Professor Ron Wakefield
Dean, School of PCPM/ADVC International
Details
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College: Design and Social Context
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Department: Design and Social Context
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ron.wakefield@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-0058-6008
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Professor Ron Wakefield is Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, International and Dean of School at RMIT's School of Property, Construction and Project Management.
Honours and awards:
- Excellence in Scholarship, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2003
- Clifton Garvin Fellowship, Recognizing contributions to Virginia Tech’s Top 30 Research University Goal, May 2002
- Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2001
- Department of Building Construction, Exemplary Faculty Award, Selected by Building Construction Students, May 2004, 2003, 2000
Honours and awards:
- Excellence in Scholarship, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2003
- Clifton Garvin Fellowship, Recognizing contributions to Virginia Tech’s Top 30 Research University Goal, May 2002
- Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2001
- Department of Building Construction, Exemplary Faculty Award, Selected by Building Construction Students, May 2004, 2003, 2000
Academic positions
- Professor of Construction and Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor
- RMIT University
- International
- Melbourne, Australia
- Sep 2013 – Present
- Program Director
- RMIT University
- Delivery and Management of Built Assets, Cooperative Research Centre – Construction Innovation
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 – 2008
- Director, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Design and Planning
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- College of Architecture and Urban Studies
- , United States
- Jul 2002 – Dec 2004
- Associate Director
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Housing Research Center
- , United States
- Feb 2002 – Dec 2004
- Professor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- William E. Jamerson
- , United States
- Aug 2000 – Dec 2004
- Associate Professor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- William E. Jamerson
- , United States
- Aug 1998 – Aug 2000
- Senior Lecturer
- UNSW Sydney
- Engineering Construction and Management
- Sydney, Australia
- 1996 – 1998
- Visiting Fellow
- University of Hong Kong
- Building and Construction
- Hong Kong, China
- 1995 – 1995
- Lecturer
- UNSW Sydney
- Engineering Construction and Management
- Sydney, Australia
- 1989 – 1996
- Teaching Fellow
- UNSW Sydney
- Engineering Construction and Management
- Sydney, Australia
- 1987 – 1989
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Princeton University
- Princeton, United States
- 1985 – 1987
Non-academic positions
- Civil Engineer
- Electricity Commission of New South Wales
- , Australia
- 1984 – 1985
- Cadet Engineer
- Electricity Commission of New South Wales
- , Australia
- 1980 – 1983
Supervisor projects
- Application of IOTs within the Australian Construction Industry
- 3 Jun 2024
- Emotion Detection using Heart Rate Variability based Artificial Intelligence Model for personalized well-being in the Construction Industry
- 19 Feb 2024
- Decoding the Global Mass Timber Construction Supply Chain: Towards a Greater Adoption of Sustainable Building Technologies
- 5 Jul 2023
- Project Management of Mega Property Developments - Comprehensive Framework, Techniques, Best Practices and New Body of Knowledge
- 25 Oct 2022
- Pluggable Multi-objective optimization of solar building envelope: A BIM-based generative design method
- 29 Jun 2022
- Deep Learning-based Building Envelope Information Extraction for BIPV Application
- 31 Jul 2020
- Multi-objective Solar Building Envelope Design Optimization
- 5 May 2020
- A Framework for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Design and Management in Australia in Early Design Phase
- 15 Aug 2017
- Local parameters of housing prices: a case study of the Melbourne residential property market
- 6 Sep 2016
- Forecasting the Performance of Commercial Property Market: Beyond the Primary Reliance on Econometrics Models
- 6 Sep 2016
- The Resources Cycle Impact on Housing in Australian Mining Towns in the Bowen Basin, Queensland (2000-2016)
- 6 Sep 2016
- Is there Value in Waiting? An Empirical Study of Real Options Application to Australian Property Developments
- 13 Nov 2015
- The Transfer of Training among Australian Construction Workers Participating in Occupational Health and Safety Training
- 26 Aug 2015
- Identifying and Pricing Risk in Residential Development
- 27 Feb 2012
Teaching interests
Quantitative Management, Project Management, Systems Engineering, Engineering Construction, Engineering Management, Construction Simulation and Design, Quality and Quality Systems, Construction Practice
Industrialised/open building systems; occupational health and safety; information and process management.
Industrialised/open building systems; occupational health and safety; information and process management.
Research interests
Construction information technology, Industrialization of construction, Simulation of engineering systems, Construction occupational health and safety, Automation, Optimization of construction systems, Productivity improvement, Housing construction, Project management, Visualization.
