INTRODUCTION

Ahmad has interest and experience in BIM and innovative design applications in the UK Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. He has a passion for teaching and research. Motivated to work in an academic environment where knowledge can be gained, improved, shared, and taught. Skilled in the field of integrating modern building design processes such as low carbon, Passivhaus, smart buildings, BIM, and dynamic energy modeling towards the development of sustainable building and infrastructure designs. Urban Level Data Management, Sustainable Urban Design and Planning, Information Management and Management Consulting.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Research Assistant (RA)- Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC), Loughborough University, UK. Collaboration between Loughborough Univeristy, Sheffield University, Salford University and Imperial College London. Project worth: 10, 000,000 GBP
  • Research Associate (RA)- Qatar BIM Project: Whole lifecycle information flow within a BIM enabled project. National Priority Research Program NPRP No.: 6 – 604 – 2 – 253. Project worth: $870,000
  • Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)-Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) Project- UREP21-092-6-008: $15, 000. Disability inclusiveness assessment of university buildings in Qatar
  • Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)- BIM Cluster- Comfort and Use in Buildings Evaluation (CUBE)- Qatar University Internal Grant: QUST-2-CENG-2018-4: 10,000 QAR
  • Principal Investigator (PI)-National Capacity Building – S1:Developing Critical Success Factors (CSF) towards integration of BIM Models to BMS- Project- QUCP-CENG-2020-1 – 80,000 QAR
  • Principal Investigator (PI)- SPORTE.3Q; Smart Integrated Urban Systems to manage Energy – Water Nexus for users’ comfort, health and safety in stadiums and sports facilities (PI in NPRP12S-0222-190128): $400,000
  • Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)- Data Interoperability for Smart Cities (DISC): Revealing intrinsic logic and requirements of urban-level data integration and interoperability for Qatar smart cities (PI in NPRP12S-0304-190230): $600,000.
  • Lead Principal Investigator (LPI)- QU- Graduate project – 174-2022 BIM in education in the Arab world.