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Dr. Saiedeh N. Razavi
 B.Sc. (Sharif, Iran), M.Sc. (Iran),
Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Office JHE 337
Extension 27155
Email address razavi@mcmaster.ca

 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Chair in Heavy Construction

Structures and Earthquake Engineering

Research Interests

Sensing, automation, information technology, and artificial information for construction engineering and management, infrastructure management, logistics, and transportation

  • Intelligent construction
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Intelligent infrastructure
  • Sustainable infrastructure
  • Construction safety
  • Automated infrastructure condition assessment and monitoring

Specific Research Interests and Activities

Location Aware Construction
Location-aware computing in construction is an emerging area where the location of materials, equipment, and personnel can be used to derive knowledge about the state of the project. This stream of research use the awareness of the location to acquire information for scalable decision-making, progress tracking, proactive safety monitoring, and, subsequently, operation and maintenance of constructed facilities.

Wireless sensing for road and transportation management
This research is focusing on identifying the implications of implementing connected vehicles on transportation management in the Province of Ontario. Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) communications promise to contribute to safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability.

Publications

  • Khaleghi, B., Khamis, A., Karray, F, Razavi, S., (2012), "Multisensor data fusion: A review of the state-of-the-art", Elsevier Journal of Information Fusion. In Press.
  • Razavi, S.N., Montaser A., Moselhi, O. (2012). "RFID Deployment Protocols for Indoor Construction", the Journal of Construction Innovation: Information, Process, and Management. In Press.
  • Razavi, S.N., Haas, C., (2012). "A Reliability-Based Hybrid Data Fusion Method for Adaptive Location Estimation in Construction." ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(1), 1-10.
  • Razavi, S.N., Duflos E., Haas, C., Vanheeghe P. (2011) "Dislocation Detection in Field Environments: A Belief Functions Contribution.", Journal of Expert Systems with Applications. In Press.
  • Razavi, S.N., Haas, C. (2011). "Using Reference RFID Tags for Calibrating the Estimated Locations of Construction Materials.", International Journal of Automation in Construction, doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2010.12.009.
  • Razavi, S.N., Haas, C. (2010). "Multisensor Data Fusion for On-Site Materials Tracking in Construction.", International Journal of Automation in Construction, 19(8), 1037-1046.
  • Shahandashti, S.M., Razavi, S.N., Soibelman, L., Berges, M., Caldas, C.H., Brilakis, I., Teizer, J., Haas, C.T., Garrett, J.H., Akinci, B., Zhu, Z. (2010). "Data Fusion Approaches and Applications for Construction Engineering." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000287.
  • Nasir, H., Haas, C.T., Young, D.A., Razavi, S.N., Caldas, C. and Goodrum, P. (2010). "An Implementation Model for Automated Construction Materials Tracking and Locating.", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 37(4), 588-599.
  • Caron, F., Razavi, S. N., Song, J. Vanheeghe, P., Duflos, E., Caldas, C., and Haas, C. T. (2007). "Locating Sensor Nodes on Construction Projects.", Journal of Autonomous Robots, 22(3), 255-263.