Abbas M.  Abd

Abbas M.  Abd; I was  completed  my  undergraduate  studies  in Civil Engineering Department  at  Al-Nahrain University-Baghdad, Iraq,  in  1994,  and received  the  M.Sc. degree in  Construction Project Management  from  AL-Mustansiriya  University  in  2003.  I  was awarded  (PhD)  Doctoral of  Philosophy  in  Civil Engineering  in 2010 from UKM University, Malaysia. During 2008-2010,  I  joined to SUCOMB research group   (Sustainable Construction Materials and Building Systems),  and  the Sustainable Urban Transportation  Research Center (SUTRA) at UKM University, Malaysia.  Diyala  University,  Iraq  (When established in 1999),  requested  me  to  establish the Engineering Affairs  Department; this unit was responsible for setting  up the development planning, Supervision and implementation of construction projects. In 2001  my  responsibility  was to set up  the  Center  of  Computer and Information, and in 2003 I was requested for the foundation of Civil Engineering Department in Faculty  of Engineering, I served as coordinator of the department till 2006. I was joined the Engineering Consulting  Bureau in  2003 as a construction engineering management consultant.  At the  Diyala  University  I  had served as a  senior lecturer, in  2006. Also,  I was  involved in the administration board of the faculty as  Secretary  of the  Council of the Faculty of  Engineering  for  4  years.  From  2010 to 2012  I  was appointed as  the director of Scholarships and Cultural relations in Diyala University, since May 2012 to September 2013 I was appointed as Deputy Dean for Scientific Affaire. During 1999 to 2006  I was  appointed  as project manager for more than 25 construction projects within  Diyala University. Since 1994  my  researches  were  focused on several issues including  Cost analysis,  Delay in construction projects, Quality  and Risk  management systems, Optimization and development of  construction method,  integrated  management systems,  artificial intelligent application in  different  construction area.  I was awarded the silver medal in ITEX’09 Malaysia  Exhibition, Also in 2010 I was  registered may Paten in the development of Integrated management system in Malaysia.   Nowadays, I was  Assistant  Professor  of construction management in the civil engineering  department,  university of Diyala,  Iraq.  The  interesting in research areas include  Artificial  Intelligent application in construction,  Sustainable  construction,  Building Information Modelling BIM,  Neural network, Fuzzy Logic,  Building material and  resources development, and  Quality Management System.  the published researches were 26 research  papers in journals and international conferences