Postgraduate Research Students
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Architecture Postgraduate Research Students
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Mona Alamri A Case Study on Introducing Sustainable Architecture for the Building of New Built Environments (Schools) in Saudi Arabia Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk Ece Bora Innovative Ways of Seeing Cities through Cinema Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk Donal Colfer Relational Practice: Knowledge, People and Place Mr Colm Moore Mark Hackett Interstitial Practice Prof Michael McGarry Christopher Hamill The Atlas of Lost Rooms: Digitising Ireland’s Magdalene History Dr Chantelle Niblock Stephanie Helm-Grovas Architecture and the Bomb in Belfast and Beyond Dr Gary Boyd Ageela Madkhali A Sustainable Vision for Optimal Design Decisions on the Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia. Dr Sean Cullen Roisin McAllister Architectural Design: Public Perception and Design of Contemporary Architecture in the Irish Rural Landscape Dr Sarah Lappin Rebecca Jane McConnell The Future of the Holylands as a Blueprint for Resilience Prof Greg Keeffe Yosra Mosaad Towards a Design Methodology to Increase the Performance of Public Spaces Prof Tom Jefferies Clare Mulholland Shared Architectures: Architecture and socio-spatial practice in a contested city. Prof Greg Keeffe Arwa Saeed Noorsaeed An Investigation into Improving the Learning Environment for Primary School aged Pupils in Saudi Arabia Mr Keith McAllister Thomas O'Brien PhD Architect (Practice Based): Risk and Care in Architectural Design Practice Prof Michael McGarry Amirah Qashqari Using Sustainable Methods to Improve Thermal Performance of Building Located in Hot and Humid Areas Prof Tom Jefferies May Saeedi Creating Innovative Hospitality Spaces in Seaports Through Designing an Enclosure System Connecting Architectural Elements: A Case Study of Red Sea Tourist Seaports Prof Tom Jefferies Timothy Waddell Spatial Improvisations: A Means to Increase Participation in Contested and Critical Urban Sites Miss Nuala Flood Yanlin Wang Providing Infrastructure for High-Density Urban Space Prof Greg Keeffe Yulei Wang Internal Migration Integration in China through Architecture Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk Natalie Weadick Curatorial Practice in Architecture Dr Gary Boyd
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Archaeology-Palaeoecology Postgraduate Research Students
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Marie-Therese Barrett Drumclay: a tree-ring dated narrative for an Irish crannog Dr Gill Plunkett Gosse Bootsma Dynamics of carbon capture in Scottish and Irish peatlands over the past centuries Dr Maarten Blaauw James Bright 'Digital phenomenology'; interrogating the experience of diachronic ritual landscapes through combined remote sensing, 3D reconstruction and virtual reality modelling Dr Patrick Gleeson Stine Carlsson Medical Geology; The Impact of the Natural Environment on Health in Past Populations from Ireland and Scotland Dr Eileen Murphy James Dill-Russell Multi-Proxy Investigation Of The Effects Of A Drying Climate on Peatlands And Human Activity Dr Gill Plunkett Elisabetta Dixon Radiocarbon Dating Of Single Tree-rings - Annual Precision Records Of Environmental Change Dr Maarten Blaauw Cherie Edwards Bronze Age upland settlement dynamics in Ireland and northern Britain Dr Dirk Brandherm Helen Essell Human-Environment Dynamics Through the Holocene in the Mourne Region, Northern Ireland. Dr Gill Plunkett Sarah Ferrandin Investigating the timing and causes of nitrogen cycle changes in Bronze Age Ireland Dr Gill Plunkett Judith Findlater Feeding Medieval Carrickfergus - A Multi-proxy Study of Livestock Husbandry in a Frontier Town Dr Eileen Murphy Jordana Maguire Living Museums: Creating a Built Hertage Asset Management Information System (BMIS) to assist decision making in the Hertage Sector Dr William Megarry Grace McAlister Measuring the Social Value and Impact of Community Archaeology in Northern Ireland Dr Colm Donnelly Fiona Moffett The Place of the Church in Late Medieval Ulster Dr Patrick Gleeson Hazel Mosley Landscape of Production; Exploring the palaeoenvironmental context of stone tool quarrying, manufacture, use and deposition on Neolithic Shetland Dr William Megarry Courtney Mundt Mapping the Physical and Religious Influences behind Cillíní Distribution on the Island of Ireland: With Counties Antrim, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Mayo, and Meath as Case Studies Dr Eileen Murphy Clare Privilege Origins and development of textile production in early Ireland Dr Caroline Malone Clair Richardson Society and the Dead: Geospatial and Statistical Analysis of Complex Cemeteries in Early Medieval Ireland Dr Patrick Gleeson Lisa White Determining Death: Investigating the Selection Processes for Mortuary Rites in Neolithic Ireland Dr Eileen Murphy Jessica White Physically Impaired Individuals in Medieval Ireland: Exploring Biomechanics and Care Dr Eileen Murphy
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Civil Engineering Postgraduate Research Students (A-H)
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Altaf Albaho Sustainable Remediation of Crude Oil Contamination by utilizing a Bio-Electrochemical System (BES) Dr Rory Doherty Naif Alotaibi Cementless "Geopolymer" Concrete for Sustainable Construction Prof Marios Soutsos Gautam Baruah Integrated Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Solar System Dr Madjid Karimirad Pali Bhave Interaction Mechanics of Reinforced Soil Dr Jonathan Black Sarah Bolsover Investigation of Novel Calcium Aluminate Cements from Waste Drinking Water Treatment Residuals to further Understanding of Process Development and Commercial Product Manufacturing Dr Sreejith Nanukuttan Gary Boon An Investigation into the Effect of Superplasticizer Chemistry and Mixing on the Rheology of Concrete Prof Marios Soutsos David Boyd Decision Support Framework for Reliable and Cost Effective Repowering of Bottom-Fixed Offshore Wind Farms Dr Madjid Karimirad Andrew Bunce Monitoring Systems for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Dr David Hester Kristopher Campbell To Develop a Pioneering Approach Integrating Existing Bridge Management Databases with Regional Data Sets at the Department for Infrastructure Producing a Bridge Management Decision Support Tool and Digitial Road Map for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland Dr Myra Lydon Muhammad Choudhry Flow Optimisation within a SuDs Vortex Retention Brake Prof Gerard Hamill Róisín Coyle Modelling the Uptake and Exchange of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems using a Novel, Integrated System of High-Resolution Numerical Models Prof Jennifer McKinley Molly Crowe Quantifying Kelp detrital pathways: what is potentially locked away as Blue Carbon? Dr Louise Kregting Noreen Durning The Optimisation of Active System Control Units in Rainwater Harvesting as a Means of Improved Storm-Water Management in an Urban Catchment Dr Pauline Mackinnon Mahmoud Elshamy Automated Risk Assessment and Analysis for Complex Construction Projects: Machine Learning-based Solution Dr Faris Elghaish Dallán Friel Dynamic Responses of Floating Photovoltaic Arrays Under Wave Loads Dr Madjid Karimirad Rónán Gallagher Modelling the Dynamic Response of Tidal Energy Devices with Buoyant Tension Mooring Systems in Nearshore/Offshore Locations Dr Carwyn Frost Zhe Gong Reactive Transport Modelling of Ionic Species Through Concrete in Anaerobic Environments Dr Sreejith Nanukuttan - Civil Engineering Postgraduate Research Students (H-M)
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Habeene Habeenzu Intelligent Structures Dr David Hester Joseph Ireland The Impact of Thermal Plumes on Aquifer Properties and Groundwater Quality - DTP QUADRAT Programme Dr Ulrich Ofterdinger Thangarajah Jeyaraj Impact of Climate change on Retaining structures back-filled with Fine Grained Soils Dr Vinayagamoothy Sivakumar Sandipan Kaushik Additive Manufacturing:Investigation of the Effect of Mix Composition on the Rheological Properties, Mechanical Performance, Durability and Structural Behaviour of 3D Printing Concrete Prof Mohamed Sonebi David Kelly Global availability and characteristics of waste material with potential application in the construction industry Dr Daniel McPolin Connor Kent Population-based Structural Health Monitoring for Bridges Dr David Hester Francis Mackin Integrated Ecohydrological Modelling of Blanket Bog Covered Catchments Dr Raymond Flynn Pantelis Matis Development and Experimental Testing of a New Connection for Structural Steel Sections Prof Susan Taylor Emily McAllister Development of cross-laminated timber composite panel from C16 timber Dr Daniel McPolin Aimee McCabe The Development and Implementation of Emergent Digital Technologies in the Design of the Built Environment Dr Daniel McPolin Daniel McCloskey Transforming waste glass cullet to sodium silicate: a bulk chemical for the production of low-carbon concrete, surfactants and wood pulp Prof Marios Soutsos Mark McDonnell Saline Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers (SALINA): Hydrodynamic Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Response Prof Gerard Hamill Rebecca McKinney Stimulating phlorotannin production in seaweed for use as an animal feed supplement. Dr Louise Kregting Ben Millar Fluid/structure interactions due to scouring at bridges Prof Gerard Hamill Amrita Milling Dynamic Characterisation of Tensile and Bond Behaviour of Basalt Textile Reinforced Mortar (BTRM) Dr Giuseppina Amato - Civil Engineering Postgraduate Research Students (N-Z)
Thomas Neeson Infrastructure planning policy - protecting infrastructure against climate change Dr Myra Lydon Jennifer Newell Urban agroecology: Risks and Benefits Dr Rory Doherty Paul Officer Structural Health Monitoring of Historic Buildings Prof Susan Taylor Sodiq Oguntade The impact of subsurface heterogeneity on the performace of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) system Dr Ulrich Ofterdinger Connor O'Higgins Low-cost Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring for Short and Medium Span Bridges Dr David Hester Masoud Pedram Bridge Condition Assessment using Low Energy Sensors Prof Susan Taylor Sachie Prabuddha Sathurusinghe Arachchillage Fluid/Structure Interactions during Flooded Scouring at FlexiArch/Masonry Arch Bridges Prof Gerard Hamill Modupe Sobowale An Automated Maintenance System-based Digital Twin for Low-Cost Housing in the UK Dr Faris Elghaish Nicola-Ann Stevens Solutions to Monitor and Asses Resilience in Transport (SMART) Infrastructure Dr Myra Lydon Rosslyn Watret Fish Spas: the Importance of Turbulence on Stress Levels of Fish in Dynamic Environments Dr Louise Kregting Xingyu Zhu Machine learning supported multi criteria decision making for project delivery system selection Dr Xianhai Meng
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Geography Postgraduate Research Students (A-L)
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Daniel Acheson What are the key barriers to more efficient plastic recycling in Northern Ireland, and how might these be overcome? Dr Stephen McIlwaine Aaron Black Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916 Dr Oliver Dunnett Neil Brannigan Resilience and Adaptation of Muddy Flooding Mitigation to Climate Change Dr Donal Mullan Hannah Campbell Hewson Cartographic Circuits Of Knowledge In The 'Age of Discovery' (1400-1700) And Their Impact On The Construction Of Ocean Space. Prof Keith Lilley Steven Donnelly The Role of Urban Design and Culture in the Formation and Perpetuation of Mono-Cultural Communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland Dr Satish Kumar John Erwin Illuminating the Dark Tourist Gaze in Ireland through Emotions, Participation and Immersion Dr Tristan Sturm Callum Evans Response of testate amoebae to peatland drain blocking: implications for biomonitoring of peatland restoration efforts Prof Graeme Swindles Neal Halforty Neighbourhood inter-ethnic/religious mixing in 'post-conflict' Northern Ireland Dr Gemma Catney David Hatton The Impact Of Climate Change And Extreme Weather Events on Cyanobacteria Blooms in Lakes Prof Helen Roe Emma Hayes Novel Tools for Quantifying and Managing Sediment and Nutrient Loss From Agricultural Land Dr Donal Mullan Matthew Hunt Sedimentary Records of the Evolution of the Melville Bugt Ice Stream Dr Andrew Newton Rebecca Irwin Race, Gender and Culture: An Examination of the Legacies of Irish Presbyterian Missions in Malawi and Kenya c.1958-2000 Dr Diarmid Finnegan Amy Lally Source-to Sink Dynamics and Palaeo-Enviornment Reconstruction from a Dynamically Evolving Glacial Foreland Dr Alastair Ruffell - Geography Postgraduate Research Students (M-Z)
Matthew McMahon Theatre of the Cosmos: Performance, Space and Science at Armagh Planetarium 1943-2016 Dr Oliver Dunnett Aaron Miller UrbanARK Project Dr Ulrich Ofterdinger Niamh Moggan Embedding spatial data in local government using web-based geoportals: a case study of Belfast City Council Prof Chris Lloyd Amy O'Keefe The Time of the Crime: Temporal Soil Forensic Science Dr Alastair Ruffell Megan O'Kane Gameworld Geographies: Simulated Realities and Abstracted Geopolitical Futures in Videogame Spaces Dr Tristan Sturm Matthew Robinson It All Comes Back: Resituating and Decolonising the British State's Use of Tortuer in Northern Ireland. Dr Merav Amir Benjamin Rocke Spatial Analysis of Geoforensic Data at Crime Scenes and Implications for Evidence Searches Dr Alastair Ruffell Annette Salles Resilience and adaptation of First Nations Communities in Canada to Disappearing Winter Road Infrastructure in a Changing Climate Dr Donal Mullan Gulvin Yusifova Establishment Of Turkish And Kurdish Communities In Northern Ireland And Their Interactions With Local People Dr I Shuttleworth Qinchen Zhang Urban and Regional Development of North Korea Prof Chris Lloyd
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Planning Postgraduate Research Students
PGR Student Research Topic Supervisor Chelsea Beardsley Just Coastal Transition: Exploring Community Vulnerabilities and Responses Dr Wesley Flannery Rachael Black Co-designing a Shared Future: How Can Children Be a Part of the Reimagining of Belfast's Interfaces Dr Neil Galway Richard Blackwood Planning and uncomfortable knowledge: the social construction of ignorance in planning practice in Northern Ireland Dr Linda Fox-Rogers Nuala Carr Transitioning towards social acceptability of marine renewable energy in Ireland and Northern Ireland Dr Wesley Flannery Jonathan Hanna Place Attachment and Rural Stayers Dr Richard Waldron James Hennessey Open Space Typologies and their Role in the Planning and Design of Place Dr Agustina Martire Yue Liu Analysing the Impact on Neoliberalism on Community Planning in Rural China Dr Philip Boland Lauren Mallon The Place of Interstitial Spaces in Cities and the Urbanisation Process Dr Cristian Silva Justin McHenry Digitalising and Democratising the Planning System: PlanTech, Public, Participation Dr Philip Boland James (Alex) Miller Social Acceptance, Path Dependency and the Low Carbon Transition Prof Geraint Ellis Hannah Thompson Community ownership of Green and Blue spaces to reduce health inequalities Dr Brendan Murtagh Robert Wade The Political Economy of Opposition to Wind Energy Projects (ESR15) Prof Geraint Ellis Emily Wray "Culturephilia" for Whom and Where? Questioning the 'Curing Qualities' of Culture in a 'Post-Troubles' City: An Analysis of Derry/Londonderry Dr Phil Boland Song Xue Exploration of Pedestrian Behaviour in Limited Space in the Agent-based Microscale Simulation of Pavements and Crossroads in Urban Area Dr Cristian Silva Shuyun Zhang World Heritage sites surrounded by high-rise buildings: a case study in Hangzhou, China Dr Cristian Silva Ying Zheng Vertical Greenery and it's impact on Sustainable Development in Mega Cities: A case study in Shenzhen, China Prof Greg Keeffe Zehan Zhou Building a Natural Belfast by the Development of Green Infrastructure Dr Neil Galway