Faculty of Engineering 3

Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award

SOLTANMOHAMMADLOU, Nazi

Thesis Title

A Sociotechnical System for Earthmoving Equipment Safety in Australian Construction Sites

Supervisors

• Associate Professor Ka Hung Hon (Principal Supervisor)
• Professor Robin Drogemuller (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

This thesis examines earthmoving equipment operations (EEOs) as a sociotechnical safety system within the Australian construction industry. It analyses causal risk factors across regulatory, organisational, and operational levels using Rasmussen’s Risk Management Framework. Through a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative data, the study shows that safety solutions remain focused on workers and site operations, overlooking important cross-level influences. The research develops a systemic model identifying influential risk factors and demonstrates how understanding risk causes and effects across all levels of the safety management system can improve information flow, strengthen technological solutions, and enhance decision-making across the EEOs’ life cycle.

Doctor of Philosophy

ACIKARA, Turgut

Thesis Title

Bridging Machine and Human Intelligence for Urban Road Network Resilience: The 2022 Eastern Australia Floods Case Study

Supervisors

• Professor Bo Xia (Principal Supervisor)
• Associate Professor Ka Hung Hon (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Tan Yigitcanlar (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

This thesis investigates how crowdsourced data shared by the public can support disaster response and road network resilience assessment during major flood events. Using the 2022 Eastern Australia floods as a case study, the research developed a data-driven framework that combines big data analytics, machine learning, and human-like reasoning to identify road closures and assess disruption impacts in near real time. The findings demonstrate that crowdsourced data can provide reliable and timely situational awareness when validated against authoritative sources. The research contributes a practical and interpretable approach for improving evidence-based decision-making during disasters.

FAISAL, Asif Iqbal Mohammad

Thesis Title

Charting the Road to Autonomous Mobility: Understanding Acceptance and Mobility Choices of Australians in a Driverless Future

Supervisors

• Professor Tan Yigitcanlar (Principal Supervisor)
• Professor Alexander Paz (Associate Supervisor)
• Dr Md Kamruzzaman (External Supervisor)

Citation

This research explores how autonomous vehicles (driverless cars) may change the way people travel in Australian cities. Using global research analysis and a survey of over 2,000 people in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, the study examines public attitudes toward private, shared, and public driverless transport. The findings show that younger and more tech-familiar users are more open to shared and public autonomous mobility, while people who rely heavily on private cars are more hesitant. The research provides insights for policymakers and planners on how to prepare cities and transport systems for the safe, inclusive, and sustainable integration of driverless technologies.

POLIN, Ken Chalapan

Thesis Title

Planning for Smart Campus Transformation in the Global South: The Case of Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Supervisors

• Professor Tan Yigitcanlar (Principal Supervisor)
• Dr Mark Limb (Associate Supervisor)
• Dr Tracy Washington (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

Smart campus research lacks integrated frameworks and context-sensitive approaches for Global South universities facing resource and governance constraints. This study developed and validated a comprehensive Smart Campus Assessment Framework and governance model, demonstrating practical applicability and supporting sustainable, adaptive digital transformation. Using a systematic review, Delphi validation, and a case study, the research defined the smart campus and introduced a framework of four domains, sixteen categories, and forty-eight indicators. It advances theory and practice by providing universities with structured tools to assess, plan, and sustain smart campus development as a governance-driven, resilient, and context-responsive transformation.

SAKR, Ahmed Mohamed Nasr

Thesis Title

Additive Manufacturing Using Waste Materials 'Towards Sustainable Architecture'

Supervisors

• Associate Professor Muge Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira (Principal Supervisor)
• Professor Glenda Caldwell (Associate Supervisor)
• Associate Professor Jared Donovan (Associate Supervisor)
• Dr Tatheer Zahra (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

Australia's agricultural sector is a significant contributor to the country's emissions, with sugar production being a key source. This research addresses this issue by repurposing sugarcane by-products into clay composites for sustainable architecture. Inspired by vernacular building principles, it develops additively manufactured facade elements designed to regulate natural lighting, ventilation, and privacy. Through a design-led process, material mixtures were created, their performance tested, and a prototype built. The research culminated in a systematic framework to guide the future use of agricultural by-products and waste materials in construction for sustainable future.

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

• ALENZY, Mohamad
• BAUTISTA, Ralph Timothy Abutin
• GAYNOR, Macy Elizabeth
• HAMILTON, Jack Edward
• HUMTSOE, Mhonbeni
• JUN, Hangyeol
• KOVACEVIC, Daniel
• LUCKHARDT, Caleb Bradley
• MAN, Long Hei
• STEVENSON, Thomas James Edward
• TANTS, Gregory
• TENZIN, Yeshi Dendup
• WEI, Bowen
• ZHU, Hongji

Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture)

• CONGREVE, Sophie Madeline
• CONRAN, Stella Charlotte
• CRADDOCK, Amelie Rosemary
• GUAN, Junren
• HOANG, Nguyen
• KOWAS, Mary McDalyn
• LENSKE, Sophie Olan Elizabeth
• LIUCHEN, Zeyu
• LUNN, April Jasmine
• MORRIS, Hayley
• PANKHURST, Matthew Charles
• READY, Michaela Jade
• SU, Jenny Jiayi

Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture)

• ONISKO, Kseniya

Bachelor of Design (Architecture) – with Distinction

• FANG, Jiaxin
• GILL, John Jeffrey
• GULISANO, Elyssia
• KEAWARSA, Sarasenee
• MYERS, Felicity Elise
• RITCH DE LLERA, Rafael
• SCHULZE, Emmy Hope
• SMITH, Sybil Mansfield

Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) – with Distinction

• BOUGHTON, Olivia
• CUTTRISS, Claudia Joy
• FITZMAURICE, Mishke
• GARCIA-PRIETO, Alaska
• HAWI, Mikayla
• JOHN, Stephanie Elyse
• MICALLEF, Olanthe May
• NAUGHTON, Jasmine Therese
• SIROIS, Robyn Judith Lee
• WATSON, Jessica Carol

Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture) – with Distinction

• MARFUAD, Katie Jamila
• RENWICK, Gabrielle Lily
• THOMPSON, Kelsey Jean

Bachelor of Design – International (Architecture)

• IOANE, Victoria Kazia

Bachelor of Design – International (Architecture) – with Distinction

• NGUYEN, Luu Hue

Bachelor of Business (Advertising)/Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

• MANECKSHANA, Ruth Esther

Bachelor of Business (Finance)/Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture)

• GIBSON, Ethan James

Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Design (Architecture)

• KAUR, Simran

Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture)

• SWAN, Georgia Rose

Bachelor of Business (Marketing)/Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) – with Distinction

• WU, Eliana

Bachelor of Business (International Business) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Design (Architecture) – with Distinction

• ZUCCA, Isabella Paige

Bachelor of Business (Marketing) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Design (Architecture) – with Distinction

• KEBLE, Jordyn Mia
• LEVIDO, Sophia Josephine

Bachelor of Business (Marketing) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) – with Distinction

• OTWAY, Amber Helen

Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture)/Bachelor of Property Economics – with Distinction

• POWER, Amy

Bachelor of Design (Architecture) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Property Economics – with Distinction

• LENARD, Nina

Bachelor of Architectural Design

• BRETHERTON-SCOBIE, Lachlan James
• DICK, Jessica Amy
• GAYAT, Pauline Alexis Lacorte
• MCCAFFREY, Sarah Michelle
• MORPHETT, Clementine Jane
• ORSTADIUS, Sofie
• SAVAGE, Julia Isabella
• SIREGAR, Shira Amalia Munajat
• WHITE, Madison Julia

Bachelor of Architectural Design – with Distinction

• BLAKISTON, Charlotte
• DAWSON, Campbell Morgan
• DINGLE, Georgia Rose
• FREEMAN, Louise
• MAHARANI, Putu Pradnya Intan Kai
• MORI, Haruna
• O'KELLY, Katrina Blanche
• WIJAYANTO, Salma Kanzu
• WILLIAMS, Shayla McKenzie Ann
• YE, Meishi

Bachelor of Built Environment Studies

• ANICETO SERRAO, Edrich Odelio Edita
• ORR, Thomas

Bachelor of Engineering Studies

• BELL, Theodore
• RAUSIM, Dietriche
• SCOTT, Alexander Liam

Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) (Construction Management and Quantity Surveying) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• JAMIESON, Carley Hope

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) – Second Class Honours – Division B

• BOS, Saul Harrison
• BROWN, Rachael Josephine
• BUTLER, Finley John
• CHODEN, Tshewang
• DOSS, Kimberly Lath
• GEBERS, Ryan Thomas
• HENDERSON, Justin Scott
• JONES, Riley Lewis
• NEWING, Harrison James
• OSMAND, Angus
• ROBINSON, James
• SAKARYA, Zora
• SAKER, Kurtis Dane
• SCOTT, Liahm Jackson
• STEPHENSON, Taj Adam
• WEATHERLEY, Daniel Peter
• ZHU, Suihong

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Quantity Surveying and  Cost Engineering) – Second Class Honours – Division B

• NGUYEN, Bach

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• ANDREWS, Flynn Alexander
• DEARDEN, William George Francis
• EL CHAMI, Mahir
• FLORAGER, Max
• HOFFMAN, Merrick John
• JOOSAB, Muhammad Is'haaq
• MCKAY, Nicholas Jack
• MORRIS, Hudson Richard Warwick
• ONG, Teck Jun
• SHARPE, Cody Geoffrey
• TAYLOR, Benjamin

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Quantity Surveying and  Cost Engineering) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• CAO, Xun
• DENTON, James Andrew
• KEATING, Georgie Sharn
• SINGH, Hemant Kumar

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• LO, Isleen
• MARCH-ANTHONY, Beau Mohammed

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) – First Class Honours

• HICKEY, Emerson Simon
• JOHNSTONE, Meg Harriet
• MCFARLANE, Joshua Lewis
• NORRIS, Hannah Jane
• TRACEY, Harrison Paul Konrat

Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) – First Class Honours

• GRAHAM, William Douglas
• MOORE, Abigail Cecilia Burton
• NEWMAN, Patrick Michael

Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture)/Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• COHALAN, Kylista Asha

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Construction Management) – First Class Honours

• LIYANAGAMAGE, Ruwangee Thathsiluni

Bachelor of Design (Architecture)/Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) – First Class Honours

• PATHER, Noah Francis

Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) – First Class Honours

• JENKINS, Isla Audrey

Postgraduate

Graduate Certificate in Project Management

• ATKINSON, Lee Ryan
• AUDIBERT, Jessica Kate
• BELL, Michael Wayne
• BEUKERS, Jessica Robyn
• BUZBY, Russell Paul
• CARSON, Taleah
• CHANE, Tim Robertson
• CHELL-OZDOWSKI, Rosanna
• CHEUNG, Wai-Shun Wilson
• DE MARCO, Roberto Peter
• FORD, Elizabeth Louise
• FOWLER, Jeffrey Mark
• HALLIDAY, William Gregor
• HART, Anthony
• JOHNSTONE, Zach Wiley
• JORDAN, Kendyl Leigh
• KATYARA, Natasha
• KOROLIS, Stephanie Marie
• MCKEON, David Nicholas
• MCKINNEY, Samuel James
• NAIL, Alexandra Affleck
• NUGENT, Jordan Leigh
• PALL, Balint
• PATEL, Hardik Maheshbhai
• PAYNE, Mikayla Joy
• SHASTRI, Durva Piyushkumar
• SHEKEDE, Solomon Ronald
• SHELTON, James Alexander
• URQUHART, Sophie Jane
• WEST, Rebecca Anne
• WILKINS, Christopher John
• ZLOTKOWSKI, Katrina Susan

Master of Architecture

• ARMSTRONG, Lincoln John
• DANH, Kumsokngym
• DE CLERCQ, Charlotte
• ESLER, Matthew Robert
• HUYNH, Phu
• MCADAM, Brendan James
• NAGUMO, Hitomi
• RAUT, Nikita Nikesh
• ROBERTSON, Jye David
• ROBSON, Jacob Allan
• SGROI, Alexander Michael
• SU, Felicia Trang
• TANGTRAKULWONG, Pattamawan
• WATTS, Haydn Bradley

Master of Engineering Management

• AGHAIBORHAN, Mahyar
• AL HARTHY, Samir Saif Said
• AULD, Marnie-Lee
• DANN, Erlyn Ruedas
• DHILLON, Sumraj
• GORDON, James Michael
• KANNAN, Vishnu
• LIU, Nian
• MIZOGUCHI, Tatsuya
• PANCHAL, Vishvesh Samirbhai
• PUENTES RUIZ, John Jairo
• ROBERT, Rithin Rigel
• VENTIC, Filan Thaddeus Suhot
• ZOU, Peize

Master of Project Management

• ALHOTHALI, Rana Omair A
• BARLOW, Louis Sydney
• COSTA LACERDA, Joubert Andersen
• DENDUP, Yeshi
• DEVARAJ, Mithelaash Yaadav
• HOBBS, Charlotte
• HORWOOD, Aaron John
• KUNAM, Sai Sumanth Reddy
• LIMBU, Iksha
• MANI, Narayan Moorthy
• MAYEN, David Ayuen
• OFFENHAUSER, Patrick Leon Carl
• OWEN, Lucas Duane
• PENNAY, Wayne
• PRISK, Thomas Samuel
• RUTHERFORD, Beau Parker
• STYLES, Eli
• TECHERA THOVE, Federico Martin

Master of Project Management – with Distinction

• CHAMBERS, Joshua Maxwell
• HASHMI, Adeel Wasim
• KEWE, Matias
• MARTINUZ, Lauren
• PILLAY, Karunesh Krishnan
• SAITONG, Natphat
• STANKOVIC, Davor
• TURCIC, Monika Marija
• ZHU, Jiachen

Master of Philosophy

• SHAHID FAZAL,