College of Design Theses and Dissertations
Original work in partial fulfillment of a graduate degree in the College of Design (formerly College of Architecture).
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What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11-07)An estimated 1.54 million Latinos are self-employed in unincorporated businesses, while the 2012 national Survey of Business Owners counted 3.3 million Latino-owned firms, with a total of $474 million in annual sales or ... -
Federal transit funding implications of urbanization: A nationwide assessment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-24)Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of the US population residing in urban areas increased by over 12% (US Census Bureau 2011). Using variables to predict urbanization (proximity and economic variables, among others) and ... -
Design for behavior change: Evaluating the effect of motivational design strategies to support physical activity among older adults
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-10-26)Maintenance of health and physical well-being contribute to the overall quality of life for individuals as they age. Despite the known benefits of maintaining routine levels of physical activity, many adults aged 65 and ... -
The synergistic effects of thermal environment and visibility upon the popularity of street retail area: A case study of a retail arcade in Guangzhou
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-01)For every building design process, three elements should be taken into considerations: building type, geometry and environment. These elements mutually influence one another; the aim of architectural design is to find the ... -
Optimizing microgrid distributed energy resources with varying building loads: Analysis and simulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-09)As microgrids continue to evolve and become more prevalent, there arises a need to understand how best to design while addressing the fundamental objective of meeting energy loads. As a localized energy entity, a microgrid ... -
A functional modeling framework for interdisciplinary building design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-01)The process of Building Design, as in many other forms of design, requires the effective integration of different types of knowledge. However, and in the specific context of Building Information Modeling, only structural ... -
Encourage sedentary workers' active seating through product design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-07-31)The purpose of this project is to design a perturbation system for encouraging active sitting. This product would improve the physical environment within which the sedentary workers work and reduce their incidence of ... -
On the role that specific domain knowledge and procedural strategies play in defining the episodic nature of architectural design formulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-07-24)This dissertation presents a study of design activity based on the analyses of fifty-six design processes taken from fourteen designers which were give four related architectural problems. The motivating interest was to ... -
Electronic retail effects on airports and regional development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-04)This dissertation is an investigation of the relationship between e-retail logistics (e-fulfillment) and aviation, and of airport staff’s planning responses to e-fulfillment. By its nature, planning requires a thorough ... -
BIM synapse: A framework for BIM interoperability in the cloud
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-11)In the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, collaboration within Building Information Modeling (BIM) process is mainly based on transferring files. BIM data is being exchanged in either vendor specific ... -
Spatiotemporal occupancy in building settings
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05-30)This thesis presents an investigation of methods to capture and analyze spatiotemporal occupancy patterns of high resolution, demonstrating their value by measuring behavioral outcomes over time. Obtaining fine-grain ... -
The impact of racial segregation, income sorting and risk-based mortgage pricing on housing wealth inequality: A comparison between urban regions in the United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05-25)Housing wealth is the cornerstone of U.S. households’ balance sheets and is among the largest stores of wealth in the United States. This study examines rising housing wealth inequality between 2005 and 2015 in an urban ... -
Lost to lucrative: A study of the Atlanta BeltLine
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-27)How does a designer know how to transform a lost space into a place that people will revisit? This study explores the revitalization of lost spaces into public trails by using the Atlanta BeltLine as a case study. Over ... -
Linking MPBN and system of system thinking: To improve outcomes in urban environments using Chinese worker villages as a test case
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-30)Urban environments are composed of a multitude of systems that actively engage with each other to maintain, grow, and define the physical forms of the city. These individual aspects can be divided up into a series of system ... -
Changes in quality management approaches for design-build highway projects
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-27)The purpose of this study is to determine changes in quality management approaches of design-build (DB) highway projects compared to those in design-bid-build (DBB) projects. Identifying the existing challenges in the ... -
User specific assistive technology: Hand mounted switch control platform design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-27)The purpose of this project is to design a platform for user specific assistive technology. This platform would allow occupational therapists to design and deliver highly customizable hand mounted switch controls for persons ... -
User-perceived effectiveness of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration in infrastructure construction environments
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-10)A multi-layered performance analysis (MPA) method was proposed. Information analysis, technology performance, and human performance addressed based on the users' experience and perception measurement method in this study. ... -
If these walls could talk: Automated performance measurement for building modeling decisions using data analytics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-01-10)Building information modeling (BIM) is instrumental in documenting design, enhancing customer experience, and improving product functionality in capital projects. However, high-quality building models do not happen by ... -
Adaptive efficiency in coffee clusters: Resilience through agglomeration, global value chains, social networks, and institutions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-18)This dissertation builds and tests a model of economic and environmental resilience in developing country agricultural clusters. Borrowing from economic geography, institutional economics, global change, and environmental ... -
Air Force asset management: preventive versus reactive work
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-12-11)To combat reactive maintenance and the “run-to-failure” asset management model, the U.S. Air Force has taken steps to ensure facility condition assessment tracking and asset service life monitoring. The purpose of this ...
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