Malik Khalfan

Malik Khalfan

Adjunct Associate Professor

Details

  • College: Design and Social Context
  • Department: Design and Social Context
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • malik.khalfan@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Malik Khalfan is an Associate Professor in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management.


Awards
- Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010
Potbhare, V.; Syal, M.; Arif, M.; Khalfan, M. M. A and Egbu, C. (2009), Emergence of Green Building Guidelines in Developed Countries and their Impact on India, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 99–121.

- Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010
Arif, M.; Egbu, C. O.; Haleem, A.; Kulonda, D. and Khalfan, M. M. A. (2009); State of Green Construction in India: Drivers and Challenges, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol. 7, No.2, pp. 223–234.

Best Research Paper Award at Conferences:
- Khalfan, M. M. A. and Maqsood, T. (2010), Building Supply Chain Capital through Knowledge Management in Construction Industry, CIB 2010 Symposium, W102 track, Salford, UK, 10–13 May 2010, http://www.cib2010.org/

- RMIT – School of Property, Construction and Project Management
- PCPM Research Award $8,000, 2009–2010.

Innovation Award 2000 (Best Research Paper) by CIOB, March 2001

- The Chartered Institute of Building - General - Innovation Awards
Loughborough University newsletter Issue 7, June 2001 (page 9)

Khalfan, M. M. A.; Anumba, C. J. & Carrillo, P. M., An Investigation of the Readiness of the Construction Industry for Concurrent Engineering, Presentation on 19th April 2001, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), London, UK.

Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2008
- Khalfan, M. M. A.; McDermott, P.; and Swan, W. (2007) Building Trust in Construction Projects, Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 6, pp. 385–391.

Best Research Paper Award at a Conference:
- Khalfan, M. M. A. & Anumba, C. J. (2000), Readiness Assessment for Concurrent Engineering in Construction, Proceedings of the Bizarre Fruit 2000 National Conference of Postgraduate Research in the Built and Human Environment, University of Salford, UK, 9–10 March 2000, pp. 42–54.

- Faculty Enterprise Competition Award, University of Salford – Award of £20,000 – January 2008.

Professional interests:
- Full member of Australian Institute of Building (AIB)
- International and national leadership roles
- Joint Co-ordinator of CIB W102 Information and Knowledge Management
- Regional Co-ordinator of TG 74 New Production and Business Models in Construction
- Regional Co-ordinator of CIB W92 Procurement Systems
- Committee member Australian Institute of Building (AIB) Victorian Chapter 2010–2011.

Visiting appointments
- Visiting Researcher, RMIT in July 2005 (Prof Derek Walker and Dr Tayyab Maqsood) (Australia)
- Academic Visitor, National University Singapore (jointly funded by The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK and SCRI) (Singapore, from 26/03/2007 to 22/04/2007)
- Visiting Researcher, Queensland University of Technology, March 2008 (Australia)
- Academic Visitor, University of Malaysia (5th Nov 2009) invited by Dr Hafez Salleh.
- CIDB Consultation work on procurement and supply chain management, Malaysia (2009)
- Visiting Researcher at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (15–24 Dec 2009) School of Housing, Building and Planning.
- CIDB Consultation work on procurement and IBS, Malaysia (2010)

Academic positions

  • Senior Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • Project Management
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 2009 – 2009
  • Senior Research Fellow and Full Member of Research Centre
  • University of Salford
  • Salford Centre for Research & Innovation (SCRI)
  • Salford, United Kingdom
  • 2008 – 2009
  • Research Fellow and Full Member of Research Centre
  • University of Salford
  • Salford Centre for Research & Innovation (SCRI)
  • Salford, United Kingdom
  • 2004 – 2008
  • Research Associate
  • Loughborough University
  • Department of Civil and Building Engineering
  • Loughborough, United Kingdom
  • 2001 – 2004

Supervisor projects

  • Project Management of Mega Property Developments - Comprehensive Framework, Techniques, Best Practices and New Body of Knowledge

  • 30 Jan 2020
  • Applying Design Thinking and Agile techniques in Asset Lifecycle Management
  • 20 Sep 2019

Teaching interests

Construction management, Project management, Supply chain management in construction industry, Construction procurement, Sustainable construction, Knowledge management in construction industry, Industrial building systems (IBS), Concurrent engineering.

Research interests

Building, Other Built Environment and Design, Business and Management, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science and Management, Library and Information Studies
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