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PhD
Doctorate

Level Doctorate
Student Joanna Aldhous
Status Current
Part Time No
Years 2020
Project Title Haptic User Experience Evaluation for Virtual Reality
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Emilia Sobolewska
Second Supervisor Gemma Webster
Additional Supervisor Michael Smyth

MRes
Master's Degree

Level Master's Degree
Student Andrew McKelvey
Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 2018 - 2023
Project Title An investigation of olfactory display technology for the enhancement of presence
within virtual reality experiences
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Emilia Sobolewska
Second Supervisor Michael Smyth

PhD
Doctorate

Level Doctorate
Student Dr Oli Mival
Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 1999 - 2006
Project Title In search of the cybermuse: Exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, the use of suport technologies in the creative process
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Michael Smyth

PhD
Doctorate

Level Doctorate
Student Dr Ingi Helgason
Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 2008 - 2017
Project Title Complex pleasures: designing optional interactions for public spaces
Project Description This research will investigate the nature of interactions between people and experience-oriented technologies such as new-media artworks. The purpose of this research is to inform the design of interactive systems sited in public, shared and social spaces
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Michael Smyth

PhD Computing
Doctorate

Level Doctorate
Student Dr Emilia Sobolewska
Status Complete
Part Time No
Years 2016
Project Title Learning to cope with non-discretionary use of digital technologies
Project Description The thesis describes an investigation into how people learn to cope with non-discretionary use of digital technologies. This includes circumstances when a prospective technology consumer is not presented with the choice whether or not to engage, or the ch
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Second Supervisor Michael Smyth

PhD
Doctorate

Level Doctorate
Student Dr Ella Taylor-Smith
Status Complete
Part Time No
Years 2011 - 2016
Project Title Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups? use of online and offline spaces to support their work
Project Description Participation Space Studies explore eParticipation in the day-to-day activities of local, citizen-led groups, working to improve their communities. The focus is the relationship between activities and contexts. The concept of a participation space is intr
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Colin Smith
Second Supervisor Michael Smyth