By Dr Sara Shirowzhan

Book Chapters

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 1 Fundamentals of visualization and informatics in urban planning and construction management', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 1 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00002-4

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 10 Visual analytics case studies and concepts of data informatics and governance insights', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 231 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00011-5

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 11 Digital informatics and light detection and ranging in the built environment', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 255 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00010-3

Smith KI; Shirowzhan S; Romero JSG; Sepasgozar SME, 2026, 'Chapter 2 Urban digital informatics: Lessons learnt from COVID-19', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 33 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00001-2

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 3 A quantitative comparison between healthcare and construction workers' relationship to the spread of COVID-19 in Australia: Data from disasters', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 51 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00004-8

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 4 Metaverse‑supported training for complex tunnelling process: A metaverse concept and multiavatar virtual module of underground spaces, with a tunnel-boring machine scenario and enhancing learning experiences', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 89 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00003-6

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 5 Education for complex construction processes using applied metaverse risk scenarios and fault-tree models for tunnelling operations learning', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 109 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00005-x

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 6 Game-enhanced learning in construction processes: Module development factors affecting users’ intention to experience pilling risk management and review of applications', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 127 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00006-1

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 7 Immersive learning design and development: Training in an immersive environment, visualising pile construction, and site layout', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 147 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00009-7

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 8 Learning experiences of piling construction: Developing an evaluation model for a game-based virtual training module', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 179 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00008-5

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S; Smith K; Romero JG, 2026, 'Chapter 9 Modular construction and future industry practices: Practical lessons from visualizations based on real-world applications and virtual reality experiments in construction', in Digital Informatics, Visualisation and Virtual Reality in the Built Environment, Elsevier, pp. 205 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-24792-7.00007-3

Sepasgozar SME; Ahmad Khan A; Shirowzhan S; Garzon Romero JS; Pettit C; Zhang C; Oh J; Liang R, 2024, 'Immersive virtual environments and digital twin applications for education and training: Trends in construction, mining, and urban planning studies', in Digital Twin Adoption and BIM-GIS Implementation, Routledge, London, pp. 66 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-5

Butler L; Shirowzhan S, 2024, 'BIM and GIS values and acceptance criteria in government-funded infrastructure projects. A case study of Australia', in Digital Twin Adoption and Bim GIS Implementation, pp. 177 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-8

Mura M; Sepasgozar SME; Shirowzhan S; Marco AD; Ostwald MJ, 2024, 'Digital twin adoption modelling incorporating job relevance, usefulness, and relative advantage: An empirical investigation', in Digital Twin Adoption and BIM-GIS Implementation, Routledge, pp. 43 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-4

Sepasgozar SME; Shirowzhan S; Mura M; De Marco A; Ostwald MJ; Edwards D, 2024, 'Digital twin maturity and readiness metrics for assessing practitioners’ intention to use. Model development and multi-group structural analysis', in Digital Twin Adoption and Bim GIS Implementation, pp. 25 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-3

Shirowzhan S; Mecheril Binoy S; Sepasgozar SME, 2024, 'Web-based BIM-GIS integration workflows for making cities’ digital twin 3D models', in Digital Twin Adoption and Bim GIS Implementation, pp. 145 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-7

Shi A; Shirowzhan S; M.E. Sepasgozar S, 2021, 'Computational Workflow for Three-Dimension Printing in Construction: Digital Tools and Methodological Limitations', in Advances and Technologies in Building Construction and Structural Analysis, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101474

Sepasgozar S; David Bienvenido-Huertas J; Shirowzhan S; Sargolzae S, 2021, 'Introductory Chapter: Intelligence, Sustainable and Post-COVID-19 Resilience Built Environment: An Agenda for Future', in Design of Cities and Buildings - Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97100

Shi A; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar S; kaboli A, 2020, '5D BIM Applications in Quantity Surveying: Dynamo and 3D Printing Technologies', in Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91221

Kimmel L; Shirowzhan S; Mojtahedi M; Sepasgozar S; Peacock J, 2020, 'A GIS-Based Risk and Safety Analysis of Entrance Areas in Educational Buildings Based on Students’ Experience', in Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89752

McNamara A, 2020, 'Automating the Chaos: Intelligent Construction Contracts', in Shirowzhan S; Kefeng Z (ed.), Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, IntechOpen, pp. 119 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90764

Shirowzhan S; Trinder J; Osmond P, 2019, 'New Metrics for Spatial and Temporal 3D Urban Form Sustainability Assessment Using Time Series Lidar Point Clouds and Advanced GIS Techniques', in Almusaed AZ; Almssad A; Linh TH (ed.), Urban Design, Intech Open, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89617

Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar SME; Ullah F; Minhas PS, 2019, 'Implication of a Construction Labour Tracking System for Measuring Labour Productivity', in Wu P; Wang X (ed.), Innovative Production and Construction, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789813272491_0001

Edited Books

Sepasgozar S; Shirowzhan S, (ed.), 2024, Digital Twin Adoption and BIM-GIS Implementation, Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000

Shirowzhan S; Willie T; Sepasgozar S, (eds.), 2020, Spatial Big Data, BIM and advanced GIS for Smart Transformation City, Infrastructure and Construction, International Journal of Geo-Information, Switzerland, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03936-031-4

Shirowzhan S; Kefeng Z, (ed.), 2020, Smart Cities and Construction Technologies, IntechOpen, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LGH9DwAAQBAJ

Sepasgozar S; Tahmasebinia F; Shirowzhan S, (eds.), 2020, Infrastructure Management and Construction, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpj8DwAAQBAJ

Journal articles

Saravana A; Shirowzhan S; Tahmasebinia F; Sepasgozar SME, 2026, 'Construction Education Alignment with Industry Skills Demands: A Data-Driven Evaluation Using Sampled Evidence in Australia', Sustainability, 18, pp. 7297, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su18147297

McNamara AJ; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar SME, 2025, 'A roadmap for intelligent contract development: identifying automation opportunities for construction contract administration', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, pp. 1 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-06-2025-0345

Du W; M.E. Sepasgozar S; Khan A; Shirowzhan S; Garzon Romero J, 2025, 'Developing an interactive pile training module for construction risk management and gaging users’ intentions', Construction Innovation, 25, pp. 893 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-10-2022-0269

Islam A; Shirowzhan S; Pettit CJ, 2025, 'Geographic Information System Based Site Selection for NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones: Addressing SDG 7', Sustainability Switzerland, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su17062708

Abdeen FN; Sepasgozar SME; Shirowzhan S; Lee CL, 2025, 'A user-driven design approach towards developing a citizen-centric digital twin for maintaining urban infrastructure', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-02-2025-0067

Xu S; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar S, 2025, 'Spatiotemporal analysis and GIS-based dashboard development for urban household waste', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-08-2023-0229

Li J; Shirowzhan S; Pignatta G; Sepasgozar SME, 2024, 'Data-Driven Net-Zero Carbon Monitoring: Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Building Information Modelling, Remote Sensing, and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Cities', Sustainability Switzerland, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16156285

McNamara AJ; Shirowzhan S; ME Sepasgozar S; Sepasgozar S, 2024, 'Investigating the determents of intelligent construction contract adoption: a refinement of the technology readiness index to inform an integrated technology acceptance model', Construction Innovation, 24, pp. 702 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CI-10-2021-0191

Abdeen FN; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar SME, 2023, 'Citizen-centric digital twin development with machine learning and interfaces for maintaining urban infrastructure', Telematics and Informatics, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2023.102032

Mair DF; Sepasgozar S; Tahmasebinia F; Shirowzhan S, 2023, 'Recycling Waste Construction Material and Industry Involvement in University Investigations: Developing a Framework', Journal of Architectural Engineering, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1218

Xu S; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar SME, 2023, 'Urban Waste Management and Prediction through Socio-Economic Values and Visualizing the Spatiotemporal Relationship on an Advanced GIS-Based Dashboard', Sustainability Switzerland, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151612208

Debnath R; Pettit C; Soundararaj B; Shirowzhan S; Jayasekare AS, 2023, 'Usefulness of an Urban Growth Model in Creating Scenarios for City Resilience Planning: An End-User Perspective', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 12, pp. 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12080311

Karimi R; Shirowzhan S; Sepasgozar SME, 2023, 'Architectural Design Criteria Considering the Circular Economy and Buildability for Smart Disaster Relief Shelter Prototyping', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071777

Tahmasebinia F; Jiang S; Shirowzhan S; Mann L; Sepasgozar SME, 2023, 'Exploring the Integration of Architectural Design and Advanced Structural Analysis for Steel–Glass Structures: A Comparative Study of Different Case Scenarios', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061369

Sepasgozar SME; Khan AA; Smith K; Romero JG; Shen X; Shirowzhan S; Li H; Tahmasebinia F, 2023, 'BIM and Digital Twin for Developing Convergence Technologies as Future of Digital Construction', Buildings, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020441

Yang L; Sepasgozar SME; Shirowzhan S; Kashani A; Edwards D, 2023, 'Nozzle criteria for enhancing extrudability, buildability and interlayer bonding in 3D printing concrete', Automation in Construction, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104671

Ghobadi M; Shirowzhan S; Ghiai MM; Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh F; Tahmasebinia F, 2023, 'Augmented Reality Applications in Education and Examining Key Factors Affecting the Users’ Behaviors', Education Sciences, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13010010

Masoumi H; Shirowzhan S; Eskandarpour P; Pettit CJ, 2023, 'City Digital Twins: their maturity level and differentiation from 3D city models', Big Earth Data, 7, pp. 1 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2022.2160156

Smith KI; Shirowzhan S, 2022, 'A GIS-Based Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Relationship between the Outbreak of COVID-19, Delta Variant and Construction in Sydney and Melbourne', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120617

Wang CC; Shirowzhan S, 2022, 'THE 7th SMART DATA SMART CITIES: PREFACE ARCHIVES', International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS Archives, 48, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W5-2022-1-2022

Shirowzhan S; Wang C, 2022, 'THE 7thSMART DATA SMART CITIES: PREFACE ANNALS', ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-1-2022

Zhu Z; Shirowzhan S; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Investigation of Development Applications: A GIS Based Spatiotemporal Analysis in the City of Sydney Area 2004–2022', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101601

Yang J; Alahmadi KM; Shirowzhan S, 2022, 'The impact of urban expansion in Beijing and Metropolitan Area urban heat Island from 1999 to 2019', Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, 7, pp. 581 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.1.00104

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