AHMAD HADAVI. Civil Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1978.

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1 AHMAD HADAVI ADDRESS: 2145 Sheridan Road PHONE: (847) Evanston, IL FAX: (847) ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: PhD Civil Engineering with emphasis in Construction Management - Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ( CIC Traveling Scholar at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, during 1988). MBA Harvard-affiliated Iran Center for Management Studies, Tehran, Iran, BS Civil Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, TEACHING EXPERIENCE: May 2011 Present Clinical Professor, Northwestern University Sept. 04 May 2011 Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Sept. 96 Aug. 04 Jan. 92 Sept. 96 Adjunct Associate Professor, Northwestern University - Taught "Project Scheduling" and "Cost Engineering and Control" courses, advised MPM and doctoral students, and collaborated in the development of new courses and improving the overall level of the curriculum. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northwestern University - Taught "Project Scheduling", "Cost Engineering and Control", and "Engineering Value Analysis" courses, advised MPM and doctoral students, aided in the evolution of the program to its current status.

2 Jan Mar. 91 Instructor, Northwestern University - Taught "Network Scheduling", a course on CPM and PERT, prepared and presented lectures; conducted computer lab sections; supervised projects Teaching Assistant for "Engineering Law", "Engineering Graphics", "Construction Contracting", and "Construction Management" courses. DISSERTATION TITLE: Improvement in Construction Productivity through Goal Setting in a Unionized Environment AREAS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH: Life Cycle Analysis, Productivity Improvement, Labor Motivational Techniques, Construction Cost Engineering, Infrastructure Rehabilitation, Construction Methods and Innovations, International Construction. TEACHING: Project Scheduling, Cost Engineering and Control. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ASCE Construction Research Council American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Construction Management Association of America Project Management Istitute (PMI) International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION: PE, State of Georgia #21355 INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE: Sep Dec. 93 May 83 - Nov. 86 Jan May 83 Renafa, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Construction Management Consultant Expansion Project for Arak Machine Manufacturing Company, Arak, Iran, Project Controller and Coordinator Ekbatan Housing Complex, Tehran, Iran, Site Supervisor and Project Controller

3 Dec Dec. 81 Officer in the Iran Naval Corps of Engineers, responsible for repair and maintenance of buildings in the coastal regions and Persian Gulf islands PUBLICATIONS: "Short Term Goal Setting for Construction", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 119, No. 3, Sept. 1993, pp (with R. J. Krizek) "Difficulties With Implementation of Goal Setting for Construction", ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 1994, pp (with R. J. Krizek) "Lessons Learned from Multiphase Reconstruction Project", ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 122, No. 1, March 1996, pp (with R. J. Krizek and W. Lo) "Contractor Selection Process for Taipei Mass Rapid Transit System", ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 1998, pp (with W. Lo, C.-H. Chao, and R. J. Krizek) "Incorporation of Non-Destructive Evaluation in Pontis Bridge Management System", Proceedings of 1998 SMT III: An Non-Destructive Testing Conference, March 1998, San Antonio, TX, pp "Effects of High Prequalification Requirements", Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 17, 1999, pp (with W. Lo and R. J. Krizek) "Technology-Enhanced Infrastructure Management: A Balanced Approach", Phase I Report: Strategic Reconnaissance, Illinois Department of Transportation, 1999 (with M. Manheim, B. Medina, C.-H. Chao, and D. Russell) "Construction Industry Business Processes Modeled with Object-Oriented Approach", Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2000, pp (with C.-H. Chao, R. J. Krizek, and W. Lo) "Toward a Supply Chain Collaboration in the E-Business Era for the Construction Industry", Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2000, pp (with C.-H. Chao, and R. J. Krizek)

4 "Strategic Knowledge Management for Supply Chain Collaboration in the Construction Industry", Proceedings of the ASCE Specialty Conference on Fully Integrated Automated Processes in Civil Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, September 2001, pp (with C.-H. Chao, and R. J. Krizek) "E-Economy Supply Chain Collaboration for the Construction Industry", Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Specialty Conference on Fully Integrated Automated Processes in Civil Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, September 2001, pp (with C.-H. Chao, and R. J. Krizek) "Objectives and Behavior of Chinese Construction Firms", Knowledge Construction, Proceedings of the Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions W55, W65 and W107, Singapore, October 2003, Vol. 2 pp (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "Firm Size Distribution in the Chinese Construction Industry", Knowledge Construction, Proceedings of the Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions W55, W65 and W107, Singapore, October 2003, Vol. 2 pp (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "The Chinese Construction from the Perspective of Industrial Organization", ASCE Construction Research Council Symposium, Nashville, TN, November (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Bridges and Tunnels", Proceedings of the ASCE Construction Research Congress, San Diego, California, April 5-7, 2005, pp (with R. J. Krizek, D. A. Novick, and Y. Zhang) "Chinese Construction Firms in Reform", Proceedings of the CIB W107 International Symposium on Construction in Developing Countries: New Issues and Challenges, Santiago, Chile, January 18-20, 2006 (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "A Comparative Study of Market Structure in the Chinese Construction Industry", Proceedings of the CIB W107 International Symposium on Construction in Developing Countries: New Issues and Challenges, Santiago, Chile, January 18-20, 2006 (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "Chinese Construction Firms in Reform", Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 24, May 2006, pp , (with D. Wang and R. J. Krizek) "Educating Project Managers for the Construction Industry", Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007 (with R. J. Krizek)

5 "Educating Project Managers for the Construction Industry", Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Global Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey, October 1-4, 2007, (with R. J. Krizek) "Whole Life Cycle Cost for Chicago Type Bascule Bridges", Cost Engineering, Vol. 50, No. 4, April 2008, pp (with R. J. Krizek, D. A. Novick, and Y. Zhang) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: 2005 to present Teaching: continuing education sessions of American Council of Engineering Companies, Book Review: Construction Accounting and Financial Management for the 2nd Edition by Steven J. Peterson, July 2007; Session chair and conference paper reviewer: "Managing Construction for Tomorrow International Conference, Istanbul Turkey, October ; Paper reviews for the following: for ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (April 2010), International Journal of Project Organization and Management (February 2010), Journal of Construction Management and Economics (January 2009, November 2007), and ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (November 2005, October 2005), NSF Review Panel for Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program (July 2008), NSF Review Panel for Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) program (July 2011).