Academics

Interdisciplinary Design Institute

Current students

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Names & Areas of Interest

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Maryam Afshar - Product Service, Systems Design - maryam.afshar@email.wsu.edu

Abdullah Akpinar - Urban Open Spaces, Greenway Design, Green Infrastructure Design - abdullah.akpinar@wsu.edu

Ahmad A. Alhusban - Sustainable, Building Design - aalhusban@wsu.edu

Safa A. Alhusban - Sustainable Neighborhood Design  - salhusban@wsu.edu

Solmaz Amiri - Healthcare Design; Sustainable Design  - Office: SCLS 379 - 509.358.7591 - solmaz.amiri@wsu.edu

Meaghan Beever - Mapping Cognitive Processes, Design Process

John Buchko - Urban Ecology, Landscape Restoration and Reclamation, Community Enhancement and Placemaking  - Office: SCLS 139 - 509.358.7722 - jbuchko@wsu.edu

Majid Dadgar - Designing for disabilities (Universal Design), Participatory Design, User Experience Design, Emotional Design, Ergonomics; 3-D Modeling, Rendering and CAD. Applied Software Engineering: Database Design and Analysis, JAVA Programming, Survey of Artificial Intellingence: Basic Techniques. - Office: SCLS 139 - 509.358.7722 - majid.dadgar@email.wsu.edu
Hessam Ghamari - Social Sustainability in Architecture & Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability and Green Buildings; Intelligent & Kinetic Structures in Architecture; New Structures and Construction Methods; Energy Analysis and BIM Modeling - Office: SCLS 140 - 509.358.7824 - hessam.ghamari@wsu.edu

Francesca A. Silva Hankins - History, Theory, and Criticism in Modern Architecture and Design, Critical Theory and Practice; Design as Research - fhankins@ad.wsu.edu

Amber Joplin - Intentional Communities, Best Practices for Health, Architecture and Regulatory Information - ajoplin@wsu.edu

Xiaojiang (Sarah) Li - Theory, Contemporary Architecture - Office: SCLS 379 - 509.358.7591 -  xjli@wsu.edu

Mehran Madani - Interdisciplinary interactions between, Urban Design, Landscape Urbanism, Urban Sociology, Manmade Social and Behavioral Settings, Sustainable Built Environment Affordances, Sociology of Aging and public health. - Office: SCLS 137 - 509.358.7954 - mehran.madani@email.wsu.edu

Mandana Motamed - Interdisciplinary intercommunication and synergies among: Design Thinking, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Information/Data Visualization, Digital Architecture, Project Management (PM) in Architectural Design, Knowledge Management (KM) in Architectural Design - Office: SCLS 140 - 509.358.7823 - mandana.motamed@wsu.edu

Deborah Napier - Phenomenological approaches to place attachment meaning and subsequent actualization to support ethnic identity reconstruction - Graduated August 2011 -  deborah_napier@wsu.edu

Bryan OrthelPreservation actions by individuals and communities; Material and social culture; Cultural landscapes; Design review processes  - Office: SCLS 139 - 509.358.7722 - bdorthel@wsu.edu

Isil Oygur - Qualitative user research; user-centered design; collaborative design; study of design pedagogy through the lens of scholarship of teaching and learning - isil_oygur@ad.wsu.edu

Suhyun Park - Psychological effects of spatial environments, colors and materials on different genders and age groups - Office: SCLS 379 - 509.358.7591 - suhyunpa@wsu.edu

Tammy Parker - Sustainable food systems and community resiliency - tlp@wsu.edu

Mengyuan Xu - Office: SCLS 137 - 509.358.7954 - mengyuan.xu@wsu.edu

Resources for current students

D. Des handbook 

Graduate School

DDes Bookshelf

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