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Ali Keyvanfar

Dr. Ali

Dr. Ali is a full-time Faculty in Construction Management, also chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Click here for IRB website) of Kennesaw State University. His most recent attachments are; UN SDG faculty at CIFAL Atlanta (a former UNITAR center), ABET Program Evaluator (EAC & ETAC), Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego, Visiting Professor UTE (Ecuador), Visiting Professor at KiA (South Korea), and Managing editor of MIT sustainable city program in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Dr. Ali is an experienced academician, R&D project manager, journal editor, start-up investment advisor, and international consultant with close to ten years of record in sustainable construction engineering and management (by method and material). Dr. Keyvanfar is a dedicated team leader with a current focus on diversity in research.  

Current highlight: 

  • Working on NSF Engine-Type-1 (concept paper approved). The proposal aims to form a public-private partnership in developing an incubator lab for business development around sustainable building products, materials, methods, and entrepreneurship skills. The local industry interested in joining us can submit requests through the NSF website (LINK).
  • Serving as an associate editor of "Construction Management" in the "Frontiers in Built Environment" with an impact factor of 2.11 (EISSN: 2297-3362) (LINK)
  • Serving as a guest editor of special issue entitled ": Urban Physics and COVID‐19 Pandemic Risk Management" for publication with the "ASCE, Journal of Urban Planning and Development" (EISSN: 1943-5444, by ASCE) (LINK)(Flyer)
  • Finally, I had some time to publish the 5th and final paper of Ph.D. thesis (completed in 2013, published in 2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40999-022-00744-x
  • Sometimes, editors have a manuscript only suitable for publication in their own edited issue (editors manuscript). It should be worth it; else, no editor would like the challenge. I was in this situation a few months ago and took the challenge, so enjoy reading it:  https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000864
  • This personalized URL provides 50 days of free access to my recent article in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews with an impact factor of 16.799 (Top 20 in all areas of research). Anyone clicking on this link before August 13, 2022, will be taken directly to the final version of the article on ScienceDirect: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1fIQN4s9Hw62UW

His experience as a leading investigator covers topics addressing construction industry challenges in Malaysia, South Korea, Australia, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Nigeria, Ecuador, and the USA. Dr. Ali as a PI/Co-PI; developed several patented and trademarked award-winning research products and services, published more than 100 publications (where 50% have been included in high-ranked journals), and secured several multi-disciplinary international research funds totaling over $1.9M. He is a dedicated team member as well as a team leader with intending attention to support diversity in global scientific communities. 

  • Online profiles:
    • LINK to general CV
    • LINK to LinkedIn profile
    • LINK to ORCID profile
    • LINK to ScienceCV (NSF) 
    • LINK to Scopus profile
    • LINK to Google Scholar profile
    • LINK to ResearchGate profile
    • LINK to Academia profile
    • LINK to Amazon books
    • LINK to Publons profile 
  • Research Impact: 
    • Publications: 100+,
    • Readers: 110,000+,
    • Citations: 1400+,
    • H-index: 20,
    • i10-index: 35,
    • Publication reviewer: 200+
    • Startup mentor: 200+
    • Intellectual Property (IP): 10, 
    • Licenced IP: 5,
    • Research Projects: 28,
    • Research fund: $2 mil+,
    • Innovation Gold Medal: 12,
    • Co-author: 75+,
    • Graduates: 10+,
    • Industry project: 10.
  • KSU affiliations:
    • Member and Chair of KSU Institutional Review Board 2019-2022 (OoR)
    • Chair of College Curriculum Committee- DCC 2022-2023 (CoACM)
    • Chair of College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee- DEI 2022-2024 (CoACM)
    • Member and Chair of Department Curriculum Committee- DCC 2019-2022 (CMD)
    • Member of College Faculty Council- CFC 2021-2023 (CoACM)
    • KSU DGA-SDG Faculty 2020-2021(CIFAL Atlanta)
    • Faculty advisor to AGC student chapter 2019-2023
    • Faculty advisor to NAHB student chapter 2019-2020
    • Faculty advisor to AGC/ACS commercial competition 2019-2021
    • Faculty advisor to KSU Roofing Alliance Construction Management Competition team 2019-2021
    • Faculty advisor to NAHB student competition 2019-2020
    • Course coordinator for "CM 6901 – Modern risk management in construction: Neighborhood workstop"
    • Course coordinator for "CM 6600 Construction Risk Analysis and Control "
    • Course coordinator for "CM 3400 Risk & Quality management"
    • Course coordinator for "CM 3910 Sustainable residential construction practices"
    • Course coordinator for "CM 4512 Trends in Residential Construction"
  • External affiliations (current and past):
    • CIFAL Atlanta, United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR)
    • Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego (UC San Diego)
    • Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
    • MIT Sustainable city program (MIT-UTM MSCP program) 
    • Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial (UTE-Ecuador)
    • KiA (South Korea)
    • University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
  •  Awards: 
    • Featured Professor of Investigator Research Magazine, 2021 
    • International Gold Medal of iCAN2020, Canada (CNRM), KSU.
    • International Gold Medal & Special Award of iCAN2017, Canada (ZEC panel), UTM, UTE, & Qatar Uni.
    • World Material Science Grand Award, Would Scientist Awards 2016, Korea
    • Order of merit in “Environmental design” research- World Inventors Award Festival 2016, Korea 
    • Green Research Award nominee, Qatar Sustainability Award, Qatar green building council(ZECpanel) UTM, Qatar Uni.
    • KIA, WIA, and AIA special awards of 7th CIGIF2016,  Korea (nDConRep, SSUT, ZEC panel) UTM, &Qatar Uni.
    • International Gold Medal (3 categories) of 7th CIGIF2016,  Korea (nDConRep, SSUT, ZEC panel) UTM,&Qatar Uni.
    • International Gold Medal (2 categories) of 27th ITEX 2016, Malaysia (EISMS, Padfooting) UTM
    • International Gold Medals (3 categories) &  PolyU special award- SIIF 2015, Korea (CoolingWall, Suscrete, PAWDEX)
    • International Gold Medal of 26th ITEX 2015, Malaysia (Suscrete)  UTM
    • National Gold Medals (2 categories) of 9th MRC 2014, Malaysia (PAWDEX, Suscrete) UTM
    • Gold Medal & Jury Award- 16th INATEX 2014, Malaysia (Suscrete)  UTM
    • Gold Medal & Best Innovation Award-15th INATEX 2013, Malaysia (Palm Ecocrete)
    • Best Ph.D. graduate award 2013 (FKA, UTM)
    • International Doctoral Fellowship award 2012 (UTM)
      International Doctoral Fellowship award 2011 (UTM)
      International Doctoral Fellowship award 2010 (UTM)

 

 

 

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