PhD Dissertations
PhD Thesis / Main Advisor
Completed
-2023-2019, Ramin Rahif, Impact of Climate Change on High-Performance Belgian Houses: Thermal Comfort, HVAC Energy Performance, and HVAC GHG Emissions [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
- 2021-2017, Waqas Mahar, Methodology for the design and development of a sustainable house concept for a certain region- case: Quetta, Pakistan, [1], [2], [3]
- 2019-2016, Mohamed Amer, DenCity: A methodology for cost-optimal zero-energy lightweight construction, [1],[2],[3]
In Progress
-2025-Current, Yacine Mansouri, Study of the influence of urban landscape features on pedestrian perception and walking comfort in cities
-2025-Current, Tianyi Wang, Assessing the Synergistic Effects of Combined Nature-Based Solutions on Urban Heat Islands: A GIS-Based Multi-Scale Modeling Approach for Brussels.
-2023-Current, Aurora Bertini, Dynamic energy simulation for building renovation strategies. [1]
-2023-Current, Claudia Malgoubri, Une méthode de conception et d’optimisation multi-objective pour la construction de logements bioclimatiques et modulaires.
-2020-Current, Muheeb Al-Obaidy, Design support for circular buildings: a guiding methodology for architects in early design [1], [2], [3]
-2016-Current, Guirec Ruellan, Modelisation de l’influence des strategies systematiques d’augmentation du taux de renovation en Belgique [1], [2]
PhD Thesis / Co-Advisor
Completed
-2021-2025, Hicham Fawzy Arrar, Thermal analysis and environmental assessment of urban quality in a Mediterranean climate. “Case of the medina of Algiers (Uliege-Blida1) CoSupervised with Dr. Dalel Kaoula [1], [2]
-2020-2024, Mustafa Kazemi, Water transfer and insulation dynamic of green roofs, ULiège with Prof. Luc Courard [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-2023-2019, Muriel Diaz, Methodology for the evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality and Comfort in school classrooms through a multicriteria index (ULiege/Bio-bio Uni.), PhD in Art and Building Construction, with Prof. Maria-Beatriz Piderit [1], [2], [3]
-2017-2021, Samir Semahi, Development of a decision-making model based on fuzzy logic for optimizing low-energy residential building design in Algeria (University of Blida). [1]
-2017-2021, Mohamed Elhadi Matallah, Impact of the Oases Settlements on the Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Arid Climate (Biskra University)
In Progress
-2024-Current, Thanina Hammouma, A parametric study of the use of Phase Change Materials in buildings
-2023-Current, Maxime Dasse, Towards a comprehensive buildings LCA framework
-2023-Current, Hamad Alabdulrazzaq, 2023, Circular Facades: Design Strategies and Metrics Towards Zero Waste, CoSupervised with Eugenia Gasparri.
-2023-Current, Dyna Zitouni, Etude exploratoire sur la relation entre le cadre bâti oasien, le bien-être et la santé publique : corrélation entre les dimensions physiques et perceptuelles (Uliege-Biskra) CoSupervised with Djihed Berkouk.
-2022-Current, Asmaa Tellache , Contribution de la ventilation en mode mixte à la consommation énergétique des bâtiments résidentiels sous un climat méditerranéen (Uliege-Algiers) CoSupervised with Saiid Walad.
PhD Thesis / Supervising Committee Member
In Progress
- 2020-Current, Charlotte Verhaeghe, Future-proofing high energy performance buildings: a dynamic techno-economic framework towards more robust design and optimization decisions in a context of uncertainty
-2018-Current, Iris Reuter, Sustainable housing design in Wallonia: proposition for a multicriteria analysis method.
Completed
- 2024, Mohsen Pourkiaei, Decision support to address the effects of climate change on indoor air quality in Walloon residential buildings in summer
- 2023, Mitali Joshi, Quantifying and upscaling the effect of analogous green roofs on ecosystem services
- 2023, Essam Elnagar, Modelling the Impacts of climate change on the electricity grid and energy performance of buildings in Belgium
-2022, Hanan Ibrahim, Developing an integrated methodology for energy efficient retrofitting of built heritage in hot dry climates (ULB) [1]
- 2022, Bernard Morino Ganou Koungang, Elaboration et caracterisation chimique physico-thermo-mecanique des briques de terre stabilisees/comprimees a charges de noyaux de Canarium Schweinfurthii et Coco nucifera (ULiege)
-2021, Cesaire Hema, Développement d’une méthode multicritère d’aide à la conception d’un habitat durable en Wallonie, PhD in Architecture (UCLouvain)
- 2020, Philibert Nshimiyimana, Effect of the type of clay and substitution materials on the physicomechanical properties of compressed earth blocks (CEBs) (ULiege)
- 2018, Elke Meex, Development of a methodology for architects for the assessment and integration of sustainable material use from the early design phase (Hasselt Uni.)
- 2017, Yathreb Sabsaby, Building energy modeling tool for residential buildings toward zero energy housing in Lebanese coastal region (BAU Lebanon)
PhD Dissertation / Examiner
-2026, Benoît Liémans, (UMons-Lille-Douai)
-2025, Rizwan Kazmi, Circular Economy in the Construction Industry in India: An Intervention Framework, (Birla Institute of Technology)
-2025, Prateek Wahi, Preparing Dutch Homes for Energy Transition: A Decision Support Framework for Renovating Dutch Dwellings for Lower Temperature District Heating (TU-Delft)
-2025, Prateek Wahi, Preparing Dutch Homes for Energy Transition: A Decision Support Framework for Renovating Dutch Dwellings for Lower Temperature District Heating (TU-Delft)
-2024, Divyanshu Sood, Evaluating the effects of occupancy on energy use and indoor environmental quality in residential building archetypes over spatial and temporal scales (University College Dublin)
-2024, Eunike Kristi Julistiono, Up on the Roof: Strategies, Capacity, and Environmental Impacts of Vertical Extensions (UNSW)
-2024, Ahmed Felimban, Towards Energy-Efficient Residential Buildings in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Exploring Energy Retrofitting Options and Assessing their Feasibility (TU-Delft)
-2023, Hani Alkhatib, Adaptive Building Fabric as a Cyber-physical System for Energy Efficient Buildings (TU-Dublin)
-2023, Ayu Miyamoto, Sustainability of Residential Buildings Parametric Modeling and Data Visualisation for Early Design Stage (KULeuven)
-2023, Abdulrahim Haroun Ali, Systematic assessment of Machine Learning for building performance analysis: applications, synthesis, and way forward (Khalifa University)
-2022, Susanne Gosztonyi, Physiomimetic Façade Design: Systematics for a function-oriented transfer of biological principles to thermally-adaptive façade design concepts (TU-Delft)
-2021, Juan Carlos Gamero Salinas, Overheating risk in warm tropical climates. Semi-outdoor spaces as form-based & passive adaptation measures (Universidad de Navarra)
-2021, Pil Brix Purup, A practice-oriented approach to the development of building performance simulations tools fit for the early stages of building design (Aarhus University)
-2021, Jonathan Natanian, beyond zero energy districts a holistic energy and environmental quality evaluation workflow for dense urban contexts in hot climates (TU-Munich)
-2020, Francesco Montana, Multi-objective optimization of buildings and building clusters performance: a life cycle thinking approach (Università degli Studi di Palermo)
-2019, Abded Al-Waheed, Integrating occupant's thermal comfort in the design of energy-efficient buildings, (University of Technology Troyes)
-2019, Sumana Basack, Tool for decision on operational energy assessment at early design stage: Low rise residential building in composite climate (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur)
-2019, Giovanni Tumminia, Towards sustainable Net Zero Energy Buildings: life cycle energy performances and environmental impacts of a prefabricated building module (Università degli Studi di Palermo)
-2019, Lien Wijnant, Sustainable retrofitting for densification - Prefabricated timber frame systems for rooftop extensions of residential buildings (KULeuven)
-2016, Fouzia Boucheriba, Effet de la densité urbaine exprimée par le « ces » et le « cos » sur le microclimat urbain : Recherche d’un indicateur morpho-climatique de densité « Cas de l'habitat individuel à la ville d’Ain Smara, PhD in Architecture (Costantine 3 University), Algeria.
-2015, Francesco Guarino, Building Integrated Phases Change materials Energy Storage: Experimental Studies, Modelling and Parametric Analysis. PhD in Civil Engineering (Palermo University), Italy.
