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ARCH faculty actively pursue various research agendas including environments for children, color perception, teaching pedagogy, privacy issues related to Saudi residential environments, interconnectedness of fashion and architectural representations of culture, and analysis of cultural and social control using the built environment.

Helen Peterson, PhD

  • Peterson, H.P.; Al Shamasi, S.; Al Khateeb, M. (2019) Analysis of Spatial Ability Testing Results and Interior Design Program Success for Female University Students in Saudi Arabia. Test Engineering and Management, 81, 01-08.
  • Samir El-Nakla, Chedly B. Yahya, Helen. P. Peterson, Omar K. M. Ouda, and Mohamed Ouda, (2018), “Residential Consumers Awareness of Energy Conservation Practices in Saudi Arabia” in Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Mitigating Risks and Emergency Planning, KnE Engineering, pages 244–258. DOI 10.18502/keg.v3i7.3097
  • Ouda, Omar K.M., Samir El-Nakla, Chedly B. Yahya, Helen P. Peterson and Mohamed Ouda.  (2017) Energy Conservation Awareness among Residential Consumers in Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Com. Dig. Sys. 6, (6).  International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems.
  • Ouda, O.K.M., Peterson, H.P., M. Rehan, M., Sadef, Y., Alghazo, J. M., Nizami, A. S. (2017) A Case Study of Sustainable Construction Waste Management in Saudi Arabia. Waste and Biomass Valorization https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-0174-9 Published online 13 December, 2017.
  • Samir El-Nakla, Chedly B. Yahya, Helen P. Peterson, Mohamed Ouda and Ouda, Omar K.M.  (2017) Residential Consumers Awareness of Energy Conservation Practices in Saudi Arabia, presented at 9th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE), Bahrain, May 2017.
  • Samir El-Nakla, Chedly B. Yahya, Helen P. Peterson, Mohamed Ouda and Ouda, Omar K.M.  (2017) Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia: Current Status, Initiatives and Challenges, presented at 9th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE), Bahrain, May 2017.
  • Peterson, H.P. (2008) Clarkdale, Arizona: Built Environment, Social Order, and the City Beautiful Movement, 1913-1920. Journal of Arizona History 49, (1), 27-46.
  • Peterson, H.P. “The Killer Flu of 1918: How the Verde Valley Stared Down a Pandemic.” Verde Independent October 21, 2009: 1-3.