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

Supervision keywords

3d printing

concrete

alkali-activated geopolymer concrete

automation

sustainability

artificial intelligence

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.

Currently supervising

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’"