| Bernard Acheampong |
Lecturer |
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| Professor Tabarak Ballal |
Professor |
"Design for Manufacturability" in construction. Design for Constructability. Process Mapping and Process Modelling. Construction technology. |
| Dr Ronan Champion |
Lecturer in Construction Law |
Construction procurement. Construction contract management. Valuation of construction claims. |
| Dr Ariana Darvish |
Lecturer |
Please contact for research interests: telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 5389; email: n.darvish@reading.ac.uk |
| Bonnie Dennis |
Lecturer |
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| Professor Irem Dikmen |
School Director of Internationalisation |
Project risk analysis and management. Climate risk and resilience in the built environment. Digital construction technologies. Mega construction projects. International construction. |
| Dr Ruth Dowsett |
Lecturer in Virtual and Digital Construction |
Please contact for research interests: telephone: +44 (0)118 378 6733; email: r.m.dowsett@reading.ac.uk |
| Ekpo Ekpenyong |
Graduate Teaching Assistant |
Not available to supervise PhDs. |
| Dr Emmanuel Essah |
Interim Head of School |
Solar energy systems and technologies in the built environment. Energy demand and management. Indoor environment, indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and well-being. Household electricity consumption. |
| Dr Ian Ewart |
Head of Construction and Engineering Management |
Use and role of technology in society. Social and technical practices in houses and bridges construction. Ethnographic research, ethnographic approach with digital modelling and 3D VR. Experience of space in the built environment. Multisensory built environments research. |
| Dr Alba Fuertes |
Associate Professor |
Climate change adaptation and resilience. Effects of weather on construction workers, H&S and wellbeing. Effects of weather on construction productivity. Climate change risk assessment in construction projects. |
| Dr Martin Green |
Lecturer |
Socio-technical approaches to emergent technologies. Historical analysis of the built environment. The temporal and spatial co-ordination of everyday work. Everyday energy demand and sustainable technologies. |
| Professor Stuart Green |
Professor |
Construction sector policy. Construction procurement. Project organising. Identity work in projects. Value creation through projects. |
| Dr Christos Halios |
Lecturer |
Urban atmosphere. Indoor air (ventilation, air quality). Solar radiation/evapotranspiration in the urban environment. Applied mathematical methods for analysis of environmental and energy data. |
| Dr Rory Jones |
Associate Professor |
Energy use in buildings and indoor environmental quality. People and building interactions. Future buildings with high quality indoor environments. Digital tools for energy efficiency and performance of buildings. |
| Dr Shabnam Kabiri |
School Director of Teaching and Learning |
Micro-dynamics of professionalisation. Role stress within construction teams. Formal and informal aspects of roles in construction society. Business plans for construction firms. |
| Dr Shahab Kabiri Renani |
Lecturer |
Quantitative data analysis in transportation. AI data analysis in transportation. Environmental impacts of transportation networks. |
| Dr Máté Lőrincz |
Lecturer |
Computational modelling and experimental analysis of construction materials and structural systems. Innovative low-carbon materials for construction. Advanced techniques for strengthening and repairing structures. Integration of social and technical factors in energy demand management. |
| Dr Shu-Ling Lu |
Associate Professor of Construction and Project Management |
Innovation management in construction. Quality management in construction. Transition management to net zero built environments. Heritage buildings. Academia-industry engagement. Gender issues in construction. |
| Dr Upeksha Madanayake |
Lecturer in Quantity Surveying |
AI and data analytics for costing and contracts. Use of BIM, Big Data analytics and Internet of Things in construction. Whole life costing/circular economy. Construction organisational studies. HE teaching and learning studies. |
| Dr Laura Maftei |
Lecturer in Digital Technologies |
Use and application of digital technology to design and construction. Digital technology (VR, AR, BIM) integration and implications in construction design practice. Digital technology in innovative HE teaching methods. |
Dr Eugene Mohareb
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Systems |
Life cycle sustainability assessment. Domestic retrofit adoption. Sustainability metrics of food systems. |
| Dr Dragana Nikolić |
School Co-Director of Diversity and Inclusion |
Visualisation and simulation tools for decision-making. Building information modelling and management. Digital twins for asset operation and management. Simulation games for engineering education. Sustainable design and innovation. |
| Dr Michael Peters |
Lecturer in Energy Policy in the Built Environment |
Sustainable energy management (interface between human/behavioural dimensions and technology). Community-based carbon reduction. Attitudes and behaviour of 'energy consumers'. Waste minimisation. Corporate environmental performance. Environmental policy tools. |
| Dr Florence Phua |
Associate Professor |
Project and organizational performance in the construction industry. Individual-level and organizational-level dynamics on project performance. Construction industry competitiveness. |
| Professor Libby Schweber |
Professor |
Net zero carbon. Green building. Standards and assessment tools. Social theory. Research methods. |
| Professor Martin Sexton |
Professor |
The management and diffusion of innovation. System innovation for sustainability. Sustainable technologies. The organisation and management of small construction firms. The organisation and management of professional service firms. |
| Dr Mehdi Shahrestani |
Associate Professor |
Net-zero carbon future. Decarbonisation of heating and cooling systems. Energy systems modelling. Renewable energy technologies. Building mechanical services. Machine learning in energy systems. |
| Dr Omid Shariati |
Lecturer |
Modern energy systems and smart grids (renewable resources, energy storage, P2X systems, and transport decarbonisation). AI application in energy systems. Electric machines. |
| Dr Amna Shibeika |
Lecturer in Construction and Project Management |
Housing and built environment resilience for vulnerable populations. Sustainable and high-performance built environment. Digital innovation in construction. Construction management and labour market dynamics. |
| Professor Stefán Thor Smith |
Professor in Energy Systems in the Built Environment
School Research Division Lead
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Integration of social and technical aspects of energy demand. Urban energy system modelling (socio-technical and physical drivers of demand). Technology and energy demand. Energy-environment system interactions. Complexity in energy system modelling. |
| Adrian Tagg |
Associate Professor in Building Surveying |
Please contact for research interests: telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 4672; email: a.tagg@reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Jacopo Torriti |
Professor |
Peak energy demand and demand-side response. Demand-side flexibility analysis. Energy security and net zero. Energy and decarbonisation. |
| Dr Dylan Tutt |
Lecturer in Workforce Studies in Construction |
Cultural sociology. Ethnographic methods and practice-based approaches in complex organisations. Migrant workers, occupational health and safety (especially of vulnerable workers). Ethnographic research methodology for health and safety in the construction industry. |
| Dr Maria Vahdati |
Head of Sustainable Energy, Environment and Engineering |
Wind, hydro, solar and biomass energy systems design and modelling. Earth Architecture. Ground source heat pumps and PV system hybrids. Energy in buildings. |
| Dr Chuang Wen |
Associate Professor |
Smart and sustainable energy systems. AI for energy and engineering. Clean mobility and transportation. Renewable energy (hydrogen, solar, wind). Smart cities and sustainable built environments. |
| Professor Runming Yao |
Professor |
Building and urban energy system and environmental quality. Indoor environmental quality, occupants' thermal comfort and wellbeing. Occupants' behaviour and energy management in buildings. Sensor technology applied in intelligent building and systems control. |
