Biography summary
Dr. Farnad Nasirzadeh is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at Deakin University. Prior to joining Deakin, he was a Lecturer/Visiting Fellow at UNSW and an Associate Professor at PNU. Farnad has more than 17 years’ experience in construction industry as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and Project Management Consultant.
Farnad’s main research interest is modelling and simulation of complex systems with a specific focus on workers/human performance. He has used different simulation tools including System Dynamics (SD), Discrete Event Simulation (DES), and Agent Based Modelling (ABM) in his previous research to model workers' performance and safety in a virtual environment. Farnad’s research has recently focused on data driven models which combine simulation and sensing to model workers performance more accurately. Farnad has published several papers in highly ranked journals in the areas of simulation and sensing and has attracted several internal and external research grants.
Research interests
• Modelling and simulation of complex construction projects (SD, ABM, DES, BIM)
• Sensing
Knowledge areas
Construction Management
Civil Engineering
Media appearances
1- Deakin Research News (12 August 2021):
https://www.deakin.edu.au/research/research-news-and-publications/articles/world-first-trial-to-help-build-covid-safe-construction
2- Kane Constructions News (5th August, 2021):
https://www.kane.com.au/news/2021/kane-participates-in-deakin-universitys-world-first-trial-of-wearable-temperature-sensors
3- Geelong Advertiser (July 25, 2021):
https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/all-the-latest-geelong-region-health-news-for-the-week-of-july-19-2021/news-story/600d8d8b28410bd884adf0c72ca40b66
4- Committee for Geelong (Dec 2020):
https://committeeforgeelong.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/LfG-2020-Healthy-Geelong-webbacc.pdf
5- The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) - 27 July 2021:
https://cfmeu-news.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CFMEU-Industry-Guidelines-Update-270721.pdf
Awards
• Best Paper Award (2019), Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, the leading journal in the field published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CO.1943-7862.0001825
• Certificate of Appreciation from International Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer) as the third most cited paper in 2018
• The outstanding researcher award (2012 and 2015), Awarded by PNU
• The outstanding researcher award for recognition of an exceptional performance in developing links with industry (2015), Awarded by PNU
• Winner of the IPMA research award (2011) for recognition of excellence in project management research
• Winner of the IPMA research award (2016) for recognition of excellence in project management research
Publications
"Quarantined within a quarantine"
Zaheer Allam, David Jones, Phillip Roös, Murray Herron, Farnad Nasirzadeh, Paras Sidiqui, Mozhdeh Rostemnezhad Cherati
(2022), pp. 355-395, Data Science for COVID-19, B1
A Vahabi, F Nasirzadeh, A Mills
(2022), Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, C1
Influence of briefing clarity on construction projects: a fuzzy hybrid simulation approach
A Vahabi, F Nasirzadeh, A Mills
(2022), Construction Management and Economics, C1
H Hashemi, P Ghoddousi, F Nasirzadeh
(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 1-25, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Neural network-based interval forecasting of construction material prices
Mostafa Mir, H Kabir, Farnad Nasirzadeh, Abbas Khosravi
(2021), Vol. 39, Journal of Building Engineering, Oxford, Eng., C1
ANN-based LUBE model for interval prediction of compressive strength of concrete
M Akbari, H Kabir, A Khosravi, F Nasirzadeh
(2021), pp. 1-11, Iranian journal of science and technology - transactions of civil engineering, Cham, Switzerland, C1
Occupational health-related risk factors in mining industry
F Nasirzadeh, N Soltanmohammadlou, S Sadeghi, A Khosravi
(2021), Vol. 2409, pp. 1-6, ICCAEE 2020 : Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Christchurch, N.Z., E1
Monitoring labour fatigue using physiological measurements
F Nasirzadeh, M Mir, M Cherati, A Khosravi, D Carmichael
(2021), Vol. 2409, pp. 020015-1-020015-2, ICCAEE 2020 : Proceedings of the American Institute of Physics on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering 2020 Conference, Virtual, E1
Modelling the social dimension of sustainable development using fuzzy cognitive maps
F Nasirzadeh, M Ghayoumian, M Khanzadi, M Rostamnezhad Cherati
(2020), Vol. 20, pp. 223-236, International journal of construction management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Financial conflict resolution model in BOT contracts using bargaining game theory
M Bayat, M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh, A Chavoshian
(2020), Vol. 20, pp. 18-42, Construction innovation: information, process, management, Bingley, Eng., C1
M Rostamnezhad, F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, M Jarban, M Ghayoumian
(2020), Vol. 27, pp. 1595-1618, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Bingley, Eng., C1
Bargaining game model to determine concessionary items in build-operate-transfer contracts
Morteza Bayat, Mostafa Khanzadi, Farnad Nasirzadeh
(2020), Vol. 146, pp. 1-16, Journal of construction engineering and management, Reston, Va., C1
Physical fatigue detection using entropy analysis of heart rate signals
F Nasirzadeh, M Mir, S Hussain, M Darbandy, A Khosravi, S Nahavandi, B Aisbett
(2020), Vol. 12, pp. 1-17, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1
ANN-based prediction intervals to forecast labour productivity
F Nasirzadeh, H Kabir, M Akbari, A Khosravi, S Nahavandi, D Carmichael
(2020), Vol. 27, pp. 2335-2351, Engineering, construction and architectural management, Bingley, Eng., C1
Labour productivity in Australian building construction projects: a roadmap for improvement
F Nasirzadeh, Mozhdeh Rostamnezhad Cherati, D Carmichael, A Khosravi, B Aisbett
(2020), pp. 1-10, International journal of construction management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Impact of project briefing clarity on construction project performance
A Vahabi, F Nasirzadeh, A Mills
(2020), pp. 1-13, International Journal of Construction Management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Dynamic modeling to reduce the cost of quality in construction projects
I Shafiei, E Eshtehardian, F Nasirzadeh, S Arabi
(2020), pp. 1-14, International journal of construction management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Bayat, M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh
(2019), Vol. 25, pp. 1-15, Journal of infrastructure systems, Reston, Va., C1
S Shoar, F Nasirzadeh, H Zarandi
(2019), Vol. 19, pp. 48-70, Construction innovation, Bingley, Eng., C1
Farnad Nasirzadeh, Mohammad Ghasem Kashi, Mostafa Khanzadi, David Carmichael, Ali Akbarnezhad
(2019), Vol. 131, pp. 306-319, Computers and industrial engineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Hybrid fuzzy-system dynamics approach for quantification of the impacts of construction claims
F Nasirzadeh, D Carmichael, M Jarban, M Rostamnezhad
(2019), Vol. 26, pp. 1261-1276, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, C1
Hadi Mahami, Farnad Nasirzadeh, Ali Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian, Saeid Nahavandi
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 1-20, Buildings, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Imaging network design to improve the automated construction progress monitoring process
H Mahami, F Nasirzadeh, A Hosseininaveh Ahmadabadian, F Esmaeili, S Nahavandi
(2019), Vol. 19, pp. 386-404, Construction innovation, Bingley, Eng., C1
M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh, M Mir, P Nojedehi
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 2-19, Construction innovation, Bingley, Eng., C1
Fuzzy cognitive map approach to analyze causes of change orders in construction projects
M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh, M Dashti
(2018), Vol. 144, pp. 1-12, Journal of construction engineering and management, Reston, Va., C1
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, M Mir
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 132-143, International journal of construction management, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
A Mirzaei, F Nasirzadeh, M Parchami Jalal, Y Zamani
(2018), Vol. 144, pp. 1-14, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Reston, Va., C1
B Mahjoubpour, F Nasirzadeh, M Mohammad Hosein Zadeh Golabchi, M Ramezani Khajehghiasi, M Mir
(2018), Vol. 25, pp. 559-573, Engineering, construction and architectural management, Bingley, Eng., C1
F Nasirzadeh, Parviz Ghoddousi, Hassan Hashemi
(2018), Vol. 144, pp. 1-15, Journal of construction engineering and management, Reston, Va., C1
An integrated fuzzy-DEMATEL approach to project risk analysis
P Bashardoost, F Nasirzadeh, N Mohtashemi
(2018), pp. 411-416, ICITM 2018 : Proceedings of the 2018 7th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management, Oxford, Eng., E1
Modeling the cost and time impacts of reworks in construction projects
F Nasirzadeh, Mozhdeh Rostamnezhad
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 159-165, AUBEA 2018: Educating Building Professionals for the Future in the Globalised World - Technology : Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference, Singapore, E1
A hybrid simulation approach to model and improve construction labor productivity
P Nojedehi, F Nasirzadeh
(2017), Vol. 21, pp. 1516-1524, KSCE journal of civil engineering, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
Modeling labor productivity in construction projects using hybrid SD-DES approach
S Moradi, F Nasirzadeh, F Golkhoo
(2017), Vol. 24, pp. 2752-2761, Scientia Iranica, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
S Shoar, H Zarandi, F Nasirzadeh, E Cheshmikhani
(2017), Vol. 33, pp. 1367-1385, Quality and reliability engineering international, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Quantitative risk allocation in construction projects using cooperative-bargaining game theory
F Nasirzadeh, H Mazandaranizadeh, M Rouhparvar
(2016), Vol. 14, pp. 161-170, International journal of civil engineering, Cham, Switzerland, C1-1
M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh, S Hassani, N Nejad Mohtashemi
(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 802-814, Scientia Iranica, Tahran, Iran, C1-1
A hybrid SD-DES simulation approach to model construction projects
S Moradi, F Nasirzadeh, F Golkhoo
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 66-83, Construction innovation, Bingley, Eng., C1-1
F Nasirzadeh, M Rouhparvar, H Mazandarani Zadeh, M Rezaie
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 668-678, Scientia Iranica, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
Dynamic modeling of the quantitative risk allocation in construction projects
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, M Rezaie
(2014), Vol. 32, pp. 442-451, International journal of project management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Determination of concession period in build-operate-transfer projects using fuzzy logic
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, M Alipour
(2014), Vol. 7, pp. 437-456, Iranian journal of management studies, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
Dynamic modeling of labor productivity in construction projects
F Nasirzadeh, P Nojedehi
(2013), Vol. 31, pp. 903-911, International journal of project management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Modeling quality management in construction projects
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, A Afshar, S Howick
(2013), Vol. 11, pp. 14-22, International journal of civil engineering, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
A fuzzy group decision making approach to construction project risk management
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, H Mianabadi
(2013), Vol. 24, pp. 71-80, International Journal of Industrial Engineering & Production Research, Iran, C1-1
System dynamics approach for quantitative risk allocation
F Nasirzadeh, M Khanzadi, M Rezaie
(2013), Vol. 24, pp. 237-246, International journal of industrial engineering and production research, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
Integrating system dynamics and fuzzy logic modeling to determine concession period in BOT projects
M Khanzadi, F Nasirzadeh, M Alipour
(2012), Vol. 22, pp. 368-376, Automation in construction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Integrating system dynamics and fuzzy logic modelling for construction risk management
F Nasirzadeh, A Afshar, M Khanzadi, S Howick
(2008), Vol. 26, pp. 1197-1212, Construction management and economics, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Dynamic risk analysis in construction projects
Farnad Nasirzadeh, Abbas Afshar, Mostafa Khanzadi
(2008), Vol. 35, pp. 820-831, Canadian journal of civil engineering, Ottawa, Ont., C1-1
System dynamics approach for construction risk analysis
F Nasirzadeh, A Afshar, M Khanzadi
(2008), Vol. 6, pp. 120-131, International journal of civil engineering, Tehran, Iran, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Research into the use of wearable technology in the construction industry with a specific focus on screening workers body temperature.
Dr Farnad Nasirzadeh, Prof Tony Arnel, Dr Chandan Karmakar
Redundancy Payment Central Fund Ltd t/as Incolink
- 2020: $150,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report