Current PhD students
Research topics currently undertaken by PhD students in the Environment, Sustainability and Technology in Architecture (ESTA) Research Group at Liverpool include low carbon architecture, passive cooling techniques, designing for climate change, sustainable retrofitting, thermal comfort, urban environments and life cycle analysis.
Abdulwahab Abdulmajeed
PhD Title: Affordable mascostomised dwellings for Saudi Arabia
Supervisors: Asterios Agkathidis, Davide Lombardi & Theodoros Dounas
Mehmet Arif Aktog
PhD Title: Energy Optimisation During AEC Conceptual Design
Supervisors: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Mohammad Alabbasi
PhD Title: Concrete 3D printing of building components for affordable housing in Saudi Arabia
Supervisors: Asterios Agkathidis & Hanmei Chen
Weaam Alhabashi
PhD Title: Sustainable construction: enhancing earth brick dtrength and durability through interdisciplinary analyses and biomimicry
Supervisors: Daveed Chow & Han-Mei Chen
Bushra Al-Ali
PhD Title: Life cycle performance of a SIPS building
Supervisors: Steve Finnegan & Steve Sharples
Ali Aldersoni
PhD Title: Adapting traditional passive strategies within contemporary house to decrease the future climate change challenge impact in Nejd Region, Saudi Arabia
Supervisors: Daveed Chow & Steve Sharples
Abdulaziz Alsharif
PhD Title: Investigation of the Urban Heat Island in the central area of Makkah, Saudi Arabia and its impact on energy consumption
Supervisors: Daveed Chow & Steve Sharples
Mohammed Alsuwaidi
PhD Title: Integrating VR into architectural design education
Supervisors: Asterios Agkathidis, Davide Lombardi & Adonis Haidar
Nissa Ardiani
PhD Title: Net zero energy building in Indonesia
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Dilek Arslan
PhD Title: Prefabricated retrofit elements for improved building energy performance in hot climates
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Abeeha Awan
PhD title: Gamification of architectural education
Supervisors: Davide Lombardi & Asterios Agkathidis
Khalid Bazughayfan
PhD Title: Managing design issues in the planning systems of Saudi Arabia
Supervisors: Fei Chen & Daveed Chow
Nurcihan Bektas
PhD Title: Adapting the architecture of Gelemic, Turkey to be resilient to climate change and global warming
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Chitraj Bissoonauth
PhD Title: Toolmaking in Parametric Façade Design
Supervisors: Konstantinos Papadikis, Thomas Fisher, Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Christianne Herr
Iona Campbell
PhD Title: Creating cost effective zero carbon module homes
Supervisors: Steve Finnegan & Steve Sharples
Xi Chen
PhD Title: The energy retrofit of the existing residential building stock in Jiangsu Province
Supervisors: Daveed Chow, Marco Camillo & Bing Chen
Rowena Creagh
PhD Title: The embodied carbon impact of heritage buildings
Supervisors: Stephen Finnegan & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Roberto Cruz Juarez
PhD Title: Adobe as a passive solution for sustainable construction planning considering climate change in Puebla, Mexico.
Supervisors: Steve Finnegan & Daveed Chow
Sinan Dadagilioglu
PhD Title: BIM-based process management model for energy efficient refurbishment of domestic building stock in the UK: a novel decision support system
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Zehra Disci
PhD Title: The impact of cultural and climatic background on thermal perception
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Ranald Lawrence
Sean Durney
PhD Title: The carbon impact of the Liverpool cultural sector
Supervisors: Stephen Finnegan & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Mengfan Jin
PhD Title: Large-scale rapid energy modelling of buildings in Jiangsu Province
Supervisors: Daveed Chow, Marco Cimillo & Hyung-Chul Chung
Tom Johnson
PhD Title: Developing the world’s first zero carbon safari park
Supervisors: Steve Finnegan & Daveed Chow
Lewis Jones
PhD Title: Recycled Ceramics: Innovations in the Production of Sustainable Architectural Surfaces
Supervisors: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Esther Garcia-Tunon Blanca
Alexandros Kallegias
PhD Title: Digital simulation to enhance early stage low carbon design
Supervisors: Steve Finnegan & Richard Koeck
Ebaa Khan
PhD Title: Adopting Passivhaus principles to develop net zero carbon housing in a hot dry climate: a case study in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Mainur Kurmanbekova
PhD Title: Indoor air quality and thermal comfort of residents in Kazakhstan’s social housing sector
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Jiangtao Du
Chenran Li
PhD Title: The adaptation of the Sheffield Care Environment Assessment Matrix (S-SCEAM) in Chinese older people's residential facilities
Supervisors: Jiangtao Du & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Hongrui Li
PhD Title: An investigation into effects of perceived outdoor environmental qualities on psychological restoration among Chinese University
Supervisors: Jiangtao Du & David Chow
Xicheng Li
PhD Title: Urban planning and environmental management in Melbourne and Cape Town
Supervisors: Ranald Lawrence & Juliana Kei
Chenfei Liu
PhD Title: Hybrid residential buildings with passive strategies and renewable energies for rural areas in Hunan, China
Supervisors: Steve Sharples & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Yashika Narula
PhD Title: The impact of the performance gap on the creation of Net Zero Carbon (NZC) homes in the UK.
Supervisors: Stephen Finnegan & Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Deyan Quan
PhD title: A Parametric Form Language for Fibre Reinforced Concrete Prefabricated Façade Elements Using 3D Printed Form-work
Supervisors: Davide Lombardi, Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez, Christianne Herr
Lina Sharqa
PhD title: Performance-oriented façade system
Supervisors: Marco Cimillo & Asterios Agkathidis
Lyndon Ship
PhD Title: Assessing the impact of night overheating in homes
Supervisors: Spyridon Stravoravdis & Steve Sharples
Tsun Shun So
PhD Title: A comparison of psychological restoration, physical activity and public satisfaction between ground-level green spaces and green roofs: a study in Hong Kong
Supervisors: Jiangtao Du & Steve Sharples
Juan Rivera Soriano
PhD title: Environmental Design Strategies for Adaptation to Climate in Modern Architecture
Supervisors: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Barnabas Calder
Khawlah Tarim
PhD Title: Defining a sustainable biophilic design framework in a hot and dry climate (desert environment)
Supervisors: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Jiangtao Du
Bekir Tekin
PhD Title: Assessment of Biophilic Design Patterns Based On Post-Occupancy Evaluations
Supervisors: Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez & Rhiannon Corcoran
Mohammed Tosun
PhD Title: Data-driven design of hospitality venues
Supervisors: Asterios Agkathidis & Nick Webb
Yuyang Wang
PhD Title: Parametrizing Beijing Shiheyuan
Supervisors: Andrew Crompton & Asterios Agkathidis
Jianyang Zhao
PhD title: Reinventing the Dougong Joint by incorporating robotic tools
Supervisors: Asterios Agkathidis, Davide Lombardi & Hanmei Chen
Xi Zhang
PhD Title: Perceived environmental qualities and occupants’ wellbeing at workspaces in China: survey and experiment
Supervisors: Jiangtao Du & David Chow
Wei Zhao
PhD Title: Adaptive thermal comfort of rural low-income residents in China and its potential in building energy conservation
Supervisors: Daveed Chow & Steve Sharples