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The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction postgraduate programmes are broad and deeply influenced by practice, taking in construction economics, infrastructure finance and project leadership. Details of our current research students and their topic of research are listed below.


Current students 

Omar Abbas
Research topic: A Digital Twin Investigation from an Actor-Network Theory Perspective and a Data Analytics Approach
Supervisory team: Prof Tim Broyd and Dr Nicola Moretti
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Abdel Abdou
Research topic: Meta-architecture: building information modelling for facilities management
Supervisory team: Prof Michael Pitt and Prof Tim Broyd
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Khalid Amin Elmenofy
Research topic: Developing a Business Case for Augmented Reality in Healthcare Construction Projects
Supervisory team: Dr Mills Grant, Dr Karim Farghaly and Prof Duncan Wilson
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Raed Ashour
Research topic: The adoption and implementation of Digital Twin in integrated hospital projects
Supervisory team: Dr Mills Grant and Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki
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Zeynep Kubra Atli
Research topic: How Nudge theory affects complex infrastructure leaders value options and use flexibility under uncertainty
Supervisory team: Dr Zhen Ye and Dr Ilias Krystallis
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Yunqing Bi
Research topic: Explore net-zero emissions pathways at city-level from both production and consumption-based perspectives
Supervisory team: Prof Jing Meng and Dr Heran Zheng
Send Yunqing an email

Kathryn Bourke
Research topic: The role of service life in decision making about existing buildings and infrastructure
Supervisory team: Prof Tim Broyd and Dr Simon Addyman
Send Kathryn an email

Rafaella Broft
Research topic: ​​​​​​​The design of a Lean Production System to successfully implement SCM at the lower tiers of construction supply chains
Supervisory team: Prof Hedley Smyth
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Peipei Chen
Research topic: Cost and potential emission reduction of low-carbon technologies: from the micro perspective of power, steel and petroleum refining enterprises
Supervisory team: Prof Jing Meng and Prof D'Maris Coffman
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Honghu Chu
Research topic: Deep learning and UAV-based bridge crack inspection
Supervisory team: Dr Chen Weiwei
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Oscar Cruz
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Geopolitical influences on infrastructure projects in the context of climate change 
Supervisory team: Dr Effie Konstantinou and Dr Jenny McArthur
Send Oscar an email

Argyrios Delithanasis
Research topic: ​​​​​​​A digital ontology for human-centred decision-making in a circular built environment
Supervisory team: Dr Selcuk Cidik and Dr Karim Farghaly
Send Argyrios an email

Shiyu Deng
Research topic: ​​​​​​​The environmental and health co-benefits of decarbonizing the UK's heating system 
Supervisory team: Prof Zhifu Mi and Dr Shen Wei
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Baihua Dong
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Voluntary carbon emission reduction market and its standard; Additionlity issue on both voluntary emission reduction market and green finance market (eg: green bond)
Supervisory team: Dr Xi Liang and Dr Dabo Guan
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Gui Duch Crosta
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Urban Farming in the Built Environment: the role of the construction industry in increasing urban farming projects
Supervisory team: Prof Jacqui Glass and Dr Armando Castro
Send Guilherme an email

Mohamad El Tannir
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Project alliancing governance : a cybernetics apporach via the application of viable system model
Supervisory team: Dr Mills Grant and Dr Ilias Krystallis and Dr Jas Kalra
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Shan Gao
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Explore reverse supply chain management in the construction industry: A coordination management perspective
Supervisory team: Prof Jacqui Glass and Dr Jean Xu
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Yasmin Garcia-Sterling
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Conscious Wayfinding Digital Engineering approach within Hospital Systems
Supervisory team: Prof Michael Pitt and Dr Qiuchen Lu
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Adam Golden
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Managing innovation in major projects and programmes
Supervisory team: Dr Andrew Davies and Dr Natalya Sergeeva
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Joe Golightly
Supervisory team: Dr Mills Grant
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Jessy Gomes Moreira
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Improving Occupational Health and Safety within the construction Industry : Understanding barriers and opportunities.
Supervisory team: Prof Hedley Smyth and Dr Meri Duryan
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Andrea Gonzales Lazo
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Knowledge Management for Health, Well-being, and Safety in Built Asset Lifecycles: A Practice Theory Perspective
Supervisory team: Dr Selcuk Cidik and Dr Simon Addyman
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Juan Gutés Pascual
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Understanding the dynamics of trust interactions -via perceptions in four projects- among developers, project managers, designers and contractors in the context of construction project management in Spain
Supervisory team: Dr Antoine Vernet and Prof Tim Broyd
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Kehan He
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Methodological Innovation of the Input-Output Model and Its Applications
Supervisory team: Dr Zhifu Mi and Prof D'Maris Coffman
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Qi He
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Dynamic investment theory and corporate investment behavioral analysis with large scale dataset
Supervisory team: Dr Stani Milcheva and Dr Stefano Miraglia
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Wenjie Hu
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Exploring Prefabricated Construction in China
Supervisory team: Prof Jacqui Glass and Mr Oliver Wilton 
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Yunlong Huang
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Economic Analysis of the UK Housing Market with Statistical Machine Learning and Big Data
Supervisory team: Dr Stani Milcheva and Dr Richard Barkham
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Klaudia Jaskula 
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Blockchain enabled CBIM for life cycle data provenance
Supervisory team: Prof Dimitrios Rovas and Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki
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Alex Kulakov
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Productivity of different business models in the UK construction industry
Supervisory team: Prof John Kelsey and Prof Judy Stephenson
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Hang Lai
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Term structure of discount rate: evidence from UK repeat-sales housing
Supervisory team: Prof Stanimira Milcheva and Dr Evangelia Chrysikou
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Anam Latif
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Betwixt And Between- Navigating the construction of and response to Belonging Paradox through the Dynamics of Power & Disequilibrium
Supervisory team: Dr Stefano Miraglia and Prof John Kelsey
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Laure Ledard
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Design implications of a P-DfMA approach to construction in housebuilding
Supervisory team: Prof Jacqui Glass and Dr Vijay Pawar
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Junda Li
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Multi-Criteria Decision Making for the Optimal Sustainable Roadway Maintenance Scheme from the Life Cycle Perspective
Supervisory team: Prof Michael Pitt and Ling Ma

Diling Liang
Research topic: ​​​​​​​The water resource status and adaptive water management in China
Supervisory team: Dr Dabo Guan and Prof Priti Parikh
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Xuhui Lin
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Optimizing Emergency Response Transportation Plans under Flooding Conditions using Field Theory
Supervisory team: Prof Tim Broyd and Dr Qiuchen Lu
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Weibing Liu
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Comparative exploration of the application procedures of intelligent technology for enhancing energy efficiency in existing buildings in Britain and China
Supervisory team: Dr Shen Wei and Prof Tim Broyd
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Jianing Liu
Research topic: Market-based environmental regulatory policy design that incentivizes firms to reduce carbon emissions
Supervisory team: Prof Zhifu Mi
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Meiqui Lu
Research topic: Implementation of Blockchain Technology for project information and stakeholder management
Supervisory team: Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki Dr Natalya Sergeeva
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Junpeng Lyu
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Thermal comfort and adaptive behaviour of occupants in the changing climate
Supervisory team: Prof Michael Pitt and Prof Tim Broyd
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Shijun Ma
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Low-carbon roadmap of oil refining for net-zero emission target: reduction potential, economic assessment, and technology options
Supervisory team: Dr Dabo Guan and Dr Weiwei Chen
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Kehan Ma
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Strategic Management for Digital Platforms in low-carbon Industry
Supervisory team: Dr Shen Wei and Dr Weiwei Chen
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The Vinh Mai
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Conceptualizing state-owned enterprises as delivery model for highway infrastructure and services: public governance, pooled resources, and hybrid contracting
Supervisory team: Prof D'Maris Coffman and Dr Juliano Denicol
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Israel Mariaca Clavel 
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Construction operations scheduling based in hybrid simulation and uncertainty for girder bridges
Supervisory team: Dr Laura Florez-Perez and Dr Carlos Galera Zarco
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Carolina Melecardi Zani
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Organisational design in megaprojects
Supervisory team: Prof Tim Broyd and Dr Juliano Denicol
Send Carolina an email

Jennie Meng 
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Green finance for sustainable infrastructure
Supervisory team: Dr Zhen Ye and Dr Jing Meng
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Vasco Mergulhao
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Solar Home Systems usage data in Rwanda and Kenya: the reality in the field 
Supervisory team: Prof Priti Parikh and Prof Licia Capra
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Martin Mirimo
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Management of Risks and Performance of Public-Private Partnerships in Kenya
Supervisory team: Prof John Kelsey and Prof D'Maris Coffman
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Nicholas Nisbet
Research topic: ​​​​​​​Adopting a new conceptualisation of knowledge to the problem of automated compliance checking
Supervisory team: Dr Celcuk Cidik and Dr Weiwei Chen
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Katharina Oemmelen
Research topic: From mini grids to sustainable development? An analysis of the benefits and trade-offs of the renewable energy transition in rural Madagascar
Supervisory team: Prof Priti Parikh and Prof Ben Page (UCL Department of Geography)
Send Katharina an email

Beatrice Mensimah Ossei-Gudom
Research topic: Implementation of Building Information Modelling by Project Managers on Construction Projects in Ghana - Level 2 Implementation
Supervisory team: Prof Tim Broyd and Dr Natalya Sergeeva
Send Beatrice an email

 

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Abdelkawy Abdou
Meta-architecture: building information modelling for facilities management
Supervisory team: Professor Micheal Pitt and Professor Tim Broyd


Ahmed Mohamed Alnaggar
Supervisory team: Professor Michael Pitt and Dr Claire Andrew


Khalid Amin
Developing a Business Case for Augmented Reality in Healthcare Construction Projects
Supervisory team: Dr Grant Mills and Dr Karim Farghaly


Raed Ashour
The adoption and implementation of Digital Twin in integrated hospital projects
Supervisory team: Dr Grant Mills and Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki


Zeynep Kubra Atli
How Nudge theory affects complex infrastructure leaders value options and use flexibility under uncertainty
Supervisory team: Dr Zhen Ye and Dr Ilias Krystallis


Yunqing Bi
Explore net-zero emissions pathways at city-level from both production and consumption-based perspectives
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Dr Heran Zheng


Kathryn Bourke
The role of service life in decision making about existing buildings and infrastructure
Supervisory team: Prof. Tim Broyd and Dr Simon Addyman


Rafaella Broft
The design of a Lean Production System to successfully implement SCM at the lower tiers of construction supply chains
Supervisory team: Professor Hedley Smyth


Peipei Chen
Cost and potential emission reduction of low-carbon technologies: from the micro perspective of power, steel and petroleum refining enterprises
Supervisory team: Dr Jing Meng and Professor D'Maris Coffman


Honghu Chu
Deep learning and UAV-based bridge crack inspection
Supervisory team: Dr Chen Weiwei


 


    Guilherme Duch Crosta
    Urban farming in the built environment
    Supervisory team: Professor Jacqui Glass and Dr Armando Castro


    Oscar Cruz
    Geopolitical influences on infrastructure projects in the context of climate change 
    Supervisory team: Dr Effie Konstantinou and Dr Jenny McArthur


    Argyrios Delithanasis
    A digital ontology for human-centred decision-making in a circular built environment
    Supervisory team: Dr Selcuk Cidik and Dr Karim Farghaly


    Shiyu Deng
    The environmental and health co-benefits of decarbonizing the UK's heating system 
    Supervisory team: Professor Zhifu Mi and Dr Shen Wei


     


       


         


           


             


               


                 


                   


                     


                       


                        Flavio Pinheiro Martins 
                        The Role of Infrastructure in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Brazilian Communities
                        Supervisory team: Professor Priti Parikh and Professor Monica Lakhanpaul


                         


                           


                            Oscar Cruz Navarro 
                            The geopolitical and geo-economic challenges facing project management in tackling the impacts of climate change on infrastructure projects
                            Supervisory team: Dr Vedran Zerjav and Dr Effie Konstantinou 


                             


                               


                                 


                                  Nicoleta Panagiotidou
                                  Optimising beps, understanding the role and development of the bim execution plan
                                  Supervisory team: Prof. Michael Pitt and Dr. Shen Wei


                                   


                                    Baker Rickaby
                                    Dealing with Uncertainty in Megaprojects
                                    Supervisory team: Professor Andy Davies, Honorary Professor and Dr Ilias Krystallis


                                    Irinie Roufaeel
                                    Emergency Department evaluation and optimization using space syntax and hybrid simulation techniques
                                    Supervisory team: Dr Grant Mills and Prof Alan Penn


                                    Saule Sakenova
                                    Exploring project portfolio selection processing project-based organisations


                                    Denis Scott
                                    Utilising Smart Contracts and Blockchain Technology for Infrastructure Industry Transformation
                                    Supervisory team: Professor Tim Broyd and Dr Ling Ma


                                    Clark Stacey
                                    Supervisory team: Professor Tim Broyd and Dr Natalya Sergeeva


                                    Gatot Subroto
                                    Why and How (Fear of) Corruption Hinders Projects, Evidence from Indonesia
                                    Supervisory team: Dr Effie Konstantinou and Dr Vedran Zerjav


                                    Ning Sun
                                    Value co-creation in public projects: from a paradox perspective
                                    Supervisory team: Dr John Kelsey and Dr Jing Xu


                                    Xinlu Sun
                                    Region- and city-level climate change mitigation and sustainable development
                                    Supervisory team: Dr Zhifu Mi and Prof D'Maris Coffman


                                     


                                      Sandeep Thakur
                                      The Role of Consortium leader in the governance of Megaprojects 
                                      Supervisory team: Dr Mustafa Cidik and Dr Natalya Sergeeva


                                      Angeliki Maria (Marilina) Toli
                                      Studying resource exchange through actor interactions in the smart city service ecosystem, using the service dominant logic
                                      Supervisory team: Dr Niamh Murtagh and Dr Meri Duryan


                                      Kang Tong
                                      Value drivers of modularisation extent


                                        Alejandro Vargas-Ramirez
                                        Uncertainty and innovation within business-critical projects
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Andy Davies, Honorary Professor and Dr Stefano Miraglia


                                        Florence Walker
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Aeli Roberts and Professor Niamh Murtagh


                                        Shizhen Wang
                                        Real Estate Finance
                                        Supervisory team: Prof. Stanimira Milcheva and Dr Nikodem Szumilo 


                                        Taige Wang
                                        Targeted BIM Use Selection for Projects: A Mixed Methods Explanation of BIM Use Contributing to Project Management
                                        Supervisor team: Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki and Dr Natalya Sergeeva


                                        Cheng Wu
                                        Exploring The Compatibility between Lean Information Flow and Emergency Projects
                                        Supervisory team: Prof. Grant Mills and Dr Simon Addyman


                                        Yiming Xiang
                                        Supervisory team: Dr Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu and Dr Laura Florez-Perez


                                        He Xiao
                                        The use of blockchain technology to address the collaboration/trust problems of BIM in the UK's construction industry: from the perspectives of technology, process, behaviour
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Tim Broyd and Dr Mustafa Selçuk Çıdık


                                        Lingshan Xie 
                                        Real Estate Finance
                                        Supervisory team: Dr Stani Milcheva and Dr Peter Ye


                                        Qiuhao Xie
                                        Coopetition of international construction joint ventures and its performance outcome
                                        Supervisory team: Prof. Grant Mills


                                        Pu Yang
                                        Patterns of carbon emissions in European and Chinese cities
                                        Supervisory team: Dr Zhifu Mi and Professor D'Maris Coffman


                                        Wu Yanga
                                        Bridging the energy performance gap: a process study of routine intersections at project handover stage
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Hedley Smyth and Dr Stefano Miraglia


                                        Zhiqiang Yin
                                        Climate change economics; Climate change risk assessment; Climate change adaptation; Numerical modelling
                                        Supervisory team:  Professor Dabo Guan and Dr Jing Meng


                                        Chunlin Yu
                                        Coping with Complexity in Megaprojects
                                        Supervisory team: Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki and Professor Andy Davies, Honorary Professor


                                        Fei Yuan (Sophie)
                                        Understanding Employees’ Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) from the Organisational Psychology Perspectives
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Niamh Murtagh and Dr Eleni Papadonikolaki


                                        Zijing Zhang
                                        Automatic code compliance checking of healthcare facilities
                                        Supervisory team: Dr. Ling Ma and Prof. Tim Broyd 

                                         

                                        Former students

                                        Imad Ahmed
                                        Political economy of infrastructure investment


                                        Diyana Syafiqah Abd Razak
                                        Cost of quality during construction post-handover 


                                        Simon Addyman
                                        Management of projects, networks and supply chains


                                        Huda Almadhoob
                                        Self-organised networks in large construction projects


                                        Ahmed Mohamed Alnaggar
                                        Supervisory team: Professor Michael Pitt and Dr Claire Andrew


                                        Luc Bardin


                                        Roberto Cardinale
                                        The transition from the national to the EU model of energy governance: a comparative case study of the Greenstream, Galsi and Medgaz gas pipelines


                                        Yan Chen
                                        Driving factors of carbon emissions in the built environment: a comparison between London and Beijing


                                        Lu Cheng 
                                        Life-cycle carbon emissions in the construction sector: Comparisons between China and the UK


                                        Nafiseh Darvish
                                        Capability building to deal with time delays in gas upstream megaprojects


                                        Juliano Denicol
                                        Designing client organisations and supply chain strategies to deliver megaprojects


                                        Zigeng Fang
                                        Machine learning applications in Facility Management
                                        View Zigeng's research profile


                                        Marcos Gonzalez Fuentez
                                        The co-creation of project/service valued outcomes: a client service (dominant logic) perspective


                                        Tehreem Husain
                                        Railway mergers in the early twentieth century: an exploratory study


                                        Roselyn Itopa 


                                        Lois Yixi Liao
                                        Herding behaviour in housing markets


                                        Omoleye Ojuri
                                        Prescribing a management agenda for the Nigerian water supply system: value co-creation and networks prescriptions


                                        Pouria Panahi


                                        Mostafa Safar


                                        Giuseppe Sassano


                                        Anne Symons


                                        Tan Tan 
                                        Beyond Building: Digital Transformation to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)


                                        Prompt Udomdech
                                        Project-based learning to advance building information modelling innovation adoption in the built environment SMEs


                                        Daan Vermeer
                                        Collective learning in strategic Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement systems for social infrastructure


                                        Francesca Vinci
                                        Project leadership and project capabilities for innovative and successful project delivery


                                        Jing Xu
                                        The value of trust in construction supply chains