Construction and the Built Environment staff
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Dr Emmanuel Aboagye-Nimo
Senior Lecturer in Construction Management
Emmanuel Aboagye-Nimo is a Chartered Construction Manager (MCIOB) and a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management. He teaches on a range of Built Environment modules and supervises researchers of various levels from undergraduate to doctoral projects. He has a background in Quantity Surveying and Construction Management....
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Dr Ehsan Ahmadi
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Ehsan is currently a lecturer in Civil Engineering at Birmingham City University and a Visiting Fellow at University of Southampton (UoS). Prior to his current position, Ehsan was a Research and Teaching Fellow within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at UoS. From 2014-2018, and worked as a PhD Researcher...
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Dr Mustafa Al-Adhami
Lecturer in Digital Built Environment
Mustafa Al-Adhami is an architect, researcher, and lecturer in the Digital Built Environment at Birmingham City University, with a specialisation in digital architecture and sustainability. With over a decade of experience in BIM, computer modelling, simulation, VR/AR, reality-capturing technologies, and the Internet of Things....
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Dr Ilnaz Ashayeri
Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Academic Lead for Student Experience & STEAM
Dr Ilnaz Ashayeri is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Academic Lead for Student Experience & STEAM in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Birmingham City University. She holds a PhD in Construction from Heriot-Watt University, an MSc in Architectural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano,...
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Peter J Baldwin
Head of Architecture and the Built Environment
Peter Baldwin is a Registered and Chartered Architect, artist and academic, and the Head of Architecture and the Built Environment at Birmingham City University. Prior to joining BCU Peter was employed at Loughborough University, serving as Curriculum Development and Accreditation Lead for the Architecture (2023-2025). During...
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Nicola Bocaneala
Assistant Lecturer
Nicoleta Bocaneala is an assistant lecturer in the digital built environment at Birmingham City University. She teaches undergraduate courses across the school, especially Architectural Technology and Building Surveying. During her undergraduate degree in BSc Architectural Technology gained at Birmingham City University, she...
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Professor Franco Kai Tak Cheung
Professor in Sustainable Built Environment
Professor Franco Cheung is Professor in Sustainable Built Environment in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Birmingham City University. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor with extensive industry and academic experience, his work focuses on improving the productivity, performance and environmental outcomes of...
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Dr Xu Dai
Visiting Lecturer in Fire Engineering
Dr Xu Dai is a Visiting Lecturer in Fire Engineering at the Department of Built Environment at Birmingham City University. He is currently working as a Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the University of Liverpool. You can find more details about him here . Prior to his current position, he was a Senior Lecturer in Fire...
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Dr Elham Delzendeh
Associate Professor in Built Environment
Dr Elham Delzendeh is an Associate Professor and the College Academic Lead for Employability at the College of Built Environment, Birmingham City University, specialising in Digital Built Environment and Technological Design. With a robust academic background including a PhD in Architecture and Built Environment, an MSc, and a...
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Professor David J. Edwards
Professor
Professor David J. Edwards BSc (Hons), PhD, MCMPE, FIoQ Professor Edwards is currently rated as one of the world’s leading scientific experts in civil engineering and construction management (and was ‘rated in the top 0.5% of global scientists across all disciplines’ – cf. Scopus and in the world’s top 2% by Stanford...