Student Scholarship

 

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

Joshua Lee, 2016
Questioning modern approaches to flexibility : 50 years of learning from the School Construction Systems Development (SCSD) Project  

Kristine Stiphany, 2015
Learning displacement : self-building, educational infrastructure, and the politics of development in Brazilian informal settlements

Elizabeth Walsh, 2015
Home ecology and challenges in the design of healthy home environments : possibilities for low-income home repair as a leverage point for environmental justice in gentrifying urban environments

Barbara Brown Wilson, 2013
Social movement towards spatial justice : crafting a theory of civic urban form

Andrew Karvonen, 2008
Botanizing the asphalt : politics of urban drainage

Ralf Brand, 2003
Co-evolution toward sustainable development : neither smart technologies nor heroic choices

 

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN THESES 

Vivek Subramanya, 2015
Mapping energy access : a regional energy planning framework for rural electrification in India

Kaethe Selkirk, 2015
Water, knowledge, and the post-industrial landscape

Jose Latorre, 2015
A real estate crowdfunding model for social impact : The Alley Flat Initiative in Austin, Texas

Kathleen Coyne, 2015
Promoting resiliency through socio-ecological management, advocacy, and stewardship of Austin's creeks

Samuel  Gelfand, 2014
From Air-conditioning to Clotheslines: Dynamic Conditions and the Nature of Energy Modeling for Code Compliance

Serena Bolliger, 2014
Harmony in marriage: integrating sustainable solutions into historic house museums without interfering with the historic fabric 

Marc Coudert, 2014
Towards a climate resilient Austin, the health implications of climate change on vulnerable communities in Austin

Harris, Shannon, 2014
Achieving the minimum 20 percent conservation and reuse mandate in the SWIFT process in Texas

Colleen McGuiness, 2014
The Potential for Biomimetic Solar Energy

Chiara Bonsignori, 2014
Energy retrofits in single family homes, towards a holistic regenerative process

Tue Pham, 2014
Sustainable aesthetics : Perspectives from ecotourism design & floating bamboo ecolodge in Halong Bay, Vietnam

Catherine Carter, 2013
Sustainable consumption & sustainable design : moving sustainability theory towards design practice.

Sara Motamedhi, 2013
Energy analysis of toplighting strategies for office buildings in Austin

Donald Jackson, 2013
Fiscal Impacts of Land Use Planning Decisions : Sprawl, Sustainable Development, and Simulation in Public Process

Danica Adams, 2013
And the ocean came up on land: Perceptions of adaptive capacity of cattle ranching in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Joshua David Lee, 2012
Adaptable, kinetic, responsive, and transformable architecture: An alternative approach to sustainable design