Graduates of the Research Program (Alumni)

The following doctoral theses have been accomplished within the Design Knowledge Systems program.

A. Friedman, M.Arch., B.Arch., Pennsylvania State University, Technion Israel
Frames of Reference and Direct Manipulation Based Navigation -Moving in Virtual Architecture Space (2005).

Jun Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technoloy, Wuhan
A Tool for the Design of Facilities for the Sustainable Production of Knowledge (2005).

S. Vyzoviti, Dipl. Ing. Arch., University of Technology, Tessaloniki, M. Arch. Berlage Institute
Emergent Places for Urban Groups without a Place - Representation, Explanation and Prescription (2005).

K. Moraes Zarzar Dipl.Arch., Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, TUD
Research Title: An Evolutionary Model for Architectural Practice (2003)

Ir. B. S. Inanç , TUD
Research Title: Casebook, Retrieving Architectural Information Objects by the Heuristics of Laziness (2003)

Dr. P. Bay Joo-Hwa, National University of Singapore
Thesis Title: Cognitive Biases in Design, The Case of Tropical Architecture (2001)

Dr. P. Sidjanin Dipl.Ing.Arch., TUD, University of Belgrade.
Thesis Title: A Cognititive Framework for an Urban Environment Design Tool (2001)

Dr. P.A. Donker, TUD
The Structure of Communication in Collaborative Architectural Design (1999)

Dr. J.L. Heintz, B.Sc., M.E.Des. (Arch.), University of Calgary, Trent University
Thesis Title: DeProMaN: A project planning support system for Concurrent Design in Architecture (1999)

Dr. B.J. Press, B.sc. M. Arch, Carnegy Mellon University, MIT
Thesis Title: Building Community: Design in the Organizational Mind (Degree awarded at MIT 1999)

Dr. R. van der Bijl
TUD Thesis Title: Design Argumentation and Protocol in a Security System for Buildings (1998)

Dr. D. Bilodeau, M. Arch., Columbia University, University of Montreal
Thesis Title: Precedent Based Knowledge and Design Reasoning in French Architectural Discourse 1650-1793 (1996)

Dr. D. Chitchian, B.Sc., Shahid Behesti University, M.Sc. University of Nevada, Reno, M.Eng. Catholic University Leuven
Thesis Title: Artificial Intelligence for Automated Floor Plan Generation (1996)

Dr. H. Ell Jeng, M. Arch., University of Texas at Austin, Tamkang University
Thesis Title: A Dialogical Model for Participatory Design: a computational approach to group planning (1995)

Dr. P. Scriver, B.Arch., McGill University
Thesis Title: Rationalization, Standardization and Control in Institutionalized Design Reasoning (1994)*
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. L. Yu, B.Arch., Tongji University
Thesis Title: A Framework for Comparing and Controlling Number-based Design Reasoning Systems (1994)*

Dr. ir. M. van Leusen, TUD
Thesis Title: A Computational Representation of the Spatial Organization of Residential Buildings (1994)*

Dr. X. Li, B.Arch., Tsinghua University
Thesis Title: Meaning of the Site (1993)*

Dr. N. Fang, B.Arch., Tsinghua University
Thesis Title: A Knowledge-Based Computational Approach to Architectural Precedent Analysis (1993)* Curriculum Vitae

Dr. ir. C.J. Baljon, TUD
Thesis Title: The Structure of Architectural Theory (1993)*

Dr. B. Al-Abed, M.Arch., University of Houston; B.Arch., al-Azhar University
Thesis Title: Aspects of Arabic Islamic Architectural Discourse (1992)* Curriculum Vitae

Dr. A. Zandi-Nia, M.Sc.George Washington University (1977); B.Sc.,
University of District of Columbia (1975)
Thesis Title: Topgene: An Artificial Intelligence Approach to a Design Process (1992)*

Dr. A. Koutamanis, B.Arch., University of Thessaloniki
Thesis Title: Development of a Computerized Handbook of Architectural Plans (1990)*