Irishad Ahmad is professor and the chairperson of the Florida International University

Florida International University

Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...

 Department of Construction Management and the editor in chief of the Journal of Management in Engineering (ASCE) in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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Employment History AT FIU

· Jan. 2004‑ Present: Professor and Chairperson, Department of Construction Management, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida. With joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

· Jan. 1998‑ Dec. 2003: Associate Professor (tenured) and Graduate Program Director, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida.

· Aug. 1999 ‑ Present: Affiliated faculty, Masters of Science in Engineering Management, Department of Industrial Engineering, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida.

· Aug. 1995‑Dec. 1997: Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Construction Management, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida.

· Aug. 1990‑July 1995: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Construction Management, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida.

Books

Tang, S.L. I. Ahmad, S.M. Ahmed and M. Lu, “Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making in Construction.” Hong Kong Polytechnic University Press. 2004.

Edited Proceedings

1. Ahmad, I., S.M. Ahmed, and S. Azhar, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Construction in the Twenty First Century, held in Miami, April, 2002.

2. Ahmed, S.M., I. Ahmad]], S.L. Tang, and S. Azhar, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Construction in the Twenty First Century, held in Hong Kong, December, 2003.

Top Ten Papers in Professional Journals

1. Ahmad, I. S. Azhar, and P. Lukauskis, “Development of a Decision Support System using Data Warehouseing to Assist Builders/Developers in Site Selection,” Automation in Construction, Vol. 13, 2004, p. 525-542.

2 Ahmad, I. and S. Azhar, “Temperature Variation in High Slump Drilled Shaft Concrete and its Effect on Slump Loss,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 34, 2004, p. 207-217.

3. Ahmad, I., S. Azhar, and S. M. Ahmed, “Construction of a Bridge in a Developing Country: A Bangladesh Case Study.” ASCE Leadership and Management in Engineering, October 2003, p. 177-182.

4. Ahmad, I., F.T. Najafi, P. Lancaster, J. L. Benham, M. Sadeghinia, and M.M. Alam, “Methods of Application and Bonding Strengths of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings on Concrete and Asphalt Roadway Surfaces.” International Journal of Pavements, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 2002, p. 97-.

5. Ahmed, S. M., I. Ahmad and S. Azhar, “Current State and Trends in E-commerce in the Construction Industry: Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey,” Revista Ingeniería de la Construcción (Construction Engineering Journal), Vol. 17, No. 2, 2002, p. 47-58,.

6. Ahmed, S.M., S. Azhar, and I . Ahmad, “Supply Chain Management in Construction, ” Delhi Business Review, Vol. 3, No.1, 2002.

7. Ahmed, S.M., S. Azhar, and I. Ahmad, “Evaluation of Florida General Contractors’ Risk Management Practices,” Revista Ingeniera de la Construction (Construction Engineering Journal), Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 4-11., 2002.

8. Ahmad, I., B.Tansel and J.D. Mitrani, “Effectiveness of HVAC Duct Cleaning Procedures in Improving Indoor Air Quality,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 72, pp. 265–276, 2001.

9. Ahmad, I. and S. Putcha, “Evaluation of Compaction Methods for Pipe Trench Backfill in Areas of High Water Table,” Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1736, Part 2, 2001, p. 55-61.

10. Ahmad, I. "Success in the wake of the IT revolution,” ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2000, p. 28.

Other activities

Apart from his teaching and academic activities, Ahmad pursues a parallel track concerned with issues related to social problems, particularly the ones related to Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He also has serious interest in freethinking, politics

Politics

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 and human rights

Human rights

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 of people. He writes in the Internet blog mainly in Bengali language covering his interests.

He is also the member of advisory board of the Mukto-Mona, an Internet congregation of freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, atheists & humanists of mainly Bengali and South Asian descent.