FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

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• 2015-2018 Principal Investigator, “The design, development and use of innovative bio-green facades: Towards improved urban microclimates and enhanced building thermal performance in Qatar”, $540,000 research project funded by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)

• 2015-2018 Principal Investigator, “Multi-objective tall building topologies – Merging structure, embodied energy, and constructability”, $780,000 research project funded by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)

• 2012-2014 Co-Principal Investigator, “A whole life cycle assessment of the sustainable aspects of structural systems in tall buildings”, $300,000 research project funded by ArcelorMittal

• 2012-2013 Mentor, “Building air leak detection using acoustic phased array for energy saving”, $18,000 research project funded by National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

• 2012-2013 Co-Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of the effects of green walls on building energy consumption”, $25,000 research project funded by Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER)

• 2011-2012 Senior Researcher, “Survey research for measuring the perceptional level of core technologies in the area of super tall buildings in Korea”, $88,000 research project funded by Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)

• RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Participated in conducting and developing multidiciplinary research projects as a team member or individually including:

• Tall Building Safety Rating System (TB-SRS), Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), 2012

• Window and daylighting technology development, Department of Energy (DOE), 2009

• Net-zero energy commercial building initiative supporting consortium, Department of Energy (DOE), 2009

• Architectural considerations for lunar long duration habitat, PhD dissertation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2007-2011

• Application of Architectural Patterns (AP) with Human Centered System Integration (HCSI) with special focus on safety measures, functional optimization for harsh environment, NASA, 2009

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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• Emerging building technology

• High performance building

• Sustainable vertical urbanism

• Bio facades

• Building science

• Building Safety and evacuation

• Integration of architecture within structure

• Architectural innovation

• Space architecture and spin-off technologies

• Blockchain technology in architecture