Researcher

Dr Ali Kashani

My Expertise

Sustainability in Construction

Waste valorisation and circular economy

Carbon utilisation and minerlisation

Construction 3D printing

Geopolymer concrete

Machine learning and AI

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Construction Materials, Construction Engineering

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Biography

Dr Ali Kashani is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Concrete and 3D printing and a Churchill Fellow in Construction 3D Printing with extensive experience in research, development, and commercialisation of advanced and sustainable construction materials. One of his research area is 'Construction Automation' via development of novel high-performance materials and techniques for robot-aimed construction including 3D printing. His other main area...view more

Dr Ali Kashani is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Concrete and 3D printing and a Churchill Fellow in Construction 3D Printing with extensive experience in research, development, and commercialisation of advanced and sustainable construction materials. One of his research area is 'Construction Automation' via development of novel high-performance materials and techniques for robot-aimed construction including 3D printing. His other main area of research is sustainable construction materials for 'Circular Economy' including wastes valorisation, carbon capturing and mineralisation, low-carbon construction materials, sustainable concrete, and alkali-activated materials (geopolymers).


My Grants

Selected major grants:

  • Ailar Hajimohammadi, Ali Kashani, Taehwan Kim and Nasser Khalili  –   Creating construction materials from thermal treatment facility wastes  (CRC-P)                                
  • Ali Kashani – Experimental and numerical analysis for structural and durability optimisation of 3D printed concrete walls in singleand double-story houses printed in different climates  –  Direct research contract funded by Contour 3D
  • Ali Kashani – Developing a mortar for 3D printing using a gantry system –  Direct research contract funded by Contour 3D
  • Ali Kashani, Taehwan Kim, and Stephen Foster – Development of Sustainable Concrete with Glass Waste Mixes –  An Innovation Connection Grant by XL Concrete and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
  • Tuan Ngo and Ali Kashani  – Demonstration and developing VicRoads’ specification for use of waste glass in concrete –  Funded through a competitive R&D scheme of Sustainability Victoria in partnership with Level Crossing Removal Authority, KBR, John Holland, Hanson, and VicRoads
  • Tuan Ngo and Ali Kashani – Impact-resistant concrete safety road barrier with recycled tyre –  Funded through a competitive R&D scheme of Tyre Stewardship Australia in partnership with Saferoads and VicRoads
  • Tuan Ngo, Ali Kashani, and Ailar Hajimohammadi – A novel application of recycled glass in lightweight concrete –  Funded through a Competitive R&D scheme of Sustainability Victoria in partnership with PrefabAUS
  • Tuan Ngo and Ali Kashani – Novel applications of recycled tyre in lightweight composite sandwich panels –  Funded through a competitive R&D scheme of Tyre Stewardship Australia in partnership with PrefabAUS

 


My Awards

  • Churchill Fellowship for 3D printing of houses sponsored by AVJennings

My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

I will not be taking any new higher degree research (HDR) including PhD students until further notice. Please do not email in this regard.


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My Engagement

2021 - now Co-Chair – Cement and concrete working group at Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance (MECLA)
2021 - 2023 NSW Committee member – Concrete Institute of Australia
2018 - 2019 Academic member – Net Zero Concrete Industry Working Group
2019 - now Associate Fellow in teaching and learning –  the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
2016 - now Member – Concrete Institute of Australia
2014 - now Member – Australian Society of Rheology
2023 - 2024  Guest Editor of Journal of Case Studies in Construction Materials (Q1)
2019 - 2021 Guest Editor of Journal of Applied Sciences (Q1) for the special issue of "Microstructures and Materials for Additive Manufacturing"
2020 - 2021 Associate Editor of Journal of Frontiers in Built Environment for the special topic of “Materials and Technologies Towards Low-Carbon Concrete’"

My Teaching

CVEN 4104 'Sustainability in Construction'

CVEN 9731 'Project Management Framework'

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Location

Civil Engineering Building (H20) Level 2, Room CE204

Contact

(+61 2) 9385 5766
(+61 2) 9385 6139

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