Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment

RPP Research Students

Student: Mrs Nural Hana Adi Maimun

Supervisor: Berry, Prof J - McGreal, Prof S - McCord, Dr M

Project: The economic values of green residential buildings
 

Student: Mr Muhammad Akbar

Supervisor: Hewitt , Prof NJ, Heaney, Mr G

Project: An integrated model to provide shelter to the urban poor
 

Student: Mr Wasseem Akram

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Berry, Prof J

Project: Car culture and city design
 

Student: Mrs Urbi Banerjee

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Kashyap, Dr A

Project: Effect of urban form on dynamic nature of travel behaviour
 

Student: Miss Orla Maria Byrne

Supervisor: McGreal, Prof WS - Hemphill, Dr L

Project: Investigation into the potential practical application of smart growth within an Irish case study
 

Student: Mr Mervyn Clarke

Supervisor: Heaney, Mr G - Lim, Dr J

Project: Strategic Property Performance Management
 

Student: Miss Claire Ellen Duffy

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Davison, Dr L

Project: The effects of transport network change: a Belfast case study
 

Student: Mr Amir Eghbalighazijahani

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Kashyap, Dr A

Project: Governance and planning policies to increase the resilience of urban areas to climate change
 

Student: Ms Sabariah Eni

Supervisor: Adair, Prof A - Lim, Dr L

Project: Research on regeneration areas
 

Student: Miss Emma Marie-Anne Farnan

Supervisor: Peel, Prof D - Lloyd, Prof G - McGreal, Prof S

Project: Evaluating community planning: towards better outcomes?
 

Student: Ms Faoziah Gamu

Supervisor: Berry, Prof J - McGreal, Prof S

Project: Analysing real estate values in emerging economies. A case study of Nigeria
 

Student: Mrs Sanwara Gunasekera

Supervisor: Heaney, Prof G - Grissom, Dr TV

Project: Modelling the relationship between organisational and supply chain performance in construction industry
 

Student: Mr Keith Henry

Supervisor: Peel, Prof D - Lloyd, Prof G - McGreal, Prof S

Project: Planning and public spaces: a property rights perspective
 

Student: Ms Rachel Mary Kelly

Supervisor: Berry, Prof J - McGreal, Prof S - Haran, Dr M

Project: NAMA: asset management of non performing real estate in a depressed economy
 

Student: Mr Moataz Mahmoud

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Kashyap, Dr A

Project: Design, access and security in public transport infrastructure (an integrated assessment tool for sustainable public transportation)
 

Student: Mr Andrew George McClelland

Supervisor: Lerm Hayes, Dr CM - Peel, Prof D - Montgomery, Prof I

Project: The anatomy of architectural heritage destruction in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to the 21st Century
 

Student: Ms Eva McDermott

Supervisor: Peel, Dr D - Lerm Hayes, Dr CM

Project: Articulating heritage values
 

Student: Miss Kiera McDonald

Supervisor: Hine, Prof J - Blair, Dr N

Project: The linkages between mobility and lifestyle: an analysis of older people\'s travel behaviour in Northern Ireland
 

Student: Miss Linda McElduff

Supervisor: Peel, Prof D - Lloyd, Prof G

Project: Regenerating coastal communities on the Island of Ireland
 

Student: Mrs Kate Mellor

Supervisor: Peel, Ms D - Wright, Prof T - Rikala, Dr TM

Project: Slippery surfaces: photography, architecture and the cityscape of seduction
 

Student: Mrs Salfarina Samsudin

Supervisor: Lim, Dr L - McCluskey, Dr W

Project: Exploring the role of land administrators in supporting sustainable land use management
 

Student: Mr David Moore Stevenson

Supervisor: Peel, Prof D - Lloyd, Prof G - Blair, Dr N

Project: Coastal environmental determinatism. Parameters for land use planning
 
 

CST Research Students

Student: Mr Gareth Alexander

Supervisor: Griffiths, Dr P - Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Novel floor constructions to improve the performance and energy efficiency of ground source heat pump (GSHP) powered underfloor heating
 

Student: Mr Sadiq Ali

Supervisor: Griffiths, Dr P - Yohanis, Prof Y - Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Thermal/Mechanical/Electrical storage systems suitable for deployment in the Built Environment
 

Student: Mr Mark Thomas Anderson

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - McIlveen-Wright, Dr D

Project: Biomass pelletisation, fuel variability and pelletisation for co-gassification process.
 

Student: Mr Farid Arya

Supervisor: Hyde, Dr T - Smyth, Dr M

Project: Producing cheap vacuum glazing sheets which can be cut in different sizes
 

Student: Mr Philip Bradley

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof NJ - Hemphill, Dr L

Project: A carbon valuation model for commercial buildings in a market downturn
 

Student: Mr Steven Caldwell

Supervisor: Woodside, Prof A - Woodward, Dr D

Project: A study into sustainable bitumen use
 

Student: Mr Donal Fergal Cotter

Supervisor: Griffiths, Dr P - Eadie, Dr R

Project: The role of building simulation as an assessment methodology for new and exisitng dwellings
 

Student: Mr Ashok Dave

Supervisor: Huang, Dr Y - Rezvani, D S

Project: Techno - Economic assessment of novel IGCC systems with CO2 capture
 

Student: Mr Conor Doyle

Supervisor: Yohanis, Prof Y - Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Investigation of household energy use and its effective reduction
 

Student: Mrs Sinona Firth

Supervisor: Hyde, Dr T - Fang, Dr Y

Project: Vacuum window performance evaluation and characterisation
 

Student: Mr Shaun Friel

Supervisor: Woodward, Dr D - Woodside, Prof A

Project: Early life skid resistance
 

Student: Mr Muhammad Ghayur

Supervisor: Huang, Dr Y - McIlveen-Wright, Dr D

Project: Techno-economic modelling of Bio-refinery concepts
 

Student: Mrs Poonam Kashyap

Supervisor: Yohanis, Prof Y - Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Innovative storage systems suitable for deployment in the Built Environment
 

Student: Mr Peter Richard Keig

Supervisor: Griffiths, Dr P - Hyde, Dr T

Project: An investigation into establishing a hierarchy of sequential retrofit solutions which can be cost effectively applied to existing dwellings to reach the UK domestic CO2 emissions reduction targets of 29% by 2020 and 80% by 2020
 

Student: Miss Keren Larkin

Supervisor: Odeyinka, Dr H - Eadie, Dr R

Project: Modelling risk impacts on variability between contract sum and final account in contractor design and build projects
 

Student: Mr John Lewis

Supervisor: Odeyinka, Dr H - Eadie, Dr R

Project: Innovation in construction procurement - case based reasoning and artificial intelligence techniques
 

Student: Mr Iurii Lytvyn

Supervisor: Hyde, Dr T - Griffiths, Dr P

Project: Novel Evacuated Glazing Systems
 

Student: Mrs Sharon McClements

Supervisor: Odeyinka, Dr H - Eadie, Dr R

Project: Selection of Consultants Based on Trust.
 

Student: Mr Rodney McDermott

Supervisor: Strong, Mr A - Hemphill, Dr L

Project: Appraisal of Solids Transfer in Low Flow Sewers
 

Student: Ms Clare McKeown

Supervisor: Odeyinka, Dr H - Eadie, Dr R

Project: To develop an ecomonic operator prequalification model to assist in the award of public contracts
 

Student: Mr Paul James McKeown

Supervisor: Strong, Mr A - Woodside, Prof A

Project: The sustainable water evaluation programme (SWEP)
 

Student: Mrs Yvonne McNally

Supervisor: Griffiths, Dr P - Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Energy saving via retrofit compared to replacement housing
 

Student: Miss Grainne McQuaid

Supervisor: Woodward, Dr D - Ryan, Dr D

Project: Potholes in asphalt surfacing materials
 

Student: Mr Phillip Millar

Supervisor: Woodside, Prof A - Haran, Dr I

Project: A Spatial Rationale for engineering Performance of Highway Surface Materials based on Digital Photogrammetry
 

Student: Mr Ivica Minic

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - Huang, Dr MJ

Project: An experimental study of air-source heat pump defrosting using solar collector as heating source
 

Student: Ms Ruth Mitchell

Supervisor: Woodward, Dr D - Ryan, Dr D

Project: Durability of warm asphalts for road surfaces
 

Student: Mr Donagh Moorhead

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - Griffiths, Dr P

Project: Tradable heat - Using Northern Ireland as a demonstrator for resource mapping, demand mapping and transport concepts for capturing and utilising waste heat without traditional infrastructure investment
 

Student: Mr John Moss

Supervisor: Strong, Mr A - Hemphill, Dr L

Project: Sustainable Rural Communities - A Carbon Model
 

Student: Mr Aaron Murray

Supervisor: Woodside, Prof A - Hine, Prof J

Project: A study of traffic planning
 

Student: Mr Marcio Novaes

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof NJ - McIlveen-Wright, Dr D

Project: Oilseed rape as a potential feedstock for domestic boilers
 

Student: Mr Vincent O\'Brien

Supervisor: Smyth, Dr M - Hewitt, Prof NJ - Zacharopoulos, Dr A

Project: Development and performance evaluation of nano-encapsulated solar concentrating panels and their potential for modular
 

Student: Ms Denise Quigley

Supervisor: Perera, Dr R S - Heaney, Mr G

Project: Achieving an optimum balance across capital costs, cost-in-use and environmental costs in new build construction projects
 

Student: Mr Matthew Quinn

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - Smyth, Dr M

Project: Heat pumps digital compressor
 

Student: Mrs Gwyneth Redpath

Supervisor: Woodside, Prof A - Seymour, Dr J

Project: Risk mapping of minor (\'B\' Class) roads in rural Northern Ireland, to examine the reasons for the high proportion of collisions resulting in death or serious injuries, especially to young drivers
 

Student: Miss Angela Rolfe

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N

Project: Integrated wind-compressed air energy storage system with combined heating and cooling
 

Student: Mr Mohammad Salehi Kouhestani

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - Huang, Dr M

Project: Investigation on advanced head pumps in domestic appliances
 

Student: Mr Nikhil Shah

Supervisor: Hewitt, Prof N - Huang, Dr M

Project: Vapour compression heat pumps driven by advanced engine concepts and incorporating heat recovery
 

Student: Mr Oscar William Williamson

Supervisor: Woodside, Prof A - Seymour, Dr J

Project: Assessing driver behaviour due to in-car distractions
 
 

FireSERT Research Students

Student: Mr Hooman Atefi Aghayan

Supervisor: Choi, Dr S - Ali, Prof F - Nadjai, Prof A

Project: Developing a numerical method for simulating intumescent materials in fire
 

Student: Mr Conor Byrne

Supervisor: Novozhilov, Prof V - Joseph, Dr P

Project: Dynamical System (lattice Boltzmann) Modelling of Compartment Fires
 

Student: Mr Andrew Dixon

Supervisor: Boyce, Dr K - Delichatsios, Prof M

Project: Experimental studies to investigate merging behaviour in a staircase
 

Student: Mr Brian Hardie

Supervisor: Nadjai, Prof A - Ali, Prof F

Project: The effects of fire on masonry compartment walling
 

Student: Ms Amy Harpur

Supervisor: Boyce, Dr K - McConnell, Dr N

Project: Development and analysis of a database on dwelling fire deaths in Northern Ireland
 

Student: Mr Sungwook Kang

Supervisor: Choi, Dr S - Zhang, J Dr

Project: Numerical Methods of Thermal-Stress Analyses for Polymer Composites in Fire
 

Student: Mr El-Hadi Ali Naili

Supervisor: Nadjai, Prof A - Ali, Prof F

Project: Behaviour of composites floor structures in fire
 

Student: Miss Klelia Petrou

Supervisor: Nadjai, Prof A - Ali, Prof F

Project: Fire compartments having long span cellular steel beams
 

Student: Mr Michael Quinn

Supervisor: Nadjai, Prof A - Ali, Prof F

Project: Behaviour of glazing panel systems in tall buildings
 

Student: Ms Halina Grazyna Sander

Supervisor: Fleming, Prof K - Nadjai, Prof A - Dass, Dr B

Project: Digital textile heritage - traditional forms and materials - sustainability and new technologies
 

Student: Mr Thomas Scullion

Supervisor: Ali, Prof F - Nadjai, Prof A

Project: Performance of axially restrained steel columns subjected to severe fire
 

Student: Mr Sung-Hee Yi

Supervisor: Choi, Dr S - Nadjai, Prof A

Project: Research on characteristics of fire behaviour and heat release rate of Korean high-rise buildings with state-of-the-art interior materials
 
 

HySAFER Research Students

Student: Mr James Keenan

Supervisor: Molkov, Prof V - Makarov, Dr D

Project: Modelling and LES of hydrogen-air deflagrations
 

Student: Mr Volodymyr Shentsov

Supervisor: Molkov, Prof V - Brennan, Dr S

Project: Hydrogen safety in car parks