Dr Mehdi Amirkhani

Dr Mehdi Amirkhani is an Online Course Facilitator (OCF) within the Bachelor of Construction Management program. His role involves working closely with UniSA Online and UniSA STEM to deliver high-quality online teaching to UniSA online students and coordinate online tutoring staff's day-to-day activities.

Mehdi has significant experience teaching environmental technology. These include units centred around lighting, energy estimation, thermal comfort, acoustics (speech privacy and speech intelligibility) and computational simulation programs. In particular, Mehdi's expertise includes strategies for applying environmental technologies in sustainable design and building retrofitting that facilitate occupants' health and well-being.

He is an active researcher in building environmental technologies, building systems and services, building retrofitting, sustainable design, net-zero energy buildings and indoor environmental quality. His PhD thesis established an innovative approach to lighting design in office buildings that optimised the visual comfort (electric and daylight) and energy consumption performance of commercial façades.

Dr Mehdi Amirkhani has more than twelve years of practical experience as an Architect in Australia and overseas. He is also an Editor and Reviewer of several scientific journals and international conferences. Mehdi is an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Secretary of the Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH) Network and a member of the Architectural Science Association (ASA). 

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Queensland University of Technology

• Master of Architecture Islamic Azad University

• Bachelor of Architectural Engineering Islamic Azad University