Biography summary
Sadick holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering Management specialisation) from the University of Manitoba in Canada, MSc Project Management (with Distinction) from Northumbria University in the UK, and BSc (Hons, First Class) Building Technology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana.
Prior to his MSc Project Management in the UK, Sadick worked as a Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager in the Ghanaian construction industry.
Sadick is a member of ASHRAE and serves on the "Physiology and Human Environment" and "Buildings and Environmental Impacts and Sustainability" Technical Committees. He is also a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute.
Research interests
The primary purpose of buildings is to provide safe and conducive spaces to accommodate human activities in different life domains including work, school and home. Sadick’s research therefore focuses on human interactions with the built environment. He is interested in assessing the intricate relationships between building performance and occupants’ behaviour with the aim of optimising building performance without compromising occupants’ satisfaction, well-being and productivity. Sadick views the human interaction with indoor environments as a dynamic system with multiple factors and therefore believes in employing an integral research approach that uses methods from the qualitative and quantitative research traditions. Sadick is interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to enhance occupants’ interaction with indoor environments and to automate analysis of occupants’ feedback to improve building performance. This AI and ML focused research also includes leveraging social media data to investigate human behaviour and its impact on building performance. He is also interested in exploring the social and economic impact of human interactions with the built environment. Sadick collaborates locally and globally with other researchers, working on different building types including offices, schools, hospitals, and homes. His broad research interests cover:
- Building performance assessment
- Natural language processing (NLP)
- Occupants comfort, well-being and satisfaction
- Green/sustainable building rating schemes
- Net-zero energy buildings
- Demand-driven control of buildings
- Building operation and maintenance
- Integral approaches to research
Units taught
SRQ780: Strategic Construction Procurement
SRT257: Building Environmental Studies
SRQ460: Quantity Surveying Practice
SRQ764: Building Project Evaluation
SRR401: Introduction to Construction Research
Media appearances
"How a clever little cube can help you pick the best spot in the office", The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-a-clever-little-cube-can-help-you-pick-the-best-spot-in-the-office-20190507-p51kwa.html
Publications
V Whittem, A Roetzel, A Sadick, A Nakai Kidd
(2022), Vol. 218, pp. 1-26, Building and Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Digital Twin-driven approach to improving energy efficiency of indoor lighting based on computer vision and dynamic BIM
Y Tan, P Chen, W Shou, A Sadick
(2022), Vol. 270, Energy and Buildings, C1
Computer Vision Techniques in Construction: A Critical Review
S Xu, J Wang, W Shou, T Ngo, A Sadick, X Wang
(2021), Vol. 28, pp. 3383-3397, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, C1
Bim and gis applications in bridge projects: A critical review
J Wei, G Chen, J Huang, L Xu, Y Yang, J Wang, A Sadick
(2021), Vol. 11, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), C1
Understanding the key takeaway of construction robots towards construction automation
Z Huang, C Mao, J Wang, A Sadick
(2021), Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, C1
Astrid Roetzel, M DeKay, A Nakai Kidd, A Klas, A-M Sadick, V Whittem, L Zinkiewicz
(2020), Vol. 63, pp. 275-291, Architectural science review, Abingdon, Eng., C1
A Sadick, Z Kpamma, S Agyefi-Mensah
(2020), Vol. 181, Building and Environment, C1
A Sadick, I Kamardeen
(2020), Vol. 32, Journal of Building Engineering, C1
Reliability of human environmental "sensors": Evidence from first- and third-person methods
A Sadick, A Roetzel, M DeKay, A Kidd, V Whittem
(2020), Vol. 186, Building and Environment, C1
Design for Enhanced Learning in Modular Classrooms through Biophilic Design
Phillip Roos, Rui Wang, David Jones, Arlene Walker, Abdul-Manan Sadick, Carlos Bartesaghi Koc
(2019), Geelong, Vic., A6
Achieving integrated sustainability through work stress reduction with biophilic office design
A Sadick, Imriyas Kamardeen
(2019), pp. 724-732, AUBEA 2019: Proceedings of the 43rd Australasian Universities Building Education Association Confrerence : Built to Thrive: creating buildings and cities that support individual well-being and community prosperity, Noosa, Qld., E1
The indoor environmental quality performance of green low-income single-family housing
J Akom, A Sadick, M Issa, S Rashwan, M Duhoux
(2018), Vol. 13, pp. 98-120, Journal of green building, Glen Allen, Va., C1-1
A Sadick, M Issa
(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 1272-1286, Indoor and built environment, London, Eng., C1-1
A Sadick, M Issa
(2018), Vol. 20, pp. 520-530, Journal of Building Engineering, C1
A Sadick, M Issa
(2017), Vol. 119, pp. 99-109, Building and environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Effectiveness of using WiFi technologies to detect and predict building occupancy
Mohamed Ouf, Mohamed Issa, Afaf Azzouz, Abdul-Manan Sadick
(2017), Vol. 2, pp. 1-10, Sustainable buildings, London, Eng., C1-1
A Sadick, M Issa
(2016), Vol. 2, pp. 824-833, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2016, London, Ont., E1-1
A Sadick, A Radwan, S Mallory-Hill, M Issa
(2014), pp. 388-395, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2014, Hong Kong, China, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report