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Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

• About
  • Advisory Councils
  • Department Committee Rosters
  • Enrollment and Degrees Awarded
  • Mission
  • Objectives
  • Outcomes
• Undergraduate
  • ABET Accreditation
  • Academic Advising Center
  • Civil Engineering Degree Program
  • Construction Engineering Degree Program
  • Co-op/Internship Program
  • Five Year Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program
  • E-Lead Program
  • Senior Design
  • Undergraduate Research Program
• Graduate
  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Master of Science
  • Mission
• Faculty & Staff

  Civil, Construction and Environmental Faculty & Staff

  • Regular Faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Research Faculty
  • Emeriti Faculty
  • Staff
• Research

  Themes

  • Construction Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering (ENEN)
  • Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics (SESM)
  • Transportation Engineering and Materials (TEAM)
    

  Resources

  • Centers
  • Consortia & Collaboration
  • Grant Development Office
  • Lab Safety
  • Labs

Research Interests

• System reliability analysis
• Construction safety
• Computer applications in construction

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., 1981, Construction Engineering and Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.S., 1975, Structural Engineering, Tehran University

B.S., 1974, Civil Engineering, Tehran University

Selected Publications

Niknam, Mehrdad, Karshenas, Saeed. "Construction Cost Estimating Using Semantic Web and Semantic Web Service Technologies." American Society of Civil Engineers. Reston, VA. United States. 2013.

Karshenas, Saeed. "Discussion of "Educational Simulation in Construction: Virtual Construction Simulator"." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. ASCE. USA. 26. 6. 804 to 805. 2012.

Karshenas, Saeed, Niknam, Mehrdad. ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering. ASCE. University of Southern California. "A Semantic Web Service Approach to Construction Cost Estimating." Academic. Accepted. December 2012.

Karshenas, Saeed, Niknam, Mehrdad. ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering. ASCE. University of Southern California. "Ontology-based building information modeling." Academic. Accepted. December 2012.

Karshenas, Saeed. ASCE Construction Research Congress. ASCE. Purdue University. "Developing a Serious Game for Construction Planning and Scheduling Education." Academic. Accepted. May 2012.