Construction and the Built Environment staff
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Dr John J. Posillico
Senior Lecturer in Construction Management
Working within the construction industry, Dr Posillico has been accountable for financial, schedule and quality management, as well as the owner’s representation services of numerous projects across the United States and Canada. Ranging from large full-service healthcare facilities, unique heritage renovations/restorations...
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Dr Khondokar Mizanur Rahman
Teaching and Research Fellow (Environmental Engineering)
Khondokar Mizanur Rahman is a Teaching and Research Fellow for Environmental Engineering at Birmingham City University. He has been involved in the field of environmental research since 2004. He has been a member of the Waste and Energy Research Group (WERG) since 2007, working in the field of sustainable waste management. ...
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Dr Ghasson Shabha
Senior Lecturer
Ghasson is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. Ghasson has obtained his PhD in Architecture from Bath University, UK. He is an architect by profession with a wide range of experience in the design and property management of office, residential and commercial buildings. He has acted in an advisory capacity to...
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Dr Saeed Talebi
College of Built Environment Academic Lead for Teaching Excellence and the Student Experience
Dr Saeed Talebi is an associate professor at the College of Built Environment. Saeed's research interests focus on the intersection between theory and practice. He has led research teams as either Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on funded projects, particularly in the fields of (a) digital examination of critical...
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Wil Vincent
Assistant Lecturer
Wil Vincent is an Assistant Lecturer in the Built Environment, having graduated from both our undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Planning at Birmingham City University. He is Programme Leader for the Faculty’s Generalist Degree programmes, offering remedial support to student to maximise their chance for successes on...
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Roger Wall
Senior Lecturer
Before joining the University in 2001, Roger worked for a water resource management consultancy specializing in IT solutions and GIS applications, and as a software engineer for a German consultancy firm. He has been involved in a number of European projects, including the IEE IEC-SME project related to energy efficiency...
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Dr Hong Xiao
Associate Professor
Hong obtained his BEng in Industrial and Civil Buildings in 1985, and MSc in Construction Management in 1988 from Hunan University, China. He lectured there until 1998. He came to the UK in 1998 as an academic visitor sponsored by the Chinese Government, and then began his PhD study at the University of Wolverhampton. His PhD...
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Dr MohammadReza Yazdifar
Lecturer
Dr. Reza Yazdifar is a distinguished researcher and educator specializing in design, computational modeling, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). After earning his PhD from Brunel University in 2018 with innovative work on optimizing hip implant designs using AI, he joined Coventry University in 2019 as a...