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Staff Profile

Professor Mohamad Kassem

Professor of Digital Construction and Project Management

Background

Professor Mohamad Kassem is currently Professor of Digital Construction Management and Construction, the founder and lead of the Digital Innovation in Construction and Engineering Lab (), and the Degree Programme Director for MSc Engineering Management at 缅北禁地.


He has an established academic leadership across research, enterprise, and teaching. Previous roles include: Deputy Director for Advanced Engineering Education within the School of Engineering (缅北禁地), the Head of Subject for the Project and Construction Project Management Group (Northumbria University), and the Director of Enterprise & Engagement at the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering and the leader of the Digital Built Environment group at Northumbria University.


His work focuses on the advancement and application of digital transformation technologies—including BIM, Digital Twins for construction and urban-scale operations, Blockchain, Offsite Construction and AI — to tackle major challenges facing construction and the built environment such as such as low productivity, fragmented delivery processes, circularity, and the urgent need for decarbonisation across the built environment. In pursuing these challenges, he draws on a genuinely interdisciplinary approach spanning construction and project management, digital technologies, and computer and data science, to help shape more effective and sustainable futures for the sector.


He has led a diverse portfolio of research and innovation projects worth over £12 million, co-funded by UKRI councils, the European Union and private-sector partners. He has published extensively, with more than 165 peer-reviewed outputs (h-index: 75; citations: >7,100), and has chaired several major international conferences, including EC3 2023 and 2024 and CONVR 2013. He was also the Chair of the Human Data Interaction (HDI) technical committee of the European Council for Computing in Construction (EC3) between 2019 and 2021.


He serves on doctoral committees and as an external examiner at more than 12 leading universities worldwide, reflecting his broad academic influence and international engagement. Prof. Kassem has spent visiting academic time at prestigious universities, including ETH Zurich and the University of Cambridge.


Prof. Kassem is also recognised for his sustained collaboration with the private and public sector, working closely with policymakers, clients, contractors, consultants and technology providers. He has worked on collaborative R&D projects with more than 40 companies in the UK and internationally.

He has served as a digital transformation advisor to the European Commission, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Construction Industry Training Board, the Centre for Digital Built Britain (University of Cambridge), and the governments of Brazil, Mexico and others—supporting national-scale digital strategies in more than 11 countries.


His work has been recognised with awards such as the Scherer Award from the European Council for Computing in Construction, the RISE Award for Digital Innovation in Sustainability, and an Enterprise Fellowship.


He serves as an expert grant evaluator for leading international and national funding bodies, including the EU Horizon Europe, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships, EPSRC and NERC (UK), NSERC (Canada), CDDB (UK), the Research Council of Norway, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), NWO (Netherlands), and the American University of Beirut (Lebanon).


Prof. Kassem is keen to develop R&D collaboration with others in academia and the industry in the UK and internationally, and he welcomes applications from prospective PhD students on these themes.

Research

His work focuses on the advancement and application of digital transformation technologies—including BIM, Digital Twins for construction and urban-scale operations, Blockchain, Offsite Construction and AI — to tackle major challenges facing construction and the built environment such as such as low productivity, fragmented delivery processes, circularity, and the urgent need for decarbonisation across the built environment. In pursuing these challenges, he draws on a genuinely interdisciplinary approach spanning construction and project management, digital technologies, and computer and data science, to help shape more effective and sustainable futures for the sector.


A full list of publication can be seen on 


Professor Kassem welcomes opportunities for collaborative research with other academics and the industry around the themes above.


Prospective PhD students with proposals on these themes are also encouraged to apply.

 

Teaching

Module Tutor for

CEG3002 : Construction Management

CEG8011 : Construction Project Management

 

Contributor to

CEG3005 : The Data-Centric Urban Environment

CEG8003 : Public Policy: Infrastructure and Climate Change

CEG8006 : Digital Engineering and Analytics

Publications

  • Articles

    • Xie X, Herrera M, Xiaoyu T, James P, Kassem M. . SSRN 2025.
    • Jowett B, Edwards DJ, Kassem M. . Construction Innovation 2024, 24(1), 134-163.
    • Feng H, Kassem M, Greenwood D, Doukari O. . International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 2023, 41(1), 109-142.
    • Arayici Y, Tokdemir OB, Kassem M. . Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 2023, 12(5), 975-1001.
    • Doukari O, Seck B, Greenwood D, Feng H, Kassem M. . Buildings 2022, 12(3), 362.
    • Doukari O, Greenwood D, Rogage K, Kassem M. . Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2022, 27, 335-362.
    • Mohammad Ahmad A, Rodriguez Trejo S, Hafeez MA, Dawood N, Kassem M, Naji KK. . Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 2022, 12(3), 507-533.
    • Shahzad M, Shafiq MT, Douglas D, Kassem M. . Buildings 2022, 12(2), 120.
    • Mohamad K, Ahmed AL. . Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2022, 184, 122006.
    • Rogage K, Mahamedi E, Brilakis I, Kassem M. . AI in Civil Engineering 2022, 1, 7.
    • Piazzi MA, Feng H, Kassem M. . Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2022, 27(2022), 662-684.
    • M Kassem. . Automation in Construction 2022, 143, 104553.
    • Lynn T, Rosati P, Egli A, Krinidis S, Angelakoglou K, Sougkakis V, Tzovaras D, Kassem M, Greenwood D, Doukari O. . Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6018.
    • Kassem M, Mahamedi E, Rogage K, Duffy K, Huntingdon J. . Automation in Construction 2021, 124, 103532.
    • Chahrour R, Hafeez MA, Ahmad AM, Sulieman HI, Dawood H, Rodriguez-Trejo S, Kassem M, Naji KK, Dawood N. . Construction Management and Economics 2021, 39(1), 55-72.
    • Mahamedi E, Rogage K, Doukari O, Kassem M. . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2021, 174(4), 121-133.
    • Patacas J, Dawood N, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2020, 120, 103366.
    • Hu Z-Z, Yuan S, Benghi C, Zhang J-P, Zhang X-Y, Li D, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2019, 107, 102941.
    • Li J, Greenwood D, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2019, 102, 288-307.
    • Ahmed AL, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2018, 96, 103-127.
    • Kassem M, Succar B. . Automation in Construction 2017, 81, 286-299.
    • Rodriguez-Trejo S, Ahmad AM, Hafeez MA, Dawood H, Vukovic V, Kassem M, Naji KK, Dawood N. . Sustainable Cities and Society 2017, 32, 435-448.
    • Patacas J, Dawood N, Greenwood D, Kassem M. . Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2016, 21, 434-455.
    • Hafeez MA, Ahmad AM, Chahrour R, Vukovic V, Dawood N, Kassem M. . International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management 2016, 9(3), 198-218.
    • Hu Z-Z, Zhang X-Y, Wang H-W, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2016, 66, 29-42.
    • Succar B, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2015, 57, 64-79.
    • Kassem M, Dawood N, Chavada R. . Automation in Construction 2015, 52, 42-58.
    • Kassem M, Kelly G, Dawood N, Serginson M, Lockley S. . Built Environment Project and Asset Management 2015, 5(3), 261-277.
    • Patacas J, Dawood N, Vukovic V, Kassem M. . Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2015, 20, 313-331.
    • Kassem M, Iqbal N, Kelly G, Lockley S, Dawood N. . Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2014, 19, 126-149.
    • Kassem M, Dawood N. . International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling 2013, 5(2), 115-130.
    • Kassem M, Dawood N, Mitchell D. . Construction Management and Economics 2012, 30(12), 1039-1053.

  • Book Chapters

    • Knobel M, Ahmed V, Saboor S, Gledson B, Kassem M. . In: Syed M. Ahmed, Paul Hampton, Salman Azhar, Amelia D. Saul, ed. Collaboration and Integration in Construction, Engineering, Management and Technology: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century. Cham: Springer Nature, 2021, pp.405-412.
    • Jowett BR, Hattab MA, Kassem M. . In: Kumar B, ed. Contemporary Strategies and Approaches in 3-D Information Modeling. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018, pp.158-190.
    • Kassem M, Succar B, Dawood N. . In: Raja RA Issa; Svetlana Olbina, ed. Building Information Modeling: Applications and Practices. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2015, pp.329-371.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Xie X, Herrera M, Tang XY, James P, Kassem M. . In: International Conference on Digital Twins and Applications. 2025, Hong Kong, China.
    • Xie X, Chang J, Kassem M, Parlikad AK. . In: 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction 40th International CIB W78 Conference. 2023, Heraklion, Crete, Greece: European Council for Computing in Construction.
    • Xie X, Herrera M, Shah T, Kassem M, James P. . In: Proceedings LDAC2023 - 11th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction. 2023, Matera, Italy: CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
    • Jowett B, Kassem M. . In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2020). 2020, São Paulo, Brazil: Springer.
    • Knobel M, Ahmed V, Saboor S, Gledson B, Kassem M. . In: Collaboration and Integration in Construction, Engineering, Management and Technology : Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century, London 2019. 2019, London: Springer.
    • Li J, Kassem M, Ciribini ALC, Bolpagni M. . In: International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC 2019): Driving data-informed decision-making. 2019, Cambridge, UK: ICE Publishing.
    • Ahmed AL, Kawalek JP, Kassem M. . In: ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2017: Information Modeling and Data Analytics. 2017, Seattle, Washington: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
    • Hafeez MA, Chahrour R, Vukovic V, Dawood N, Kassem M. . In: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology IFIP 12th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference. 2016, Doha, Qatar: Springer New York LLC.
    • Munkley J, Kassem M, Dawood N. . In: Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 2014, Orlando, Florida: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
    • Dawood N, Miller G, Patacas J, Kassem M. . In: Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 2014, Orlando, Florida: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
    • Mhalas A, Crosbie T, Dawood N, Kassem M. . In: Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 2014, Orlando, Florida: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
    • Zhang X-Y, Hu Z-Z, Wang H-W, Kassem M. . In: Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. 2014, Orlando, Florida: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
    • Kassem M, Al-Bazi A. . In: OR55 Keynotes and Extended Abstracts - 55th Conference of the Operational Research Society 2013. 2013, Exeter, UK.
    • Kassem M, Iqbal N, Dawood N. . In: Computing in Civil Engineering - Proceedings of the 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering. 2013, Los Angeles, CA, USA: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

  • Reviews

    • Yahya F, Cooper M, Kassem M, Nazar H. . BMJ Open 2025, 15(6), e093418.
    • Li J, Kassem M. . Automation in Construction 2021, 132, 103955.
    • Kassem M, Benomran L, Teizer J. . Visualization in Engineering 2017, 5(1), 16.