Professor Vian Ahmed
Professor in Built Environment, Director of Postgraduate Research Studies – School of the Built Environment, Director of the On-line Doctoral Programme – College of Science and Technology
- Maxwell Building Room 419
- T: +44 (0)161 295 6397
- E: v.ahmed@salford.ac.uk
- SEEK: Research profile
Office Times
9.00am – 5.00pm
Alternatively you can email me to make an appointment.
Biography
I have come from a Civil Engineer and Construction background with a PhD in Computer Aided Learning in Construction. I have worked in both industry and academia in the UK and overseas. I have broad experience of teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels and Postgraduate Research supervision, with a number of publications in the Built Environment, and have chaired national and international events.
Teaching
My teaching expertise is in construction management and IT at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels, this includes:
- Project Management
- Discipline Research Projects
- Construction Project Management and Economics
- Advanced Construction Management and IT
- Interactive Web design
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dissertation supervision.
Broad range of Postgraduate Research Training
Research Interests
I am a Professor in the Built Environment. I have a broad research interest covering skills culture and people in construction, for example: e-learning in construction, construction IT for large organisations and SMEs, organisation leadership, ontology development for construction education, construction management and organisation readiness, sustainability, PPP and H&S.
Qualifications and Memberships
BEng (Civil), Sc (Construction), PhD
SFHEA, ICIOB
Publications
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Ahmed, V 2008, 'Shameful sexism and racism. ', Contract Flooring Journal .
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Edited Books
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Ahmed, V 2003, 'Special Issue on e-learning', AEC-IT international Journal .
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Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D & Sexton, M & Ahmed, V & Baldry, D & Aouad, G 2004
Conference papers (up to 2010)
- V. Ahmed and A. Thorpe (1997). “MERIT2: A Construction Management Simulation”.The international Simulation and Gaming Yearbook. 1997, Vol. 10, pp. 28-27.
- V. Ahmed and A. Thorpe (1996). “The Effectiveness of MERIT2 as a Training Tools in Construction Management”. The proceedings of the ARCOM Conference.Vol. 1, pp. 277-285 Sheffield.
- V.Ahmed (1996). “A CAL package for undergraduate quantity surveyors” Workshop demonstration. ALT-C conference, Glasgow.
- V. Ahmed and A. Thorpe (1997). “The use of information technology in education within the construction discipline” Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Conference. Canada, Vol.2, pp. 244-251.
- V.Ahmed and A.Thope (1997). “Learning Styles: The Key Answer to Effective Teaching in Civil Engineering”. Proceedings of The second Working Conference on Engineering Education. pp. 4-9, Sheffield.
- V.Ahmed and A.Thope (1998). “Improving Students’ Learning within the construction Discipline” (1998). improving Students Learning Symposium, Glasgow.
- V.Ahmed and A.Thope (1997). “Using Multimedia to Teach Quantity Surveying Measurement” The Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.. Refereed Journal. Volume 1, Issue 2, P67.
- V.Ahmed, A.Thorpe and W.Sher (1998). “New challenges for developing CAL packages in construction” W89, Australia.
- V.Ahmed (1998). Image based CAA tool in construction. Article for HABITAT, issue 6.
- V.Ahmed (2001). “IT in construction: Technology or strategy?”. ISEC conference. Hawaii. Proceedings of the Conf. on 'Re-engineering Construction- Enabling and Motivating Excellence'. Pages 92-102.
- V.Ahmed and L.Mahdjoubi (2001). Decision Support Systems for the Design of Safe Houses for Older People. Proceedings of the 1st international conference on AEC, perspectives on innovation in AEC.
- V.Ahmed and L.Mahdjoubi (2002).Decision Support Systems for injury prediction on construction sites. Proceedings of the Conf. on 'Re-engineering Construction- Enabling and Motivating Excellence',. Pages 92- 102.
- V.Ahmed (2002). Computer Aided Assessment in construction (A case study). FDTL Best Practice Project.
- L.Mahdjoubi, D.Heesom and V.Ahmed (2003). Critical Issues In The Development of 4D CAD For Construction Project Planning. 10th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering within the area of 4D/ nD modelling, Madeira Island, Portugal, 26-30th.
- V.Ahmed (2003). Rebuilding Construction. Proceedings of the AEC-IT 2nd International Conference. Loughborough 2003.
- V.Ahmed and A.Shaik (2003). Standardising of e-learning in Construction. Proceedings of the AEC International Conference on e-learning.
- V.Ahmed and A.Feng (2003). Visualisation of Building Components. Proceedings of the ARCOM conference, Brighton.
- V.Ahmed and A.Feng (2003). A virtual learning environment for 3d digital modelling. Proceedings of the BEAR conference. Manchester, April 2003.
- L.Mahdjoubi and V.Ahmed (2004). Issues in the development of tools for workspace analysis in construction planning. 10th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering within the area of 4D/ nD modelling (Madeira Island, Portugal).
- V.Ahmed (2004). E-learning & pedagogical challenges in construction management: bridging the gap between academia and industry. Proceedings of the ARCOM conference.
- A. Shaik and V.Ahmed (2004). Learning Objects: A new approach to e-learning in Construction. Proceedings of the IEEE conference, Wolverhampton.
- V.Ahmed, A.Shaik, "Semantic Web for Construction Education E-Learning Portal", 5th International Postgraduate Research Conference, Salford, UK 2005
- Arayici, Y., Ahmed, V., Aouad, G. (2004). Reverse Engineering in the Built Environment. Proceedings of the ECPPM conference, Turkey.
- Arayici, Y., Ahmed (2004). Virtual Building Maintenance: enhancing building maintenance using 3d-gis and 3d laser scanner (vr) technology. Proceeding of the World IT conference, Malaysia.
- A.Feng and V.Ahmed (2004). A VST (Virtual Spatial Training) system for developing spatial visualisation skill. Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. Lisbon.
- Wall J. and Ahmed V. (2004) E-Learning and pedagogical challenges in construction management: bridging the gap between academia and industry, 20th Annual Conference Association of Researchers in Construction Management ARCOM pp 603-613 September 2004.
- Wall J. and Ahmed V. (2005). Issues in Developing a Blended Learning Initiative to meet Continuing Professional Development needs of Construction Professionals in Ireland, 21st Annual Conference Association of Researchers in Construction Management ARCOM.
- Wall J., Smit D., Betts M. and Ahmed V. (2005). An International Comparison of E-Learning in Action – An Interactive Graphical Online Teaching Resource for Residential Construction in Australia and a Blended Programme to Support Irish Entrepreneurs in Ireland, The Construction Research Conference of the RICS Foundation – the Australasian Universities' Building Educators Association Conference, and the 3rd CIB Student Chapters International Symposium, 4th to 8th, Brisbane, Australia.
- Wall J and Ahmed V.( 2005). Challenges in Delivering Technology Facilitated Learning for Construction Professionals, SCRI Conference, pp 309 – 320.
- V. Ahmed, A. Shaik. (2005). Semantic Web for Construction Education E-Learning Portal, International Postgraduate conference, Salford.
- Abouen, S and V. Ahmed (2005). Project Management Development in the Libyan Oil industry. Proceeding of the International Postgraduate conference, Salford.
- Abouen, S and Ahmed V (2006), A comparative study of the project management practices in the western world and the Libyan industry, Proceeding of the International Postgraduate conference, Delft.
- Wall J. Ahmed V. and Smit D., Addressing the Lifelong Learning Needs of Construction Professionals Using Technology Facilitated Learning, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, 2006, pp 57 – 69
- Wall, J., Ahmed V. and Smit D., A Collaborative Initiative to Deploy Blended Learning Continuing Professional Development in the Construction Industry, 6th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling 13th to 15th September 2006, Valencia
- Wall, J. and Ahmed V., Delivering Continuing Professional Development for Construction Management using E-Learning, 22nd Annual Conference Association of Researchers in Construction Management ARCOM, September 2006
- Wall J., Ahmed, V., Hurst A., Garrecht H., Luckey A., McNamee F., Kanoglu A., Evolving a Framework for Technology facilitated CPD for Construction Management A European Initiative, Irish Learning and Teaching Association 7th Annual Conference, 25th and 26th May 2006, Institute of Technology, Sligo
- Wall, J. Ahmed V., Hurst A. Garrecht H., Luckey A., McNamee F. and Kanogul A., A Pan European Initiative to Formulate a Framework for Blended Learning Targeting Continuing Professional Development in the Construction Industry, 10th IACEE World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, 19th 21st April 2006
- Wall J. Ahmed V. and Smit D., Issues in Addressing the Lifelong Learning Needs of Construction Professionals Using Technology Facilitated Learning – Experiences from an Irish Blended Learning Initiative, CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research BEAR 2006 (selected as one of 6 best papers at conference)
- Wall J. and Ahmed V., Developing a Framework for the Delivery of Continuing Professional Development for Construction Management in Europe, SCRI Conference, April 2006
- Raju Pathmeswaran, Vian Ahmed and Ghassan Aouad: Towards the Semantic Web enabled Mobile Learning, 6th International Postgraduate Research Conference, Delft, Netherlands, April 2006
- Raju Pathmeswaran, Vian Ahmed and Ghassan Aouad: Wireless and Mobile technologies to facilitate Personalised Flexible Learning in Construction, International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education, Liverpool, UK, July 2006
- Vian Ahmed and Raju Pathmeswaran: A Knowledge Management System for Learning Objects in Construction, International Conference on Construction Culture, Innovation, and Management, Dubai, UAE, November 2006
- Raju Pathmeswaran, Vian Ahmed and Terrence Fernando: Semantic Web Technologies for Mobile Learning, 5th World Conference in Mobile Learning, Banff, Canada, October 2006
- Vian Ahmed and Raju Pathmeswaran: A Pedagogical Approach to the Development of Relational Metadata and Content Packages for Delivering Construction Learning Objects, World Conference on IT in Design and Construction, New Delhi, India, November 2006
- Raju Pathmeswaran and Vian Ahmed: Enabling Technologies for Developing Intelligent Learning Objects Repository, ARCOM workshop, Salford, UK, November 2006
- Vian Ahmed and Raju Pathmeswaran: Semantic Web based Learning Objects Repository for Construction Education, Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI) International Symposium, Salford Quays, UK, March 2007
- Sabri Abouen, Vian Ahmed, Lisa Worrall, David Baldry, Raju Pathmeswaran, (2007), Construction and Black and Minority Ethnics in the North West: Barriers to Entry, Progression and Retention, 2007 SCRI Symposium, University of Salford, UK
- Lisa Worrall, Sabri Abouen, Vian Ahmed, Kamel Mansi, David Baldry, Raju Pathmeswaran, (2007), Cultural Influences on Career Choice: Issues Affecting Black and Minority Ethnics in the UK Construction Industry, Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3-6th July 2007
- Vian Ahmed, Lisa Worrall, Sabri Abouen, Raju Pathmeswaran, David Baldry, (2007), Socio-Economics and Black and Minority Ethnics in the UK Construction Industry, In: Boyd, D. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Twenty-Third ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2007, Belfast, UK
- Raju Pathmeswaran and Vian Ahmed: Enabling Technologies for Sharing Learning Objects in Mobile Learning Environments, 8th International Postgraduate Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2008
- Raju Pathmeswaran, Song Wu, Nick Bakis, Xiaonan Zhang, Ghassan Aouad, Vian Ahmed and Carl Abbott, The Construction Research Potential of Second Life, CIB Conference on transformation through construction, Dubai 15-17 Nov 2008
- Kola, I. & Ahmed, V. (2008) Community Participation as an Integral Aspect of Sustainable Social Neighbourhood Regeneration: An Overview of Good Practice. In Proceedings of the 8th International Built Human Environment Conference. Ed. Eaton D etc el, Volume: 1, Year: June 26th -27th 2008, ISBN number: 978-80-01-04092-8,Page:165-173.
- Kola, I. & Ahmed, V. (2009) Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) Participation in Community Regeneration: A Case Study Approach. In: 9th International Research Conference. Ed. Ahmed V etc al, Volume: 2, Year: 29th-30th January 2009, ISBN number:978-1-905732-64-7,Page:186-196
- Raju Pathmeswaran, Song Wu, Nick Bakis, Xiaonan Zhang, Ghassan Aouad, Vian Ahmed and Carl Abbott, Exploring the Potential of Second Life in the Built Environment, International SCRI Symposium, Salford Quays, UK, January 2009
- Raju Pathmeswaran and Vian Ahmed: Ontology-Driven Learning Objects Repository on the Semantic Web, 9th International Postgraduate Research Conference, Salford Quays, UK, January 2009
- Raju Pathmeswaran and Vian Ahmed: Innovation in Virtual Worlds- Exploring the Use of Second Life in the Built Environment, 6th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Penn State, USA, June 9-11, 2010.
- Missa, P. and Ahmed, V. (2010) Coping or Exiting? BMEs Response to Discrimination in Construction. In: Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Research Conference (SPARC), Salford, UK.
- Missa, P. and Ahmed, V. (2010) The Disproportional Representation of Black and Minority Ethnics’ (BME) Employment in Construction: A Review of Literature. In: Proceedings of the West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, Accra, July 2010. Eds. S. Laryea, R. Leiringer W. Hughes, The University of Reading, Reading. pp. 547-563
- Missa, P. and Ahmed, V. (2010) Ethnic Minority Migrants’ Employment in Construction: A Multicultural Perspective. In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management ( ARCOM), Leeds, September, 2010. eds. C. Egbu and E. Lou pp. 603-612.
- Kola, I. & Ahmed, V. (2010) The participatory roles of black and minority ethnic in community regeneration: A Review of Early Findings'. In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Volume: 1, September 2010. ISBN 10: 0-9552390-4-4 (2 Vols.) Page: 501-510
- Pathmeswaran, R., Ahmed, V., Rooke, C., and Abbott, C. (2010) Using Second life for Whole life Cycle Costing and Wayfinding, 6th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Penn State, USA, June 9-11.
- Faizatul Abdul Nifa and Vian Ahmed The role of organizational culture in construction partnering to produce innovation. In: Egbu, C. (Ed) Procs 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2010, Leeds, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, pp 725-734.
- Abuelmaatti, A & Ahmed, V 2010 'Collaborative Environments and their Effects on Construction Companies: The Current Context' in: Thabet, W (ed.), '27th International Conference - Applications of IT in the AEC Industry & Accelerating BIM Research Workshop', Cairo, Egypt.
- Abuelmaatti, A & Ahmed, V 2010 'The potential of collaborative environments implementation in small and medium enterprises for the construction industry' in: Egbu, C (ed.), '26th Annual ARCOM Conference', Vol. 1, ARCOM, Leeds, UK, pp. 663-672
