Research Interests

• Design Space Exploration
• Parametric Modeling
• Design Grammars
• Design Patterns
• Design Collaboration
• Visual Analytics
• Knowledge Visualization
• Research Methods for Design

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Biography

• Ph.D., Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1988

• M.S., Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1982

• B.Arch., Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, CANADA, 1981

• Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in University Teaching, Adelaide University, AUSTRALIA, 2000

• Visiting Professor, School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, 1999

• Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Adelaide, 1998-2001

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, The University of Adelaide, 1993-98

• Senior Research Fellow, The Key Centre for the Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, The University of Adelaide, 1996-7 & 1997-98

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Architecture, CMU, 1993-1996

• Lecturer, Department of Architecture, The University of Adelaide. On leave from CMU, 1990-1991

• Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, CMU, 1989-1993

• Affiliate Faculty, Engineering Design Research Center, CMU, 1986-1993

• Research Fellow, Center for Arts and Technology, CMU, 1985-1990

• Affiliate Faculty, Design Research Center, CMU, 1983-1986

• Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, CMU, 1982-1989

• Visiting Instructor, Department of Architecture, CMU, 1981

Publications (selected)

• Robert F. Woodbury, Susan J. Shannon and Antony D. Radford, Games in Early Design Education: Playing with Metaphor, CAADFutures 2001, Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 2001

• Theodor G. Wyeld, Robert F. Woodbury and Susan J. Shannon, Leitmotif Cases for Design Learning, Proceedings of The Sixth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA\'2001), Sydney, Australia, April 2001

• Robert F. Woodbury, Susan J. Shannon and Tristan d. Sterk, What works in a Design Game? Supported by Student Reactions to Being Made to Play, Proceedings of The Sixth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA'2001), Sydney, Australia, April 2001, pp. 411-420

• Sambit Datta and Robert Woodbury, An approach to search and exploration through mixed-initiative, Proceedings of The Sixth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA'2001), Sydney, Australia, April 2001

• Rob Woodbury, Ian Roberts and Susan Shannon, vGallery: Web Spaces for Collaboration and Assessment, Australian University Teaching Committee, 2000 National Teaching Forum, Assessment in Higher Education, Canberra 6-7 Dec 2000, on the WWW

• David Cooke and Robert Woodbury, Playing Bodily Experience, DCNET 2000, online refereed conference, http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/conferences/DCNet00/index.html

• Robert Woodbury and Sambit Datta and Andrew Burrow, Navigating subsumption-based design spaces, CAADRIA2000, pp 341-350, National University of Singapore, Singapore, May 18-19 2000

• Thomas Fischer and Mark Burry and Robert Woodbury, Object Oriented Modelling Strategies in Architectural and Educational CAD, CAADRIA2000, pp 145-156, National University of Singapore, Singapore, May 18-19 2000

• Robert Woodbury and Andrew Burrow and Robin Drogemuller and Sambit Datta, Code Checking by Representation Comparison, CAADRIA2000, pp 235-244, National University of Singapore, Singapore, May 18-19 2000

• Robert Woodbury and Sambit Datta and Andrew Burrow, Erasure in Design Space Exploration, In John Gero, editor, Artificial Intelligence in Design 2000, pp 521-544, Key Centre For Design Computing , Worcester, Massachusetts, June 2000

• Robert F. Woodbury, Andrew L. Burrow, Robin M. Drogemuller, Sambit Datta, Code Checking by Representation Comparison, International Journal of Design Computing, 2000, http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/journal/index.html

• Robert F. Woodbury, Andrew L. Burrow, Sambit Datta, and Teng-Wen Chang. Typed feature structures in design space exploration, 1999. AIEDAM Special Issue on Generative Systems in Design, V13, pp. 287-302

• Andrew Burrow and Robert Woodbury. p-resolution in design space exploration. In Godfried Augenbroe and Charles Eastman, editors, Computers in Building: Proceedings of the CAADFutures'99 Conference, pp 291-308, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, June 7-8, 1999

• Dan Corbett and Robert Woodbury. Unification over constraints in conceptual structures. In William Tepfenhart and Walling Cyre , editors, Conceptual Structures: Standards and Practices, pp. 470-479, Springer, Blacksburg, VA, July 12-15, 1999

• M. Burry, T. Dawson and R. Woodbury, Learning about architecture with the computer, and learning about the computer in architecture, In A. Brown, M. Knight and P. Berridge, editors, eCAADe17: Architectural Computing: from Turing to 2000, volume 17, pp 374-382, The University of Liverpool, September 1999

• Sambit Datta and Robert F. Woodbury. Reducing semantic distance in generative systems: A massing example. In Thomas Seebohm and Skip Van Wyk, editors, ACADIA 98, pages 164-171. ACADIA, October 1998

• James W. Strong and Robert F. Woodbury. Psyberdesign: Designing the cognitive spaces of virtual environments. In Thomas Seebohm and Skip Van Wyk, editors, ACADIA 98, pages 276-289. ACADIA, October 1998

• S. Datta, T.-W. Chang, and R. F. Woodbury. Describing temple cellas in SEEDConfig. In Y.-T. Liu, editor, CAADRIA 97, volume 2, pages 367-376, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 1997. Computer Aided Architecture Design Research in Asia, National Chia Tung University

• T.-W. Chang and R. F. Woodbury. Efficient design spaces of non-manifold solids. In Y.-T. Liu, editor, CAADRIA 97, volume 2, pages 335-344, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 1997. Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, National Chia Tung University

• O. Akin, Z. Aygen, T.-W. Chang, S.-F. Chien, B. Choi, M. Donia, S. J. Fenves, U. Flemming, J. H. Garrett, N. Gomez, H. Kiliccote, H. Rivard, R. Sen, J. Snyder, W.-J. Tsai, R. Woodbury, and Y. Zhang. SEED: A Software Environment to support the Early phases of building Design. The International Journal of Design Computing, 1997. http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/journal/index.html

• U. Flemming and R. F. Woodbury. Software Environment to support Early phases in building Design SEED: Overview. ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, 1(4):147-152, December 1995

• R. F. Woodbury and T.-W. Chang. Massing and enclosure design with SEEDConfig. ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, 1(4):170-178, December 1995

• C. Carlson and R. Woodbury. Hands-on exploration of recursive patterns. Languages of Design, 2:121-142, 1994

• S. Fenves, U. Flemming, C. Hendrickson, M. Maher, R. Quadrel, M. Terk, and R. Woodbury. Concurrent Computer-Integrated Building Design. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 07632, 1994

• J. Heisserman and R. Woodbury. Generating languages of solid models. In Proceedings of Second ACM/IEEE Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, pages 103-112, May 19-21 1993

• R. F. Woodbury. A genetic approach to creative design. In J. Gero and M. Maher, editors, Modeling Creativity and Knowledge-Based Creative Design, pages 211-232. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993

• R. F. Woodbury. Grammatical hermeneutics. Architectural Science Review, 36(2):53-64, 1993

• R. Quadrel, R. Woodbury, S. Fenves, and S. Talukdar. Controlling asynchronous design environments with simulated annealing. Research in Engineering Design, 5:88-104, 1993

• J. Heisserman and R. Woodbury. Unary shape operations. In P. Wilson, M. Wozny, and M. P. (eds.), editors, Geometric Modeling for Product Realization. North Holland, Amsterdam, 1992

• R. Woodbury. What"s in a part? In C. D. Dana Vanier and R. Thomas, editors, Joint CIB Workshops on Computers and Information in Construction, pages 502-509, Montreal, PQ, Canada, May 1992. CIB

• C. Carlson, R. McKelvey, and R. Woodbury. An introduction to structure and structure grammars. Planning and Design, 18:417-426, 1991

• R. Woodbury. "Realities" of design. In G. Goldman and S. Zdepski, editors, Virtual Reality and Design, pages 177-192, UCLA, Los Angeles, October 1991. ACADIA

• R. Woodbury. Searching for designs: Paradigm and practice. Building and Environment, 26(1):61-73, 1991

• B. Dave and R. Woodbury. Computer modeling: A first course in design computing. In The Electronic Design Studio: Architectural Knowledge and Media in the Computer Era, pages 61-76, Cambridge, MA., 1990. MIT Press

• R. Woodbury. Variations in solids: A declarative treatment. Computers and Graphics, 14(2):173-188, 1990