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PhD in Architecture & Design Research
PROGRAM
Name:
Kihong R. Ku, DDes
Core Faculty
Options for concentrations/areas of inquiry reflect the broad ranging expertise of CABE faculty. Core Faculty serve as Primary Advisors.
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Professor, Design & Technology Innovation
Director, PhD in Architecture & Design Research Program
Co-Director, SMARTlab
Director, IDEA Lab Email Kihong R. Ku 215-951-2895 -
Professor, High Performance Building Envelopes and Design, Smart and Healthy Cities Email Edgar Stach 215-951-2518
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Department Chair, Construction Management Programs
Associate Professor (Tenured), Construction Management Email Gulbin Ozcan-Deniz 215-951-2914 -
Professor, History & Theory, Archival Research, Historic Preservation Email Suzanne Singletary 215-951-2794
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Associate Professor, History & Theory, Archival Research, Vernacular Architecture, Historic Preservation Email David M. Breiner 215-951-2505
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Associate Professor
Email Grace Ong Yan 215-951-0114 -
Assistant Provost, Research & Scholarship
Director, Master of Urban Design – Future Cities (MUD)
Associate Professor Email Peng Du 215-951-0962 -
Assistant Professor Email Mohammed Mawlana
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Assistant Professor Email Eric Bellin
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Assistant Professor, Computational Design and Simulation Email Yang Yang
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Assistant Professor Email Yao Lu
Fellows
CABE non-PhD faculty with strong research agendas serve as dissertation committee members or Co-Advisors subject to approval of the Doctoral Affairs Committee.
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Dean, College of Architecture & the Built Environment
Professor, Architecture Email Barbara Klinkhammer 215-951-2899 -
Associate Professor, Technology, Social Design, Healthcare Design Email Christopher Harnish 215-951-0112
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Associate Professor, Geospatial Technology for Geodesign and Landscape Architecture Email James L. Querry 215-951-0437
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Assistant Professor, Architecture Email Loukia Tsafoulia
Affiliated Faculty
Selected PhD faculty from outside the College of Architecture & the Built Environment but within Jefferson serve as dissertation committee members, subject to approval of the Doctoral Affairs Committee.