Browsing Unitec Research Committee Reports by Date Published
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Entertainment Lab for the Very Small Screen
(2013)Student participants in three countries across the planet collaborated to make movies, with their mobile phones, about environmental sustainability. The thirty‐nine participants ‐ film & television students at Unitec PASA; ... -
Robotic chair for remote cardiovascular risk assessment
(2013)The objective of this project was to develop an intelligent robotic chair for cardiovascular risk assessment. The first prototype of the chair is currently in the technical testing phase. This robotic chair can engage users ... -
Focus on Fiji: GIS Mapping to Support Conservation Planning
(2013)In collaboration with the Institute of Applied Science of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, the project conducted research on the development of a Geographic Information System for biodiversity conservation, ... -
Revisiting old friends: using molecular data to characterise the diversity of a lichen genus in New Zealand
(2013)This project aims to determine which species of the lichen genus Parmotrema are found in New Zealand, describe any new species and identify if any species are threatened with extinction. -
Promoting heritage: a conservation study of Apia courthouse
(2013)The overall aim of the project was to protect the former Courthouse in Apia, Samoa from demolition, to research its history and its current physical state, to prepare a plan for its protection, restoration and future use. ... -
Unitec Research Houses
(2013)Internationally there is a move to more airtight buildings as a means of conserving energy. Air tightness is a measure of possible infiltration through the building envelope and is often confused with ventilation within ... -
Measuring social cohesion in community settings: Case studies of pre- and post-Internet intervention
(2012)This case study in a school community near Unitec, in Avondale, aimed to assess strategies for building social cohesion as an element in successful implementation of a community internet scheme. It focused specifically on ... -
The everyday collective laboratory: Suburban interventions
(2012)The highlights of the project were the discoveries made into inter-disciplinary research methodology and strategies for small-scale design interventions in advocating for community environmental projects. The approach was ... -
A micro-study of Greek female immigrants to New Zealand in the 60s
(2012)The research aim of this research project was to explore the migratory experiences of a distinct group of single women who left Greece en masse to undertake domestic work in New Zealand in the early 1960’s. This was an ... -
Enhancing the learning of professionalism in the context of Web 2.0.
(2012)Thus far this project has involved collaboration nationally and now internationally and is inter-disciplinary in nature. The recruitment strategy used has proved ineffective so while not enough data has been collected to ... -
Passive improvements to address summertime overheating in the Unitec standard house
(2012)Results from a previously funded project, monitoring space temperatures in a house constructed by students, indicated that the roof space achieved extremely high temperatures. It was hypothesised that the high roof space ... -
Cool new Asia : experiencing East Asian popular culture
(2012)Cool New Asia: East Asian Popular Culture in a Local Context was held at Unitec during the weekend of November 25-26th. The symposium attracted two international keynote speakers (Professor Koichi Iwabuchi and Professor ... -
Effecting change in learning and teaching through living curricula implementation
(2012)This project focused directly and concertedly on teacher perspectives of the current implementation of the Living Curriculum at Unitec. The major goal was to inform and influence the implementation and professional development ... -
Landscapes for life (Stage 2) – An investigation of opportunities for aesthetic improvement and biodiversity enhancement for living roofs in New Zealand
(2012)Results from stage 2 of this project have shown that a New Zealand indigenous extensive living roof plant community can provide the basic microhabitat variables required to support lizards with the exception of humidity. ... -
Extension of use of action research as real and applied research for improvement of teaching and learning at Unitec
(2012)The Action Research Project in 2011 involved a cluster of 12 action research (AR) projects across 6 departments at Unitec – Languages, Sport, Te Puna Ako, the Library, Foundation Studies and Music. Each project was an ... -
Status of the spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus) in the Hauraki Gulf
(2012)This project studied aspects of the population of spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus) that is considered to be in decline in the Hauraki Gulf. The aim of the project was to initiate an update of population data, a necessary ... -
Modelling and monitoring the Unitec standard house to improve sustainability and indoor environmental quality
(2012)This project takes a two-pronged approach to investigate issues around the thermal performance and internal environment of New Zealand housing. The first stage of measuring has been completed and the BIM model successfully ... -
Development of a wood density independent function for electromagnetic measurement of timber properties
(2012)The work undertaken in this project was aimed at developing a technique which could measure the moisture content of lumber at moisture contents typically found post drying. It involved the measurement of the dielectric ... -
Machine learning technology and its application to computer games for health education
(2012)Driven by an initiative of the Adult & Paediatric Diabetes Psychology Service of New Zealand, research has been performed to develop new mechanisms, in the form of computer games, to educate children and teenagers about ... -
A more sustainable hull form
(2011-01-01)The aim of the project was to find a planing powerboat hull form capable of being pushed through the water more easily than existing hull forms and yet which still maintains, or even improves on practical performance factors ...
