Teaching & curriculum

Teaching

Undergraduate, postgraduate and professional teaching in BIM, digital construction and construction management, from module leadership to coursework and lab design, plus research supervision.

Looking for a quick overview? See the concise grouped teaching list.

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK · 6 modules · CIT Lab profile

Undergraduate module

4D4: Digital Construction (IIB)

Lecturing and coursework design contribution on digital construction topics within Construction Engineering.

Coursework Designer, Assessor; Module leader.

Undergraduate module

3D9: Construction Management (IIA)

Undergraduate module on construction management with a strong digital and BIM focus. Responsibilities included coursework design, full technical report development, lab documentation, and assessment.

Coursework designer, technical report & lab documentation developer, assessor.

Undergraduate supervision / lab teaching

A2: Lab Model Structures (IB)

Lab teaching and assessment for the IB A2 structural modelling component.

Assessor.

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford, UK · 5 modules · Staff profile

Postgraduate module

BIM in Practice (PMAN7007)

Postgraduate module focused on practical BIM workflows and applications in construction projects.

Module Leader, Assessor.

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Barcelona, Spain · 4 modules · Teaching record (APRÈN)

Postgraduate module

Quality Management

Module covering principles and tools for quality management in engineering and construction contexts.

Module

HVAC System

Teaching and assessment contribution in HVAC systems, with emphasis on building systems understanding and performance.

Assessor (setting & marking).

Undergraduate module

BIM for Engineers

Module on BIM fundamentals and engineering applications.

Module Leader; Assessor (setting & marking).

Postgraduate module

Asset and Facilities Management

Module on asset and facilities management, including BIM-enabled approaches and decision support.

Module Leader; Assessor (setting & marking).

EADIC – Engineering, Training & Development Solutions

Online / Spain · 3 modules

Supervision

MSc, BSc and doctoral · Oxford Brookes, UPC and Cambridge

Across his academic career, Hamidreza has supervised more than 50 postgraduate research dissertations and undergraduate final-year projects, several of which led to peer-reviewed publications and awards.

MSc dissertations · 2026–

Oxford Brookes University

  • LiDAR-enabled monitoring of construction progress with integrated risk
  • Artificial intelligence for risk identification and mitigation in UK construction projects
  • Knowledge-graph-based construction scheduling
  • Integrating BIM and circular-economy principles for material reuse
  • BIM and lean construction for infrastructure delivery
  • Readiness for BIM-enabled digital twin adoption in SMEs
  • Completed (2026): AI in construction procurement; digital-twin-driven data integration; supply-chain optimisation; sensor-based predictive risk analytics
Master's and bachelor's theses · 2018–2024

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

  • BIM-based decision support system for building life cycle analysis (MSc, 2024)
  • Data analytics for facility management work orders (MSc, 2023)
  • BIM-integrated digital twin framework for improving data visualisation (MSc, 2023)
  • BIM-based machine learning framework for healthcare facilities (MSc, 2023)
  • Integrated real-estate asset management through digital twins: a case study (MSc, 2021)
  • BIM modelling of the building services of the TR5 building, Campus de Terrassa (MSc, 2019)
  • Developing BIM visualisation for facility managers (BSc, 2021)
  • BIM modelling process of the GAIA building's HVAC system (BSc, 2020)
  • Integrating satisfaction surveys into building information models (BSc, 2018)

Full record on APRÈN

Undergraduate supervision · 2024–25

University of Cambridge

  • Supervised ten undergraduates in 3M1 Mathematical Methods (Emmanuel and Fitzwilliam Colleges)
  • Academic advisor to a doctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering
PhD · MSc

Doctoral and examining roles

  • Co-supervision of a PhD student
  • Academic advisor to a doctoral researcher at UPC, leading to peer-reviewed publications
  • External examiner for PhD theses and internal examiner for MSc theses at UPC

Prospective students

PhD and MPhil enquiries welcome

Hamidreza welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD and MPhil candidates, including applicants developing proposals for funded studentships, scholarships or fellowships. Areas of particular interest:

  • Digital twins for asset condition assessment, maintenance planning and retrofit
  • AI and large language models applied to construction, building and asset data
  • Computer vision, LiDAR and point-cloud methods for progress and condition monitoring
  • Data-driven procurement, supply-chain and risk decision-making
  • Circular economy and net-zero decision support in early design stages
Send a CV and research outline