Dr. Salman Azhar is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. He has more than 15 years of research, teaching and construction industry experience by working in USA, Hong Kong, Thailand and Pakistan. Dr. Azhar has conducted research on Building Information Modeling, Construction safety, Decision support systems and Construction education. His research projects have been funded by the US Department of State, Construction Industry Institute (CII), National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), the Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors, and several construction firms in the Southeast USA. He has written a book entitled “Data Warehousing in Construction Organizations: Concepts, Architecture and Implementation”, co-edited seven conference proceedings and published more than 90 papers in refereed journals and conferences. He twice received the Best Conference Award at the Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, USA. Dr. Azhar is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Construction Education and Research, USA and Editorial Board Member of ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering. Dr. Azhar received the Auburn University’s Outstanding Faculty award in 2012 and the Building Science Outstanding Researcher Award in 2011 and 2009.
