STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Salman Shooshtarian
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of PCPM
Phone:
+61399252849
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research Expertise
- Sustainable Construction and Demolition Waste Management
- Circular Economy
- Waste Education
- Waste Policy Analysis
- Thermal Comfort Assessment
- Urban Climate Sensitive Design
- Urban Greening
Teaching Expertise
- Project Management in Construction
- Circular Economy Principles
- Research in Construction and Project Management
- Sustainable Procurement
Awards
- Finalist, Keith Hampson ECR Industry Award 2024 _ CIB International
- Excellence in Review Award 2023 _ Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances
- International Research Collaboration Award 2021_ University of Santa Maria (Brazil)
- Research Publication Award 2017_ RMIT University (Australia)
- Finalist, 10th Educational Books Festival 2014_ The Office of Publications and Educational Technology, Ministry of Education (Iran)
- International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) 2013 _ Australian Government
Editorial Board Memberships
- Editor-in-Chief in Urban Planning and Construction (Japan Bilingual Publishing Co.)
- Associate Editor in Materials Circular Economy (Springer Nature)
- Associate Editor in Frontiers in Built Environment (Urban Science speciality)
- Editorial (Review) Board member in Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (Emerald)
- Editorial Board member in Discover Sustainability (Springer Nature)
Guest Editorial Membership of Special Issues
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Using Circular Economy Principles to Manage Construction Waste”, Recycling Journal, 2022.
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Thermal Comfort and Adaptation in Urban Areas”, Sustainability Journal, 2021.
Technical Committee Memberships
- Scientific Committee Member, 47th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA24): 24-26 November 2024, Melbourne Australia
- Senior Advisor Board Member, International Conference of Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024): 7-8 November 2024, Auckland, New Zealand
- Technical Committee Member of 5th Symposium on Circular Economy and Sustainability: 17-19 June 2024, Chania, Greece
- Technical Committee Member of the 2nd International Conference on Circular Economy in the Construction Sector (2ª ciecc): 5-7 June 2024, Lagoa - São Miguel - Açores, Portugal
- Scientific Committee Member of the 46th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA 2023): November 26- 28, 2023, Auckland, New Zealand
- Scientific Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands (Uhi2023): 4-7 December 2023, Melbourne, Australia
- Scientific Committee Member, World Building Congress (CIB 2022): 27-30 June 2022, Melbourne, Australia
- Technical Committee Member of the 55th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ASA 2022): 1-2 December 2022, Perth, Australia
- Technical Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on Smart Villages and Rural Development (COSVARD 2022): 12-13 December 2022, Hybrid Mode
- Scientific Advisory Board Member of the 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES2023): 10-15 November 2021, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Technical Committee Member of the 4th International Conference on Smart Villages and Rural Development (COSVARD 2021): 13-14 December 2021, Webinar
- Technical Committee Member of the 52nd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ASA2018), 28 November-1 December 2018, Melbourne, Australia
Invited talks
- APEC 2024. Promoting Circular Economy in the Construction Industry within the APEC Region (Malaysia)
- Waste Expo 2023. The Impact of Landfill Levies on the Construction and Demolition Sector (Melbourne, Australia)
- PMDOK2022 Project Research Summit–The Circular Economy in the Australian Built Environment. University of Sydney & PMI (Sydney, Australia)
Memberships
- Member of Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia: 2020-present
- Industry Advisory Group Member of RMIT’s College of Vocational Education (Sustainable Building Design): 2023-2024
- Member of Construction Materials Stewardship Working Group (CIB W115): International Council of Research & Innovation in Building and Construction: 2023-present
Teaching and Coordinating
- Project Management Practice – BUSM1278, Postgraduate Course, 2024 – present
- Research Practice 1 – BUIL1306, Undergraduate Course, 2015 – present
- Research Practice 2 – BUSM1307, Undergraduate Course, 2016 – present
By appointment.
- PhD in Built Environment (RMIT University, Australia)
- GradCert in Construction Management (Deakin University, Australia)
- MSc (HortSci)
- BSc (HortSci)
Multiple year experience in management of urban green infrastructure projects.
- Shooshtarian, S.,Hosseini, M.,Kocaturk, T.,Arnel, T.,Garofano, N. (2023). Circular economy in the Australian AEC industry: investigation of barriers and enablers In: Building Research & Information, 51, 56 - 68
- Zaman, A.,Ruiz, A.,Shooshtarian, S.,Ryley, T.,Caldera, S.,Maqsood, T. (2023). Development of the circular economy design guidelines for the Australian built environment sector In: Sustainability, 15, 1 - 30
- Lam, C.,Shooshtarian, S.,Kenawy, I. (2023). Assessment of urban physical features on summer thermal perceptions using the local climate zone classification In: Building and Environment, 236, 1 - 19
- Shooshtarian, S.,Maqsood, T. (2023). Circularity in the Australian built environment sector In: Australian Environment Review, 37, 161 - 163
- Shooshtarian, S.,Gurmu, A.,Sadick, A. (2023). Application of natural language processing in residential building defects analysis: Australian stakeholders' perceptions, causes and types In: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 126, 1 - 16
- Shooshtarian, S.,Maqsood, T.,Caldera, S.,Ryley, T.,Wong, S. (2023). Development of end-markets for recycled construction and demolition waste resources in Australia, Nova Science, United States
- Shooshtarian, S.,Maqsood, T.,Wong, P.,Zaman, A.,Caldera, S.,Ryley, T. (2023). Utilisation of certification schemes for recycled products in the Australian building and construction sector In: Business Strategy and the Environment, , 1 - 19
- Shooshtarian, S.,Maqsood, T.,Wong, P.,Caldera, S.,Ryley, T.,Zaman, A.,Ruiz, A. (2023). Circular economy in action: the application of products with recycled content in construction projects – a multiple case study approach In: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, , 1 - 25
- Shooshtarian, S.,Maqsood, T.,Wong, S. (2023). Policy Intervention of Waste Management In: Waste Management in the Circular Economy, Springer, Cham, Switzerland
- Maqsood, T.,Shooshtarian, S. (2022). Circular economy implications for construction and demolition waste in Pakistan In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Civil and Construction Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan, 01/12/2022-03/12/2022
Outdoor thermal comfort, Urban greening, Built environment sustainability assessment and construction and demolition waste management
4 PhD Current Supervisions
- Using recycled and recyclable products: Influencing stakeholders through circular economy practices (Project 1.95). Funded by: Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre from (2023 to 2025)
- Enhancing the use of products with recycled contact in the Australian construction industry (Project 1.85). Funded by: Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre from (2021 to 2023)
- Creation and Stimulation of End Markets for Construction and Demolition Waste in Australia (Project 1.75). Funded by: Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre from (2020 to 2021)
- Project 2.76 - Sustainable Procurement (Western Sydney University - Project Leader).. Funded by: Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre from (2020 to 2021)
- A National Economic Approach to Improved Management of Construction and Demolition Waste. Funded by: Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre from (2018 to 2020)