Planning, Design and Construction - Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV

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Planning, Design and Construction

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PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

International Students: The PhD in Planning, Design and Construction (D785) degree qualifies students on an F-1 visa to work in the U.S. for up to three years following graduation. Learn more .

Design in Action

The PhD in Planning, Design and Construction聽degree is available to students wishing to pursue a specialized research or creative agenda. This program consists of coursework tailored to the student鈥檚 interests, providing them with an opportunity to deepen their expertise in a particular realm of built environment research. Students work closely with their faculty committee to select courses from across the University to create an individualized educational plan, with a concentration in one of the the College’s five primary聽disciplines: Architecture, Construction Science, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture or Regional and City Planning.聽Students have the opportunity to study with leading scholars in聽the Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV聽College of Architecture, as well as University-wide fields as diverse as Engineering, Geography, History of Science, and more. Graduates of this program are prepared to continue their work in specialized fields, such聽as professional researchers, post-secondary聽educators, and聽non-profit leaders.

Student Publications

Rashidzadeh, Z., & Heidari Matin, N. (2023). 鈥”听Sustainability, 15 (3), 2294.

Najmi Sarooghi, E. & McCuen, T. (2022). 鈥Smart Cities’ Strategies for Contractors: A Thematic Analysis of Selected Documents.EPiC Series in Built Environment, 3: 452-460.

Zhou, L., Wu, Y., Wu, Y., Zhu, R., Woodfin, T., & Chen, T. (2018). 鈥.鈥澛Sustainability, 10 (1).

Heidari Matin, N., Mojtaba Mirabedini, S., & Rashidzadeh, Z. (2022). 鈥.Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress聽Conference Proceedings.

Bigelow, B., Perrenoud, A., Rahman, M., & Saseendran, A. (2019). 鈥.鈥澛International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 17 (1).

Najmi Sarooghi, E. & McCuen, T. (2021). 鈥.鈥 EPiC Series in Built Environment, 2: 255-263.

Zhou, L., Shen, G., Woodfin, T., Chen, T., & Song, K. (2018). 鈥.鈥澛Journal of Environmental Planning and Management,聽61 (3): 430-450.

McCuen, T., Rahman, M., & Gunderson, D. (2019). 鈥.鈥 55th ASC Annual International Conference Proceedings.

Recent Dissertations

Fast, S.聽(2023). I [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK

Faisal, A. (2022). [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK

Rahman, M. (2022).听聽[Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK

Ridley, W. (2023).听 [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK.

Sogol, S. (2021).. [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK.

Yi, Y. (2021). . [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK.

Zhou, L. (2016). . [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK.

Zhao, K. (2016). . [Doctoral dissertation, Christopher C. 麻豆传媒AV]. SHAREOK.

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Current Students

Salma Akter Surma
Research Interests: Resilient Built Environments, Refugees’ Well-being, Quality of Life, Child Friendly Space, Human-Environment Interactions, Infrastructure Justice (WASH), Indoor Environmental Quality, Life Cycle Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Suchi Bhattacharjee
Contact: s.surma@ou.edu

Ramtin Mirmohammad Sadeghi
Research Interests: Building Materials and Methods, Structural Analysis, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Timber Construction, Earth Architecture
Advisor: Dr. Shideh Shadravan
Contact: ramtin.msadeghi@ou.edu

Rebecca Blaine
Research Interests: Historic Preservation + Downtown Revitalization
Advisor: Dr. Charlie Warnken
Contact: rblaine@ou.edu

Emad Najmi Sarooghi
Research Interests: BIM-GIS Integration, Building Energy Management in Smart Cities, and 3D Simulations for Smart Solutions
Advisor: Dr. Tamera McCuen
Contact: emad.najmi@ou.edu

Abhay Chavan
Research Interests: Modular Construction, Virtual Reality, Sustainability in Building, Healthcare Construction
Advisor: Dr. Somik Ghosh
Contact: apc09@ou.edu

Zhina Rashidzadeh
Research Interests: Responsive Facade, Sustainable Design, Visual Comfort, Thermal Comfort, Building Energy Simulation, Computational Design
Advisor: Dr. Negar Matin
Contact: zhina.rashidzadeh@ou.edu

Felipe Flores
Research Interests: Perception of time, space, and body that indigenous communities of Ecuador use in the production of space
Advisor: Dr. Angela Person
Contact: ff@ou.edu

Yousef Haghighi
Research Interests: Climate Adaptive Design, Responsive Architecture, Computational Design, Human-Building Interaction, High-performance Building, Building Energy Efficiency
Advisor: Dr. Shakil Shimul
Contact: myousef.haghighi@ou.edu

Halley Reeves
Research Interests: Community Health Planning, Economic Development, Health in All Policies, Cross Sectorial Collaboration Building, Health Impact Assessments, Resilient Communities
Advisor: Dr. Bryce Lowery
Contact: halley-reeves@ouhsc.edu

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