Our HDR Students
Cities Research Institute is proud to have a large cohort of higher degree by research students spanning across many disciplines including engineering, architecture, water, sustainable development, environmental issues, planning and many more...
Candidate | Thesis title | Supervisor |
| Sheida Abdoli | Cashless payments and public transport operations | |
Nowar Raad Abdulmajeed | Pedestrian Level of Service Estimation for Footpaths on Commercial Streets | |
| Prince Acheampong | ||
| Masoumeh Akbari | ||
| Dima Al Atawneh | ||
| Noof Mohamed Aldaheri | ||
| Bruno Alencar | ||
| Heba Ali Mohtady Mohamed Ali | Disaster Resilient Hospitals: Adopting Resilience Engineering Perspective to improve Health Professionals’ Performance | |
| Mohammed Al-ogaili | Numerical study for wave-induced seabed stability around breakwaters | |
| Mohammad Alipour | Analysing diffusion of battery energy storage system in Queensland residential sector using agent-based modelling | |
Ana Almeida | The effectiveness of international environmental planning methodologies: a contribution for SDG 11 achievement | |
| Ali Alnoaimi | Development of Sustainability Assessment framework for sewerage infrastructure systems in the kingdom of Bahrain | |
| Anwar Alroomi | Influence of remoteness variables on mental health, fatigue and safety behaviour among oil and gas workers | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
| Experimental and numerical study on propagation buckling in pipe-in-pipe systems | ||
| Estefania Arteaga | ||
Exploring the effectiveness of environmental activism against controversial extractive industries: A case study of coal seam gas developments in NSW, Australia | ||
| Ali Binazir | Interaction between upheaval/lateral buckling and propagation buckling of subsea PIP system | |
Leticia Canal Vieira | Alternative food networks and transformation for sustainable and resilient urban food systems | Associate Professor Michael Howes Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann |
| Lizandra Carvalho Renard | Impacts of Coastal Erosion on Gold Coast Oceanway due to Extreme Weather Events and Sea Level Rise | |
| Xudong Chen | ||
| Xinyi ( Chelsea) Cheng | ||
| Lee-Yun Chiang | Affordable Housing as an Infrastructure Investment | |
| Ophelie Choupin | ||
| Siobhan Colombo | Exploring the potential for mapping biophilic urbanism priorities in cities, using Brisbane as a case study | Associate Professor Cheryl Desha Dr Deanna Tomerini |
| Augustine Conteh | Real Option Analysis of Illiquid Assets | |
| Simeon AP Conterius | Foreign investors impact in the domestic government bonds market: case of Indonesia | |
| Anthony Cook | ||
| Lin Cui | Three-dimensional numerical model for stability of foundation of sea-crossing bridge | |
| Siavash Darzi | Innovative ultralight load bearing and shear wall panels | Associate Professor Benoit Gilbert Dr. Henri Bailleres |
| Ana Paula da Silva | Wave climate control on natural headland sand bypassing | |
| Chao Deng | Dr Yvonne Yu | |
| Glauber Cardoso de Oliveira | ||
| Mengzhu Diao | Progressive collapse resistance of reinforced concrete flat plate structures | |
| Rohan Eccles | VPS-Based Data-Driven Forecasting of Contaminants in Advancetown Lake | |
| Gaelle Faivre | ||
| Arun Garg | ||
| Xuechen Gui | Dr Fan Zhang | |
| Johan Gustafson | Hammerhead Sharks of Southeast Queensland: Ecology and Oceanography | Charles Lemckert |
| Mehdi Hafezi | System dynamics approach for sustainable urban design and construction | |
Zahra Hamedani | Visual discomfort assessment in office environments: Light-induced physiological and perceptual responses | Dr Gillian Isoardi |
| Younes Hamishebahar | ||
| Shuang Han | Liquefaction around a submarine tunnel under natural dynamic loading | |
| Biomimetic engineering to enhance climate resilience in transport infrastructure | Associate Professor Cheryl Desha Associate Professor Matthew Burke Adjunct Professor Mark Gibbs | |
| Simone Heilgeist | Risk modelling as a result of the release of inorganic UV-blockers from sunscreens into waterways | |
| Atiqul Islam | Dr Nick Cartwright | |
| Mahsa Jahandideh-Tehrani | Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Projected Floods and Water Quality of the Lower Nerang River, Southeast Queensland, Australia | |
Melissa Jackson | Improving remote community sustainability: Applying local and technical knowledge in dialogue for potable water and energy system management in Indigenous communities | |
| Ramakrishnan Jegan | ||
| Siaw Chian Jong | ||
| Sneha Kaira | Implementing risk management strategy on constructing resilient and sustainable owner-builder homes | |
| Zameer Kalakada | Experimental investigation on recycled glass powder as a pozzolanic cement | |
Sikha Karki | Impacts of climate change on food security in agro-ecological zones of Nepal | |
| Benjamin Kaufman | Demand Responsive Transit and Transport Equity | |
| Whole lifecycle carbon footprint of vegetated water sensitive urban design (wsud) systems | Professor Charles Lemckert | |
| Dong Hwan (Tony) Kim | ||
| Planning and Country: Urban and peri-urban Aboriginal Peoples relationships to Country within contemporary land use planning. | Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann | |
| Ali Koosheh | The experimental study of wave overtopping at sloped seawalls | |
| Prosper Korah | Globalizing city, spatio-temporal dynamics, and planning responses | |
Sonya Kozak | Evaluating the application of microbial source tracking with quantitative microbial risk assessment to characterise health risks in recreational waters | |
| Shilpi Kundu | Institutional effectiveness and climate resilient agriculture policy for food security in coastal Bangladesh | Associate Profesor Moazzem Hossain |
| Zhengxu Li | Numerical study for wave-induced seabed stability around breakwaters | |
| Despina Linaraki | ||
| Yaxu Liu | ||
| Zhuang Liu | ||
| Kelvin Lo | ||
| Chunhao Lyu | Progressive collapse behaviour of mid-rise timber frame buildings with CLT floors | |
Fuhao Ma | Experimental study of progressive collapse resistance of RC flat plate substructures | |
| Mingyuan Ma | ||
| Enhancing housing affordability outcomes for low-income households through green building principles: an integrated system thinking approach | ||
| Sittampalam Ramasethu Manoharan | Development of Structural Deterioration Models for Flexible Pavements for Queensland Roads | |
Daniel Martinez Marquez | Adaptation of quality by design for custom 3D printed bone prostheses and scaffolds | Dr Ali Mirnajafizadeh |
| Mahyar Masaeli | Progressive collapse of mass timber frame buildings: Scale effects in experimental studies and numerical modeling | |
| Oluchi Mbachu | Integrating WSUD into the circular economy | |
Alison McDonald | Cognitive enriching architecture: A framework for crafting neuroscience and sustainable architecture to implement inclusive design in practice. | |
| Gerard McNamara | Comparative analysis of the mechanics of Gold Coast artificial reefs and their effects on structural stability, wave transformation and coastal protection | |
| Rebecca McNaught | Global goals, local realities: a collision course for local governance in the Pacific region? | |
| Ian McNicol | How can strategic land use policy respond to long-term sea level rise? | |
| Ian Monks | ||
Prabath Morawakage | An analysis of Risk Return Trade-off in Real Estate Market with Special Reference to Affordable Housing Investments in Australia | |
Sivathaasan Nadarajah | Stock liquidity, Board gender diversity, National culture, and default risk around the globe | |
| Anh Vy Nguyen | ||
| Hoan Nguyen Hai | ||
| Huong Nguyen | ||
| Thang Nguyen | ||
| Kane Offenbaume | ||
| John Ojuola | Safety-critical organisations: Effect of contemporary leadership style on safety outcomes | |
Racheal Olukayode-Ajayi Olubunmi | Challenges and opportunities for reducing food waste in Lagos metropolis | |
| Ye Htet Oo | ||
| Pirooz Pazouki | ||
| Leo Peach | Evaluating machine learning for operational coastal wave condition forecasting | |
| Irfaan Peerun | Associate Professor Cheryl Desha Julia Kiran | |
| Ngoc Pham | ||
| Kava Piran | ||
Zak Podolsky | ||
Tim Procter | Uncertainty in the modelling and assessment of noise from open-cut coal mines | Dr Deanna Tomerini |
| Mohammad Hassan Ranjbar | ||
| Sara Rashidian | ||
Robert Reis | Comparison of wind load drag coefficients for industrial structures using analytical and experimental methods | Dr Benjamin Simpson Professor Andreas Oechsner |
| Benny Rousso | ||
| Shear behaviour of aluminium lipped channel beams | ||
| Julio Rumokoy | ||
| Hengky Salim | End-of-Life Management of Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage Systems: A Participatory System Dynamics Approach | |
| Ali Saremi | ||
Farzaneh Shaikh Khatibi | Knowledge of citizens on climate change and raising awareness through participation | |
Thomas Sharry | ||
| Junyu Sun | ||
| Kim Trinh | ||
| Xiaoxiao Wang | Numerical Studies for Seabed Response around Marine Structures | |
| Xinchen Wang | ||
| Hengyu Wei | ||
| Nick Wu | ||
| Yiping (Jackie) Yan | Improved Market Segmentation for Travel Demand Models | Associate Professor Matthew Burke Dr Barbara Yen |
| Zhi Yang | ||
| Jiacheng Yang | ||
| Jingwei Yao | Dynamics of lake-groundwater-canal system | Professor Bofu Yu |
| Amin Reza Zarifsanayei | ||
| Fuxin Zhang | ||
| Xuexuan Zhang | Dr Barbara Yen | |
| Fei Zhao | ||
| Xuna Zhu | Associate Professor Gui Lohmann Dr Barbara Yen |