dashboard: Visual representation of project metrics on 3D building models Advisors: Spiro Pollalis |
Hongik University, Korea |
| Geoffrey S. Taylor |  |
Euclid's bacolo and Tholos' compasso: Architectural survey in the Scholz and Goldschmidt scrapbooks Advisors: Jorge Silvetti |
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