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

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