DRF
Doctoral Research Faculty (DRF) are appointed to direct doctoral dissertations. Appointment to (DRF) is made when a faculty member has met all of the requirements for GSF, has served on supervisory committees and has established a strong research record or high level of scholarship or creative scholarship or creative achievement.

Doctoral Research Faculty

D. Bitz, Ph. D. (Emory University), Associate Professor, School of Architecture. Areas of Interest: History of architecture, architectural theory, Italian humanism.
M. H. Carr, M. L. A. (North Carolina State University), Associate Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Professor, Landscape Architecture. Areas of Interest: Regional Conservation Strategies, Greenway/Corridor Design,Land Use Planning at the Urban/Rural Interface, Land Use Planning and Reserve Design in Central America, Ecotourism, Recreational Carrying Capacity, Environmental Policy
A. Chini, Ph. D. (University of Maryland at College Park), Director and Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Quality assurance/quality control in construction, residential framing systems, temporary structures, recycled materials for pavement, highway bridges.
I. Flood, Ph.D. (University of Manchester), Associate Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest:
M. A. Gold, M. Arch. (University of Florida), Associate Professor, School of Architecture. Areas of Interest: Infrastructural, multifamily and residential projects responsive to the climate and character of the Florida landscape.
M. J. Hasell, D. Arch. (University of Michigan), Graduate Coordinator and Professor, Interior Design. Areas of Interest: Reciprocal interactions between people and space within an Action Research Framework.
J. W. Hinze, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Safety on the construction site.
R. Issa, Ph. D. (Mississippi State University), Graduate Coordinator and Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Construction process modeling, legal, and contractual issues; analysis and design of structural systems and components, AI/Expert systems, and virtual reality, multimedia.
C. J. Kibert, Ph. D. (University of South Florida), Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Environmental impacts of construction, construction data control technology, expert systems applications, combustion toxicology, and statistical quality control (SQC).
L. C. Muszynski, Ph.D. (Purdue University), Associate Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest:
P. Oppenheim, Ph. D. (University of Maryland), Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Heating ventilation and air conditioning, energy management, and wood structures.
M. Portillo, Ph. D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chair and Associate Professor, Interior Design. Areas of Interest: Color Theory and Application, Domain-specific Creativity within Design and across Disciplines, Narrative Inquiry
R. T. Schnadelbach, M. L. A. (Harvard University), Professor, Landscape Architecture. Areas of Interest: Basic design with specialization in urban form and historic landscapes.
R. H. Schneider, Ph.D. (University of Florida), Graduate Coordinator and Professor, Urban and Regional Planning. Areas of Interest: Urban planning policy and analysis, planning and design conflict resolution, substandard housing research, planning methods, history and theory of urban and regional planning.
G. W. Siebein, M. Arch. (University of Florida), Professor, School of Architecture. Areas of Interest: Architectural acoustics, energy conservation, lighting, daylighting, life safety.
C. Silver, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Areas of Interest: Planning history and international planning development.
J. M. Stein, Ph. D. (University of Michigan), Professor, Urban and Regional Planning. Areas of Interest: Economic development, infrastructure, educational finance, real estate development and growth management planning.
R. L. Steiner, Ph. D. (University of California at Berkeley), Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning. Areas of Interest: Patterns of use and mode choice in traditional neighborhood shopping districts, bicycle and pedestrian environments, and transportation concurrency and the Florida Growth Management Act.
R. C. Stroh, Sr., Ph. D. (Pennsylvania State University), Research Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction. Areas of Interest: Affordable housing, statistical methods, cost saving construction.
K. M. Tanzer, M. Arch. (North Carolina State University), Graduate Coordinator and Professor, School of Architecture. Areas of Interest: Invisible aspects of architecture such as architectural notation and the presence of the human body in the architectural project.
W. L. Tilson, M. Arch. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute), Assistant Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Professor, School of Architecture. Areas of Interest: Architectural and urban preservation in Caribbean and Latin America, interactive media applications in architectural research, early 20th century architecture in the Americas.
P. D. Zwick, Ph.D. (University of Florida), Associate Dean & Director of Ph. D. Program, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning. Areas of Interest: Environmental and geographic information systems.

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