College of Design Theses and Dissertations
Original work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree in the College of Design (formerly College of Architecture).
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Developing a simulation-based framework for healing building envelopes in healthcare design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-15)In healthcare facilities, with the very nature of healing at its core, designing spaces with enhanced levels of human comfort is of prime importance. Daylighting in healthcare facilities has benefited the physiological and ... -
Identifying The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on The Sleep Quality of Aging Adults With MCI: A Comparative Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-15)Aging adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are underrepresented in built environment research, specifically studies that mainly focus on low socioeconomic status and racial minorities. Part of this thesis is a part ... -
Use Of XR Technologies to Trigger Interest in High School Students in a Construction Management Career
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-08)The construction management skilled workforce in the United States is shrinking as a big number of its employees approach retirement and are not being replaced quickly enough by younger generations. According to the ... -
Net-Zero Water Buildings & the Air Force
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-09-06)The Department of Defense has tasked the uniformed services to make a percentage of their installations net-zero waste, water, and energy. The purpose of this study is to determine if United States Air Force can make 10% ... -
Industry 4.0 And Short-Term Outlook for AEC Industry Workforce
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-12-13)Technology is uniquely transforming our society to a significant degree. This transformation has been described as Industry 4.0 and encompasses machine learning, computerization, automation, artificial intelligence, and ... -
PHPP2E+: Employing dynamic building simulation while pursuing passive house certification
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-12-15)The building sector alone accounts for around 40% of the global GHG emissions, and aiming to decrease this percentage, various organizations are trying to address the energy load of buildings. European Passive Houses are ... -
THE NON-EXISTENT CHAIR SERIES: EVALUATING GENERATIVE DESIGN OUTCOMES
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-02)Generative Design has been a popular topic in the design world for a while, earlier inventions like shape grammar and space syntax generate geometrical designs with sets of rules defined by the user. The latest invention ... -
Design and Evaluation of A Feng Shui Supported Augmented Reality Tool for Furniture Placement at Home
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)Home is not only the place we live, but there’s also a strong connection between the home environment and our psychological well-being. There are many factors that need to be considered when thinking about interior design; ... -
Enhancing Organizational Transformation for Design-Build Infrastructure Projects: Design Liability, Construction Quality Assurance, and New Engineering Leadership Requirements
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-07-29)Major transportation infrastructure projects have used alternative project delivery, such as design-build (DB), to streamline and expedite project delivery, transferring many roles and responsibilities from state departments ... -
A Systems Approach to Biomimetic Design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-27)This thesis investigates utilizing a model-based systems engineering tool for knowledge reuse and traceability. The increased complexity of products and their systems requires designers to have the ability to trace their ... -
Barriers and Potential Solutions to Gender Diversity in the Construction Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-04)The construction industry faces significant challenges filling vacant jobs to match supply with demand. With 20 percent of the construction workforce not returning after the pandemic within a booming housing market and the ... -
AN ATLANTA-BASED ANALYSIS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE COMMUTE OPTIONS PROGRAMS AND SWITCHING FROM DRIVING ALONE TO ALTERNATIVE COMMUTE MODES
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-08-02)Employee commute options programs – also known as employer-based transportation demand management (TDM) programs – are rooted in the philosophy of TDM and trip reduction. There is a long history of TDM policies and efforts ... -
Shape Machine: shape embedding and rewriting in visual design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-07-27)Shape grammar interpreters have been studied for more than forty years addressing several areas of design research including architectural, engineering, and product design. At the core of all these implementations, the ... -
Addressing Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM) Data Needs: A Case Study in a Low Resource Community
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-07-26)Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM) is a method of simulating the energy usage of a grouping of buildings, at the scale of a neighborhood or city, rather than the typical simulation of a single building. This can be a ... -
A FRAMEWORK TO SIMULATE DIVERSE OCCUPANCY AND PRESENCE SENSING TECHNOLOGY TO REGULATE HEATING AND COOLING ENERGY IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-27)With the rapid progression of human sensing technologies, High Performance Buildings (HPB) are inevitably moving towards the wide scale automation of occupancy detection for energy efficiency purposes. Occupancy patterns ... -
A Greenspace Ethnography of Southwest Atlanta: A Review and Tool
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-03)The purpose of this thesis study is to provide a tool and foundation for a community science-based greenspace ethnography of a neighborhood. The research requires an assessment of environmental history, policy, plans, and ... -
Development and evaluation of a design tool for occupational therapists to facilitate co-design of assistive technology with designers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-05)Development of effective assistive technology (AT) for individuals for disabilities necessitates close collaboration between occupational therapists (OTs) and designers. Currently, their successful collaboration is hampered ... -
Impact of Tangible Augmented Reality on Electromyography Output
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-03)The utilization of augmented reality for guiding user motions and the incorporation of sensors as an assessment tool are areas of growing interest. Potential for future application exists in the viability to produce real-time ... -
Functional Materials: Investigating ways to make traditional prototyping materials sensible and reactive leveraging with computing technologies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-03)This thesis presents a fabrication tool-kit developed through material-driven inquiry to make the rigid prototyping materials flexible and augment their sensing capability by combining them with conductive substrate ... -
Enriching printed book reading experience by providing additional digital content through AR technology
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-05-03)This thesis investigates how to design a new reading experience using the smartphone application with AR technology. This approach combines traditional printed book reading with related digital media available on the web ...
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