DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING

Acting Head of Department: Mr. Daniel Wasi

Research interest for the staff members from the Architecture and Building Department are as follows;

Academic Staff

Research Interest

Daniel Wasi

Principal Technical Instructor & Acting HOD

 
  1. Building Construction Waste in Papua New Guinea
  2. Motivation and Performance of Indigenous Contractors.
  3. Small National Contractors Management skill development
  4. Safety and Cultural obligation of Small National Contractors
  5. Motivation and Productivity of Small National Contractors

 

Professor C Gonduan

Architecture Course Director

 

  1. User Behavior in Institution Housing: a periodic observation and assessment of indigenous user behavior in PNGUOT housing.
  2. Environmental Stress: An assessment of the built environment wear and tear in response to user overload.
  3. Shifting Cultural Influence in Domestic Architecture Design in Indigenous Environments and Societies

4. Bamboo Ply as alternative Building Material in Rural PNG.

 

Dr. Andrew Sariman

Senior Lecturer
  1. Thermal Performance of UNITECH Housing
  2. Design Faults in Existing Housing
  3. Climatic Data for Architects in Papua New Guinea
  4. Effectiveness of Shading Devices
  5. Design Studio Learning
  6. Thermal Performance Comparison Between Steel Metal and Traditional Thatched Roofs
  7. Quality of Concrete Masonry Block Manufactured form Sand Obtained from Sea Shore around Papua New Guinea

8. Building Energy Studies

 

Ali Bou

Principal Technical Instructor
  1. Natural Preservation of Wooden Marine House Pile for Coastal PNG
  2. Convenient Roofing for Rural PNG
  3. Mangrove Farming: Future Sustenance for Coastal Rural PNG
  4. Convenient Flush Toilet for Coastal Rural PNG

 

Mathew Pomoso

Senior Technical Instructor

Lecturer currently undertaking his Masters in Management

on distant mode with the University of Natural resources and

and Environment 

Magdelyne Kuluwah

Technical Instructor

With no teaching experience (Have been in the industry for

more than 10 years), staff needs time to improve her

delivery of lecturers and assessment of student and work,

before she can undertake any research

 Conference Attendance 2016

No staff attended any conference in 2016, given the shorten semester and the shortage of staff, lecturers were busy in the delivery of lectures.

List of Publication

There are no staff publications in 2016, due to heavy teaching load. With the death of a staff member, shortened semester and the student’s unrest, this had an effect on staff producing publications.

Students Research

Below are list of research undertaken by students of the Department of Architecture and Building in 2016.

Student Name

Topic

Chris Kiapin

Factors affecting effective delivery of government projects in Manus

Igob Isembo

Construction and Demolition waste management in PNG

Raphael Bogg

Affordable housing strategies for low and medium income earners in PNG

Godfred Muriki

Risk management techniques for construction projects in PNG