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Dr Man ( Michael ) Mak

Work Phone (02) 4921 7450
Fax (02) 4921 6913
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Position Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office A115, Architecture

Biography

Dr. Michael Mak is a Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia. He has been teaching in architecture, building, construction and property courses in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Michael is also a Visiting Lecturer with the Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong. He is a pioneer in developing and teaching a course on scientific Feng Shui in the Master of Science programme.

Michael is the co-founder of the International Conferences on Scientific Feng Shui and Built Environment, and the Chair of the Technical Committee of the Conference since 2005. His PhD focused on the application of Feng Shui knowledge to building design and the built environment using artificial intelligent technique - knowledge-based expert systems approach. He is the author of Scientific Feng Shui: Application of Feng Shui Knowledge to Preliminary Building Design Evaluation Using Knowledge-Based Expert Systems Approach (2009) and editor with Dr. Albert So of Research in Scientific Feng Shui and the Built Environment (2009).

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Newcastle, 2004
  • Master of Project Management, University of New South Wales
  • Associate in Building Technology and Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic
  • Diploma of Architecture Study, Hong Kong Polytechnic
  • Diploma of Management Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic

Research

Research keywords

  • Feng Shui

Research expertise

  • Feng Shui and the built environment
  • Building and property economics
  • Expert systems and decision support systems
  • Knowledge management and knowledge transfer
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Cultural management
  • Corporate social responsibility

Collaboration

Michael's research interests are focused on Chinese philosophy, Chinese culture and scientific Feng Shui applications to the built environment, particularly in knowledge management representation, artificial intelligent applications, knowledge-based expert systems, computer modeling; applications to architectural management, sustainable design, building evaluation and property market.

Languages

  • Chinese

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
120199 Architecture Not Elsewhere Classified 65
129999 Built Environment And Design Not Elsewhere Classified 30
140299 Applied Economics Not Elsewhere Classified 5

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Property Economics

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