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 interacting 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 include the following:
- Building performance assessment
- Occupants’ comfort, well-being and satisfaction
- Green/sustainable buildings
- Occupant-centric building control
- Building operation and maintenance
- Building performance assessment
- Natural language processing (NLP)
Units taught
Current
- SRT757: Bulding Systems and Environment
- SRT358: Building Environmental Services
- SRT722: Susutainable Construction Studies
- SRR402: Construction Research Thesis
- SRQ460: Quantity Surveying Practice
Previous
- SRQ780: Strategic Construction Procurement
- SRT257: Building Environmental Studies
- 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
Awards
2022 Best Paper Awards from Building and Environment
Paper Title: Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719)
Publications
Automatic detection of actual water depth of urban floods from social media images
J Li, R Cai, Y Tan, H Zhou, A Sadick, W Shou, X Wang
(2023), Vol. 216, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, C1
V Whittem, A Roetzel, A Sadick, A Nakai Kidd
(2022), Vol. 218, pp. 1-26, Building and Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Y Tan, P Chen, W Shou, A Sadick
(2022), Vol. 270, pp. 1-13, Energy and Buildings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
G Chinazzo, R Andersen, E Azar, V Barthelmes, C Becchio, L Belussi, C Berger, S Carlucci, S Corgnati, S Crosby, L Danza, L de Castro, M Favero, S Gauthier, R Hellwig, Q Jin, J Kim, M Sarey Khanie, D Khovalyg, C Lingua, A Luna-Navarro, A Mahdavi, C Miller, I Mino-Rodriguez, I Pigliautile, A Pisello, R Rupp, A Sadick, F Salamone, M Schweiker, M Syndicus, G Spigliantini, N Vasquez, D Vakalis, M Vellei, S Wei
(2022), Vol. 226, pp. 109719-109719, Building and Environment, C1
Z Kpamma, S Agyefi-Mensah, A Sadick
(2022), Vol. 41, pp. 46-64, Facilities, 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
Industry and Other Funding
Applying Social Life Cycle Assessment to evaluate a Cradle-to-Gate phase of Cross Laminated Timber: An Australian Case Study.
Dr Olubukola Tokede, Prof Jane Matthews, Dr Abdul-Manan Sadick, Miss Shannon Alice Preddy
CLOS
- 2022: $13,500
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report