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 | ||
Nowar Raad Abdulmajeed | Participation, pedestrian behaviour, and the planning of commercial streets | |
| Masoumeh Akbari | Dr Shanmuganathan Gunalan | |
| Dima Al Atawneh | Dr Nick Cartwright | |
| Bruno Alencar | ||
| Hassan Alidrisi | Systems thinking and construction safety: Leadership competencies and behaviours | |
| Mohammad Alipour | ||
Huda Almaarofi | Systemic framework to evaluate surface water quality management strategies in drinking water catchments | |
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 | ||
| Husam Alsanat | Dr Shanmuganathan Gunalan | |
Ahmed Ibrahim M Alsharif | Investigation of sustainable city construction in Saudi Arabia | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
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 | |
Chris Boulton | Is there a better way of providing urban greenspace? | Dr Jason Byrne |
Leticia Canal Vieira | Alternative food networks and transformation for sustainable and resilient urban food systems | |
| Xinyi ( Chelsea) Cheng | ||
| Siobhan Colombo | Exploring the potential for mapping biophilic urbanism priorities in cities, using Brisbane as a case study | |
| 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 | ||
| Glauber Cardoso de Oliveira | ||
| Mengzhu Diao | Progressive collapse resistance of reinforced concrete flat plate structures | |
| Joanne Dolley | Community Gardens as a third place | |
| Rohan Eccles | VPS-Based Data-Driven Forecasting of Contaminants in Advancetown Lake | |
| Guilherme Franklin de Oliveira | Data-driven, real-time early warning system for water | |
| Arun Garg | ||
Forcing action: the influence of environmental assessment on major development proposals | Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann | |
| 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 | A multi-objective optimization of visual comfort: A visual responsive comfort analysis and its implementation in the design of open-plan hot-desking areas | |
| 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 | |
Nhat Minh Ho | Experimental and theoretical studies of solid and opening reinforced concrete wall panels supported on three sides | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
| Atiqul Islam | Dr Nick Cartwright | |
Melissa Jackson | Improving remote community sustainability: Applying local and technical knowledge in dialogue for potable water and energy system management in Indigenous communities | |
| Mahsa Jahandideh-Tehrani | Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Projected Floods and Water Quality of the Lower Nerang River, Southeast Queensland, Australia | |
| 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 | ||
| Whole lifecycle carbon footprint of vegetated water sensitive urban design (wsud) systems | Professor Charles Lemckert | |
| Vikram Khangembam | Impact of e-commerce on specialty stores in categorized shopping centres | |
Maryam Khoshbakht | Environmental sustainability benchmark of campus buildings: Energy, occupant satisfaction, and user behavior | |
| Tony Kim | Rehabilitation of closed landfills: opportunities for multi-benefit phytocaps | |
| Planning and Country: Urban and peri-urban Aboriginal Peoples relationships to Country within contemporary land use planning. | Emeritus Professor Darryl Low Choy Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann | |
| 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 | Scale of impact with level of governance in CSA in Bangladesh as shaped by political discourses | Associate Profesor Moazzem Hossain |
| Zhengxu Li | Seabed instability around a submerged breakwater due to dynamic loadings | |
| Zuodong Liang | Three-dimensional model for seabed instability around offshore pipelines under combined wave and current loadings | |
| 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 | |
| Enhancing housing affordability outcomes for low-income households through green building principles: an integrated system thinking approach | ||
Alison MacDonald | A framework for embedding advanced sustainability principles in practice | |
| Farhad Mahmoudi | Hospital's function performance and their built infrastructures: A resilience perspective | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
| 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 Chris Carty 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 | |
| Ian McNicol | How can strategic land use policy respond to long-term sea level rise? | |
| Shabnam Yazadani Mehr | Adaptive reuse of heritage listed city halls in Queensland, Australia | |
| Ian Monks | ||
| A H M Abdul Moudood | Environmental effects on flax fibre reinforced composite materials | Dr Gaston Francucci, University of Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Sivathaasan Nadarajah | Stock liquidity, Board gender diversity, National culture, and default risk around the globe | |
| Anh Vy Nguyen | ||
| Hoan Nguyen Hai | ||
| Huong Nguyen | ||
| Tuan Son Nguyen | Investigation into stakeholder management in complex projects | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
| 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 | |
Andres Pazmino Jaramillo | The role of strategic value-led planning in the conservation of ecologically significant landscapes | Emeritus Professor Darryl Low Choy Dr Silvia Serrao-Neumann |
| Pirooz Pazouki | ||
Quynh Pham | Funding costs and Australian bank mortgage pricing | |
| Farid Piran | ||
| Kava Piran | ||
Lavinia Poruschi | Urban living and opportunities for changes in residential energy consumption and energy saving behaviour in Australia | Dr Christopher Ambrey, University of Queensland Associate Professor Michael Howes Dr Tommy Wiedmann, University of NSW |
Tim Procter | Uncertainty in the modelling and assessment of noise from open-cut coal mines | |
| 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 | Dr Shanmuganathan Gunalan | |
| Julio Rumokoy | Associate Professor Richard Yiu-Ming Chung | |
| Hengky Salim | End-of-Life Management of Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage Systems: A Participatory System Dynamics Approach | |
| Ali Saremi | Dr Nick Cartwright | |
Farzaneh Shaikh Khatibi | Knowledge of citizens on climate change and raising awareness through participation | |
Abel Silva Vieira | Residential hot water services in Australia: Think... | |
Ebrahim Solgi | Night time purge ventilation using phase change material | |
| Paul Stephensen | The meaningful smart cities handbook. Discovering hidden voices | |
| Development of an integrated systems model of construction innovation in the Russian Federation | ||
Giang Chau Tran | Towards improved coordinating strategic urban planning and regional land-use planning at the provincial level in Vietnam | |
| Kim Trinh | ||
Effects of urban form and navigational aids on visitors' wayfinding behaviour and mental image | ||
Luo Wang | Marco market conditions and find performance | |
| Xiaoxiao Wang | Numerical Studies for Seabed Response around Marine Structures | |
| Xinchen Wang | ||
| Hengyu Wei | ||
Warit Wipulanusat | Enhancing innovation in the Australian public service: strategy to foster high-performance engineering workforce | Dr Kriengsak Panuwatwanich |
| Nick Wu | ||
| Sheng Wu | ||
Yuan Xu | Earthquake-resistant performance of steel frames buckling restrained braces | |
| Yuehua Xu | ||
Huizhong Xue | Progressive collapse of RC flat plate structures | Professor Xinzheng Lu |
| Jackie Yan | ||
| Ao Yang | ||
| Zhi Yang | ||
| Fuxin Zhang | ||
| Jian Zhang | Approaching Higher Energy Efficiency for Existing Buildings | |
Jin Zhang | ||
Mofan Zhou | ||
| Xuna Zhu |