Osama Moselhi, PhD
- Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
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Sign in to editResearch areas: Construction Engineering and Management, Integrated cost and time control & project risk assessment, Planning, tracking and control of construction operations, Web-based project performance system, Optimization model for site selection and evaluation
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Biography
Brief Bio 2021
Dr. Moselhi is Professor and Director of the Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Engineering and Management (CICIEM), Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University. He served as Chair of the department and Executive Advisor to the Dean in graduate studies and research. He has over 40years of professional and academic experience. His industry experience spans tall buildings, bridges, nuclear power plants, harbor and offshore facilities. He is a Fellow of the Association for Advancement in Cost Engineering (AACE International), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE),and of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Dr. Moselhi supervised and co-supervised over 100 Masters and Ph.D. graduates, authored and co-authored over 400 scientific publications. He served as international consultant on academic affairs and on construction projects in Canada, USA and the Middle East. Dr. Moselhi is a recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Walter Shanly Award of CSCE in recognition of “outstanding contributions to the development and practice of construction engineering in Canada” and the Tucker-Hasegawa Award of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC) in recognition of his “major and sustained contribution to the field of Automation and Robotics in Construction”.
Teaching activities
Courses
- ENGR 451 - Construction Engineering
- EMAT 271 - Applied Probability and Statistics
- ENGR 244 - Mechanics of Materials I
- BLDG 492 - Construction Processes
- BLDG 657 - Project Management
- BLDG 680 - Construction Planning and Control I
- BLDG 683 - Construction Processes
- BLDG 781 - Project Acquisition and Control
Sample of supervised graduate students
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Supervised and co-supervised to completion over 100Maters and PhD students
Many of my former students have taken leadership positions in industry and in academia. In industry, for example, 2 are Vice Presidents (V.P.) at SNC-Laval in Montreal, V.P. International- Hydro Québec, V.P. Engineering and Construction, Aero Port de Montréal. In academia, as well, many of my former graduates hold faculty positions ranging from Assistant Professors to Full Professors at the University of Alberta, the University of Waterloo, and the University of Calgary in Canada, the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, California State University Long Beach, the University of Wisconsin, California State University-Sacramento and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo in the USA, and other universities in the Middle East and the Far East, including Cairo University, the American University in Cairo and Ain Shams University in Egypt, King Fahad University, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, in KSA, the American University in Dubai in UAE, Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in Tailand. Below is a selected brief list of graduates.
Yousifli, Z. (2021)” Development of a Multi-Agent System for Automated Resource Allocation in Maintenance of Hospital Buildings” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisors: O. Moselhi and F. Nasiri.
ELkabalawy,M. (2020) ”Optimized Resource-Constrained Method for Project Schedule Compression”, MASc Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Assad, A. (2020), “Resilience-driven Management of Water Distribution Networks”, PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi and T. Zayed.
Golkhoo,F. (2020), “Material Management Framework based on Near Real-Time Monitoring of Construction Operations”, PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Golnaraghi,S. (2019). “Quantifying the Impact of Change Orders on Construction Labor Productivity using System Dynamics” , PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi and S. Alkass.
Hussein,B. (2019), “An Evolutionary Stochastic Discrete Time-Cost Trade-Off Method for Repetitive and Non-Repetitive Construction Projects”, PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Salama, T. (2018), “Optimized Planning and Scheduling for Modular and Offsite Construction” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Ahmed, M. (2017), “Integrated NDE Methods Using Data Fusion For Bridge Condition Assessment” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi, co-supervised with A. Bhowmick.
Zangenehmadar, Z, (2016), “Asset Management Tools for Sustainable Water Distribution Networks”, PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Ibrahim, M. (2015) “Models for Efficient Automated Site Data Acquisition” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Salah, A. (2015) “Fuzzy Set-based Risk Management for Construction Projects” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Youssef, A. (2015) “Asset Management Tools for Municipal Infrastructure Considering Interdependency and Vulnerability” PhD Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Zorana(2014) “Multi-tiered Decision Support System for Selection of Project Delivery Systems for Capital Projects”, MASc Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi
Montaser, A.(2013) “Automated Site Data Acquisition for Effective Project Control” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Alzeriei, H. (2013) “Hybrid Simulation for Construction Operations”, PhD Thesis, Submitted, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi, co-supervised with T.Zayed
Azarm, R. (2013) “Material Status Index for Tracking and Progress Reporting of Construction Projects”,M.A.Sc. Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Fahmy, M., (2009) "Integrated Multiple-Sensor Methodology for Condition Assessment of Water mains ", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
El-Omari, S., (2008) "Automated data Acquisition for Tracking and Control of Construction Projects", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Leonard, C.A., (1988) "The Effects of Change Orders on Productivity", M.Eng Thesis, Centre for Building Studies, Concordia University, Supervisors: O. Moselhi and P. Fazio.
Martinelli-Bello, A., (1986) "Bid Evaluation: A Multiattribute Utility Approach", M.Eng. Report, Centre for Building Studies, Concordia University, Supervisor: O. Moselhi.
Research activities
Research interest
Automation in construction and in asset management of civil infrastructure.
(1) Automation in construction
In this area we employ selection of digital imaging, 3D laser scanning, remotesensing, RFID, UWB, AI, spatial and web-enabling technologies as well as BIM, computersimulation and optimization methods for:
- Automatedlocalization, detection and classification of resources on construction jobsites for monitoring, racking and progress reporting of construction operations,
- Optimizedplanning and automated productivity assessment and tracking of largeearthmoving operations,
- Quantitativemodeling of Change orders and weather impact on productivity,
- Materialmanagement,
- Decisionsupport systems for risk management, selection of most suitable projectdelivery method(s) and value engineering,
- Optimizedplanning and scheduling for repetitive and no repetitive construction projects,considering uncertainty, resource allocation, and schedule compression needs.
(2) ((2) Optimized value driven assetmanagement for sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure
In this area we employ selected clusters of digital imaging, infrared,ground penetrating radar, 3D laser scanning, maintenance records, remote sensingtechnologies, GIS, GPS, AI including ANN and machine learning, web-enabling technologies,data fusion as well as optimization methods and computer simulation including discrete-event,agent-based and system dynamics for:
- Optimizedselection of risk-based and value-driven inspection strategies,
- Automatednon-invasive and non-destructive condition assessment and rating, conditionmonitoring, detection and classification of defects,
- Deteriorationmodeling and condition forecasting,
- Resiliencemodeling and multi-attributed selection and optimization of recovery strategies,
- Optimizedasset management to support targeted levels of service, sustainability and resilienceof civil infrastructure assets.
Publications
Publications
Authored and coauthored well over 400publications, including 190 in scientific journals. Below is a selected list ofpublications.
Selected list of Journal papers
Selected list of conference papers
Available: one Postdoctoral Fellow and one Research Associate positions
Available positions in construction engineering and management
Two (2) positions are available for immediate hire in the area of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM):1.0 Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Prof. O.moselhi, and
2.0 Research Associate to work in the Center for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Engineering and Management (CICIEM)
Requirements: hold a PhD or equivalent in CEM, excellent communication skills, and ability to work effectively in a team environment. Knowledge of French is an asset.
Submit your CV directly to Professor Osama Moselhi via email: osama.moselhi@concordia.ca