{"id":20966,"date":"2020-05-15T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?p=20966"},"modified":"2020-05-15T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:23:13","slug":"new-ph-d-students-present-their-research-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2020\/05\/15\/new-ph-d-students-present-their-research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ph.D. Students Present Their Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four Ph.D. students in the College of Design Ph.D. program successfully presented their research interest areas on May 7 to over 50 members of faculty, staff, and students in the College of Design. The presentation of research interest areas is an introductory presentation for first-year students and introduces these individuals to the Ph.D. community. The students will do a second presentation in October 2020, incorporating updates from the Ph.D. faculty received at this first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The presenting students included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dong-Jae Yi<br \/>\n<\/b>Advisors: Kofi Boone Art Rice<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Title: Environment Design Activism: Empowering communities through the design experience<u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><b>Rosa McDonald<br \/>\n<\/b>Advisor: Wayne Place<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Title: Expanding Architectural Materials: Integrating vegetation into Architecture<u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><b>Yanhua Lu<br \/>\n<\/b>Advisor: Celen Pasalar<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Title: Urban Design with Technology: How AR Wayfinding Applications Influence People\u2019s Perception of Sense of Place in the Urban Settings<\/li>\n<li class=\"m_-8933321403802848207MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><u><\/u><b>Raaga Bhandari<br \/>\n<\/b>Advisor: Robin Abrams<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Title: Building Social Cohesion through Urban Design: The Efficacy of Affordances to Enable Inter-Cultural Encounters Within Public Spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The students presented for 10 minutes and then the faculty asked questions and shared their opinions\/comments for 10-15 minutes based on the review criteria as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is the project worth doing?<\/li>\n<li>Is the proposed scope of the project reasonable for a dissertation study?<\/li>\n<li>Is the student\u2019s work informed by significant reading?<\/li>\n<li>Does the student have the background to undertake this study?<\/li>\n<li>Can the student suggest methodological approaches\/perspectives that are appropriate to the investigation?<\/li>\n<li>Is the student organized and articulate in the presentation and writing?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations to these students for a successful presentation! <a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20970\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-2-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"PHD Student Presentations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20971\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"PHD Student Presentations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<p>Four Ph.D. students in the College of Design Ph.D. program successfully presented their research interest areas on May 7 to over 50 members of faculty, staff, and students in the College of Design. The presentation of research interest areas is an introductory presentation for first-year students and introduces these individuals to the Ph.D. community. The students will do a second presentation in October 2020, incorporating updates from the Ph.D. faculty received at this first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The presenting students included:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li><b>Dong-Jae Yi\n<\/b>Advisors: Kofi Boone Art Rice<b>\n<\/b>Title: Environment Design Activism: Empowering communities through the design experience<u><\/u><\/li>\n \t<li><b>Rosa McDonald\n<\/b>Advisor: Wayne Place<b>\n<\/b>Title: Expanding Architectural Materials: Integrating vegetation into Architecture<u><\/u><\/li>\n \t<li><b>Yanhua Lu\n<\/b>Advisor: Celen Pasalar<b>\n<\/b>Title: Urban Design with Technology: How AR Wayfinding Applications Influence People\u2019s Perception of Sense of Place in the Urban Settings<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"m_-8933321403802848207MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><u><\/u><b>Raaga Bhandari\n<\/b>Advisor: Robin Abrams<b>\n<\/b>Title: Building Social Cohesion through Urban Design: The Efficacy of Affordances to Enable Inter-Cultural Encounters Within Public Spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The students presented for 10 minutes and then the faculty asked questions and shared their opinions\/comments for 10-15 minutes based on the review criteria as follows:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n \t<li>Is the project worth doing?<\/li>\n \t<li>Is the proposed scope of the project reasonable for a dissertation study?<\/li>\n \t<li>Is the student\u2019s work informed by significant reading?<\/li>\n \t<li>Does the student have the background to undertake this study?<\/li>\n \t<li>Can the student suggest methodological approaches\/perspectives that are appropriate to the investigation?<\/li>\n \t<li>Is the student organized and articulate in the presentation and writing?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nCongratulations to these students for a successful presentation! <a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20970\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-2-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"PHD Student Presentations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20971\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phd-research-presentatoin-zoom-2020-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"PHD Student Presentations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a>\n<p><\/p>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Ph.D. students in the College of Design Ph.D. program successfully presented their research interest areas on May 7 to over 50 members of faculty, staff, and students in the College of Design. 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