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Prof. Michael Ostwald

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 11
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 0.65
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 3.3

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2019 PhD (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Examining Prospect-Refuge Theory in Architecture: The Impact of Spatial Dimensions and Style on Preference Ratings for Interiors
2013 2015 PhD (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Lessons From the Counterculture: Interior Architecture for Altered Perceptions
2012 2014 M Philosophy (Architecture) Co-Supervisor Controlling Novelty in Generative Design of Architectural Forms
2012 2020 PhD (Architecture) Co-Supervisor An Investigation of Neurological Spatio-Affective Responses of the Visually Impaired to Residential Ceiling Heights Using Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Devices
2012 2015 PhD (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Kafka and the Crisis of the Emerging Modern Interior
2011 2019 PhD (Architecture) Co-Supervisor Effects of Small Scale Insertions Within an Existing Urban Fabric to Enhance the Visual Characteristics and Social Use of a Streetscape
2011 2013 PhD (Computer Science) Co-Supervisor Machine Learning for Signal Processing
2010 2015 M Philosophy (Architecture) Principal Supervisor The Ontology of Contructivism: Constructing and Construing the Tectonic and the Cult of Materials in the Russian Constructivist Project
2010 2014 PhD (Architecture) Co-Supervisor Evaluating Parametricism. Does parametric Design Environments Enhance/Hinder Design Creativity
2010 2017 PhD (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Measuring Fallingwater
2007 2015 PhD (Architecture) Co-Supervisor The State of Design Instruction in Architectural Education: An Australasian Case Study (2007-2010)

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2012 PhD (Computer Science) Co-Supervisor Time Series Classification for Analysing the Impact of Architectural Design on Pedestrian Spatial Behaviour
2011 PHD Architecture
RMIT University
Co-Supervisor Logic and intuition in architectural modelling: Philosophy of mathematics for computational design
2011 PhD (Architecture) Sole Supervisor Disfigured Ground: Architectures of Dada and Surrealism
2010 M Philosophy (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Developing Computational Image Segmentation Techniques for the Analysis of the Visual Properties of Dwelling Facades within a Streetscape
2010 PhD (Design) Principal Supervisor The Australian Wine Label: An Analysis of the Impact of Graphic Design and Visual Communication Strategies in the Wine Industry
2009 M Philosophy (Architecture) Principal Supervisor Questioning "Authentic" Aboriginal Architecture: An Analysis of Recent Cultural Centre Designs
2008 M Philosophy (Architecture) Co-Supervisor The Development of a Habitus Shock Model For Architect - Client Relationships on House Projects
2006 PhD (Architecture) Co-Supervisor The Event of Appropriation: a method derived from the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari for the analysis of deployments of body constructs from biological to architectural theory
2003 M Architecture [R] Co-Supervisor Assessing Building Interventions: A Comparative Study of the Criteria used by Professional and Community Groups for the Assessment of Building Interventions
2003 M Architecture [R] Principal Supervisor Critical Regionalism in Contemporary Indian Architecture: An analysis of selected works by RMA and MGA
2003 PhD (Architecture) Principal Supervisor The Bed Maker's Model