Doctor Keivan Bamdad Masouleh
Lecturer in Construction Management,
Construction Management
Biography
Keivan is a Lecturer in Construction Management at Western Sydney University. Prior to joining WSU, he worked at Victoria University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Keivan completed his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at QUT University and was awarded the Australian Building Codes Board research scholarship.
Keivan's research interests and expertise are:
- Building Energy Optimization
- Machine Learning and Buildings
- HVAC Control Systems (MPC)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Metaheuristics
- Zero Energy Buildings, and
- Buildings and Climate Change.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Bamdad Masouleh.
Professional Memberships
- The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) (2022)
- Green Building Council of Australia (2023)
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Construction Management
Contact
| Email: | K.Bamdad@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Location: | Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 200471 Construction Technology 5 (Envelope), 2022
- 200471 Construction Technology 5 (Envelope), 2023
- 301429 Work-Integrated Learning in Sustainable Construction, 2022
- BLDG2003 Building Regulations Studies, 2022
- CIVL4016 Envelope and Services, 2023
- INFS2010 Work-Integrated Learning in Digital Construction, 2022
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Ma, Y., Bamdad, K., Omrani, S. and Drogemuller, R. (2023), 'Investigation of phase change materials on Australian residential building energy efficiency', Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, Springer 9789811998218.
- Almeida, L., Bamdad, K. and Razavi, R. (2023), 'Climate change impact on a green building', INCREaSE 2023: Proceedings of the 3rd INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI CEntury, Springer 9783031440052.
Journal Articles
- Opoku, D., Perera, S., Osei-Kyei, R., Rashidi, M., Bamdad, K. and Famakinwa, T. (2024), 'Digital twin for indoor condition monitoring in living labs : university library case study', Automation in Construction, vol 157 .
- Opoku, D., Perera, S., Osei-Kyei, R., Rashidi, M., Bamdad, K. and Famakinwa, S. (2023), 'Barriers to the adoption of digital twin in the construction industry : a literature review', Informatics, vol 10, no 1 .
- Almeida, L., Bamdad, K. and Razavi, R. (2023), 'A comparative case study of certified and non-certified green buildings and their response to climate change', Buildings, vol 13, no 4 .
- Bamdad, K. (2023), 'Cool roofs : a climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy for residential buildings', Building and Environment, vol 236 .
- Bamdad, K., Mohammadzadeh, N., Cholette, M. and Perera, S. (2023), 'Model predictive control for energy optimization of HVAC systems using EnergyPlus and ACO algorithm', Buildings, vol 13, no 12 .
- Opoku, D., Perera, S., Osei-Kyei, R., Rashidi, M., Famakinwa, T. and Bamdad, K. (2022), 'Drivers for digital twin adoption in the construction industry : a systematic literature review', Buildings, vol 12, no 2 .
- Bamdad, K., Matour, S., Izadyar, N. and Omrani, S. (2022), 'Impact of climate change on energy saving potentials of natural ventilation and ceiling fans in mixed-mode buildings', Building and Environment, vol 209 .
- Bamdad, K., Maour, S., Izadyar, N. and Law, T. (2022), 'Introducing extended natural ventilation index for buildings under the present and future changing climates', Building and Environment, vol 226 .
- Miller, W., Sodagar, B., Whaley, D., Bamdad, K. and Zedan, S. (2021), 'Mind the gap : a comparison of socio-technical limitations of national house rating systems in the UK and Australia', Journal of Building Engineering, vol 43 .
- Yousefi, M., Yousefi, M., Safikhani, H., Inthavong, K. and Bamdad, K. (2021), 'Study of the critical velocity of the tunnels using an analytical approach', Fire Safety Journal, vol 123 .
- Omrani, S., Matour, S., Bamdad, K. and Izadyar, N. (2021), 'Ceiling fans as ventilation assisting devices in buildings : a critical review', Building and Environment, vol 201 .
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M., Omrani, S. and Bell, J. (2021), 'Future energy-optimised buildings : addressing the impact of climate change on buildings', Energy and Buildings, vol 231 .
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M. and Bell, J. (2020), 'Building energy optimization using surrogate model and active sampling', Journal of Building Performance Simulation, vol 13, no 6 , pp 760 - 776.
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M., Guan, L. and Bell, J. (2018), 'Building energy optimisation under uncertainty using ACOMV algorithm', Energy and Buildings, vol 167 , pp 322 - 333.
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M., Guan, L. and Bell, J. (2017), 'Ant colony algorithm for building energy optimisation problems and comparison with benchmark algorithms', Energy and Buildings, vol 154 , pp 404 - 414.
- Bamdad, K. and Ashorynejad, H. (2015), 'Inverse analysis of a rectangular fin using the lattice Boltzmann method', Energy Conversion and Management, vol 97 , pp 290 - 297.
- Azimi, A., Bamdad, K. and Ahmadikia, H. (2012), 'Inverse hyperbolic heat conduction in fins with arbitrary profiles', Numerical Heat Transfer. Part A: Applications, vol 61, no 3 , pp 220 - 240.
Conference Papers
- Hewavitharana, S., Perera, S., Jin, X., Seneviratne, K. and Bamdad, K. (2023), 'An introduction to blockchain in building services : a literature review', World Construction Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Jayakodi, S., Senaratne, S., Perera, S. and Bamdad, K. (2023), 'Digital technology enabled circularity in the construction industry : a bibliometric study', World Construction Symposium, Sri Lanka.
- Li, L., Izadyar, N., Law, T. and Bamdad, K. (2022), 'Prediction of occupants perception of natural ventilation effectiveness', Australasian Building Simulation Conference, Brisbane, Qld..
- Matour, S., Bamdad, K., Izadyar, N. and Hansen, V. (2022), 'Double skin facade's energy performance in a mixed-mode office building', Australasian Building Simulation Conference, Brisbane, Qld..
- Opoku, D., Perera, S., Osei-Kyei, R., Rashidi, M. and Bamdad, K. (2022), 'Obstacles to the implementation of digital twins : a review in the construction of industry', International Workshop When Social Science meets LEAN and BIM, Western Sydney University, Australia.
- Opoku, D., Perera, S., Osei-Kyei, R., Rashidi, M., Bamdad, K. and Famakinwa, T. (2022), 'Buildings' indoor environmental conditions : a thematic analysis of verbatim comments from university library stakeholders', Australasian Universities Building Education Association. Conference, Penrith, N.S.W..
- Tuczek, M., Degirmenci, K., Desouza, K., Watson, R., Yigitcanlar, T., Hansen, V., Omrani, S., Bamdad, K. and Breitner, M. (2019), 'Toward a decision support system for mitigating urban heat', SIGGreen Pre-ICIS Workshop, Munich, Germany.
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M., Guan, L. and Bell, J. (2017), 'Building energy optimisation using artificial neural network and ant colony optimisation', Australasian Building Simulation Conference, Melbourne, Vic..
- Bamdad, K., Cholette, M., Guan, L. and Bell, J. (2017), 'Building energy retrofits using ant colony optimisation', Healthy Buildings, Lublin, Poland.
Current Projects
| Title: | Development of self-temperature controlling concrete solar roof tiles and building blocks using waste materials to improve building energy rating |
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| Western Researchers: | Bijan Samali, Zhong Tao, Md Abdul Alim and Keivan Bamdad Masouleh |
| Years: | 2023-07-01 - 2026-06-30 |
| ID: | P00028878 |
| Title: | Research Collaboration for Box Divvy |
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| Western Researchers: | Olivia Mirza, Ali Hellany and Keivan Bamdad Masouleh |
| Years: | 2023-11-06 - 2024-10-31 |
| ID: | P00028978 |