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CURRICULUM VITAE

Saeed Karshenas, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233

Address:

330 W. Bergen Dr.

Fox point, WI 53217

Phone: (414) 288-3530

email: saeed.karshenas@marquette.edu

Personal Information:

Citizenship: United States of America

Marital status: Married, two children

Education:

Ph.D. Construction Engineering and Management, 1981

University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign

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

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

Professional License:

Licensed Engineer, State of Wisconsin (License # 26157-006).

Professional Experience:

1999- Present Professor, Marquette University (with tenure)

1990- 1999 Associate Professor, Marquette University (with tenure)

1983-1990 Assistant Professor, Marquette University

1981-1983 Assistant Professor, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana

1975-1980 Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign

1974-1975 Project engineer, Pariz Construction Company, Tehran, Iran.

PUBLICATIONS:

S. Karshenas, and M. Niknam, (2016). “Semantic Modeling of Building Lifecycle

Information,” International Workshop on Linked Data in Architecture and Construction,

21 June – 23 June, 2016, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Informáticos

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2016). “Integrating BIM and Project Schedule

Information Using the Semantic Web Technology,” Proceedings, 2016 ASCE

Construction Research Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2015). “Integrating distributed sources of information

for construction cost estimating using Semantic Web and Semantic Web Service

technologies,” Journal of Automation in Construction, volume 57, pages 222 to 239.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2015.04.003.

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M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2014). “Sustainable Design of Buildings using Semantic

BIM and Semantic Web Services.” Elsevier Procedia Engineering, 118, pages 909 to 917.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705815021852

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2015). “Improving Interoperability in the Design and

Construction with Semantic Technology.” ASCE Architecture/Engineering Conference,

Milwaukee, WI.

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2014). “A Social Networking Website for AEC Projects.”

ASCE Computing Conference, Orlando, Florida.

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2013). “Achieving Semantic Interoperability among

AEC/FM Knowledge Domains,” FIATECH Technology Conference, March 25-27, San

Antonio, Texas.

S. Karshenas, and M. Niknam, (2013). “Ontology-based Building Information Modeling,”

ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Univ. of Southern

California, June 2013.

M. Niknam, and S. Karshenas, (2013). “A Semantic Web Services Approach to

Construction Cost Estimating,” ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil

Engineering, Univ. of Southern California, June 2013.

S. Karshenas, Discussion of “Educational Simulation in Construction: Virtual

Construction Simulator,” ASCE Computing in Civil Engineering Journal,

November 2012.

S. Karshenas and D. Haber, “Development of a Serious Game for Construction Planning

and Scheduling Education,” ASCE Construction Research Congress 2012, Purdue

University, West Lafayette, IN.

S. Karshenas and A. Sharma, “Visually Scheduling Construction Projects,” ASCE

Construction Research Congress 2010, Banff, Canada.

S. Karshenas and Anamika Sharma, “An Interactive Visual Approach to Construction

Scheduling Education,” ASEE annual conference, October 10-11, 2009, Milwaukee, WI.

S. Karshenas, “Visualization and Multimedia Applications in Construction Cost

Estimating Education,” ASCE Construction Congress 2009, April 4-8, 2009, Seattle, WA.

C. Capano and S. Karshenas, “Development of a Single Source Digital Repository for

Construction Company Procurement Operations Data,” Proceedings of the Canadian

Society of Civil Engineers annual Conference held in Quebec, Canada, June 10-13, 2008.

Karshenas, S., “A Computerized Approach to Design Cost Analysis,” American

Association of Cost Engineers Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, July 2007.

Capano, C. and Karshenas, S., “An Information Structure for Construction Operations

Management,” ASCE Construction Research Congress, Bahamas, May 2007.

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Karshenas, S., “A Schematic Design Cost Management System,” ASCE Construction

Research Congress, Bahamas, May 2007.

S. Karshenas, (2006). “Automated Design Cost Estimating,” ASCE Architectural

Engineering Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

S. Karshenas, (2005). “Cost Estimating in the Age of Parametric CAD Software and

Object Databases,” ASCE Construction Research Congress, Dallas, Texas, April 2005.

S. Karshenas, (2003). “Case-Based Reasoning Applications in Estimating Concrete

Construction Costs,” ISEC International Conference on Information Systems in

Engineering and Construction, Cocoa Beach, Florida, June 2003.

C. Capano, and S. Karshenas, (2003). “Applying Accepted Economic Indicators to Predict

Cost Escalation for Construction,” Proceedings of he 39th Annual International

Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, Clemson, SC, April, 2003.

S. Karshenas and J. Tse, “ Application of Case-Based Reasoning in Construction Cost

Estimating,” Joint US-European Workshop on application of information technology in

construction, Nov. 2-4, 2002, Washington, D.C.

S. Karshenas and D.A. Montes Rivera, "Experimental Investigation of Performance of

Wood Formwork Shores," American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Performance of

Constructed Facilities, May 1997, Vol. II, No. 2, pp 58-66.

S. Karshenas, "Strength Variability of Conventional Slab Formwork Systems," American

Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Sept.

1997, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp 324-330.

S. Karshenas and Judith Feely, "Structural Properties of Used Formwork Sheathing

Plywood," Construction and Building Materials Journal, Nov. 1996, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp

533-563.

D. Montes Rivera and S. Karshenas, "Ellis Shores Data: Performance Under Load,"

Concrete International Design and Construction, Vol. 18, No. 10, October 1996, pp

54-58.

S. Karshenas and E. Mizian, "An Investigation of Structural Properties of Used Formwork

Stringers," ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.1, No. 8, 1996, pp. 51-

56.

S. Karshenas, "Safety Evaluation of the Current Concrete Slab Formwork Practices",

ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, August

7-9, 1996, Worcester, MA, 4 pages.

S. Karshenas, "Experimental Evaluation of Compressive Strength of Adjustable wood

Shores," American Concrete Institute Spring Convention, March 1996, Denver, Colorado,

6 pages.

S. Karshenas and S. Walsh, "Variability of Structural Properties of Used Formwork

Joists," Building Research Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1995, pp. 51-62.

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S. Karshenas, and S.M. Heinrich, "Dynamic Modeling of Slab Formwork During

Concrete Placement," ASCE Structural Division Journal, Vol. 120, No. 7, July 1994 pp.

2199-2217.

H. Ayoub, and Karshenas, S., "Survey Results for Concrete Construction Live Loads on

Newly-poured Slabs," ASCE Structural Division Journal, Vol. 120, No. 5, May 1994, pp.

1543-1582.

S. Karshenas, and H. Ayoub, "Analysis of Concrete Construction Live Loads on Newly-

poured Slabs," ASCE Structural Division Journal, Vol. 120, No. 5, May 1994, pp. 1525-

1542.

S. Karshenas, and H. Ayoub, "Construction Live Loads on Slab Formwork Before

Concrete Placement," Structural Safety Journal, Vol. 12, No.14, 1994, pp. 155-172.

S. Karshenas, "An Investigation of Strength Variability of Wood Slab Formworks,"

American Society of Civil Engineers Structures Congress, April 25-27, 1994, Atlanta,

Georgia, 8 pages.

S. Karshenas, "Computer Simulation of the Random Vibration of Slab Formworks During

Concrete Placement," 2nd Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 5-7, 1994,

Atlanta, Georgia, 6 pages.

S. Karshenas, "Reliability of Formworks in Multistory Concrete Construction," Fifth

Annual International Conference on Construction Safety and Loss Control, Oct. 12-14,

1994, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 151-158.

S. Karshenas, "Construction Loads," A chapter in a book entitled cast-in-place Concrete in

Tall Building Construction. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1992.

S. Karshenas and X. Feng, "Application of Computer Neural Networks to Construction

Equipment Production Estimating," Proceedings of the ASCE 8th Conference on

Computing in Civil Engineering, June 7-9, 1992, Dallas, Texas, 6 pages.

S. Karshenas and H. Ayoub, "A Survey of Construction Loads on Slab Formworks,"

presented at the Fall Convention of the American Concrete Institute, held in San Juan,

Puerto Rico, Oct. 25-30, 1992, 5 pages.

S. Karshenas and D. Haber, "Economic Optimization of Construction Project

Scheduling," Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1990,

pp. 135-146.

S. Karshenas, "Estimating Production of Multiloader-Truck Fleets," Transportation

Research Record No. 1234, Transportation Research Board, 1990, pp. 84-86.

D. Haber and S. Karshenas, "CONCEPTUAL-An Expert System For Conceptual

Structural Design." Journal of Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2, June

1990 pp. 119-127.

S. Karshenas, and F. Farid, "Multiloader-Truck Fleet Selection for Earthmoving,"

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Transportation Research Record No. 186, Transportation Research Board, 1988, pp.

51-65.

S. Karshenas, "Truck Capacity Selection for Earthmoving," American Society of Civil

Engineers Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 115, No. 2, June

1989, pp. 212-227.

F. Farid, and S. Karshenas, "Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria Under Inflation,"

Project Management Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 5, November 1988, pp. 23-29.

S. Karshenas, "Predesign Cost Estimating Method for Multistory Buildings," American

Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol.

110, No. 1, March 1984, pp. 79-86.

S. Karshenas, and U. Zafar, "Predesign Estimate of Elevator Cost in Multistory

Buildings," Transactions of the American Association of Cost Engineers, July 1985, pp.

8.1-8.5.

S. Karshenas, and A. H-S. Ang, "A Structural Safety Analysis of Buildings During

Construction," Journal of Structural Safety, Vol. 1, No. 4, Sept. 1983, pp. 239-255.

S. Karshenas, "Safety Analysis of Handset Wood Formwork Systems," Proceedings of the

ASCE Construction Congress II, May 1991, Boston, MA, pp. 59-64.

S. Karshenas and H. Ayoub, "An Investigation of Live Loads on Concrete Structures

During Construction." Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Safety

and Reliability, San Francisco, August 1989, pp. 1807-1814.

S. Karshenas and D. Haber, "An Expert System for Conceptual Design of Buildings,"

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in

Building Construction, Haifa, Israel, June 22-25, 1987, pp. 799-810

S. Karshenas and S. Heinrich, "Impact Load Effects on Slab Formworks During Concrete

Placement," Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress, held in San Antonio, Texas,

April 13-15, 1992, pp. 812-816.

S. Karshenas, "Analysis of Construction Loads in Multistory Buildings." Proceedings of

the American Society of Civil Engineers Structures Congress, May 1990, Baltimore, MD,

pp. 73-75.

F. Farid, S. Karshenas, "Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria for Measuring Progress

in a Deflationary or Inflationary Environment". Proceedings of Project Management

Institute Seminar/Symposium, Sept. 19-25, 1986, Montreal, Canada, 6 pages.

S. Karshenas, "Minimal Cost Proportioning of Multistory Buildings," Proceedings, Third

International Conference on Tall Buildings, 1984, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China,

pp. 82-90.

M. Wade, S. Karshenas, "Application of Integrated Software in Contract Document

Preparation," Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil

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Engineering, Nov. 9-11, 1988, Orlando, FL, 5 pages.

M. Thompson, S. Karshenas, "An Estimating Program for Asphalt Paving Contractors,"

Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering,

Nov. 9-11, 1988, Orlando, FL, 5 pages.

S. Karshenas, "Computer Application in Earthwork Volume Measurement," Proceedings,

Second National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Oct. 30-31, Nov.

1, 1984, Orlando, Florida, pp. 87-89.

S. Karshenas and A. H-S. Ang, "A Reliability Analysis of the Tier Method of

Construction of Steel Buildings," presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers

Annual Convention in New Orleans, Oct. 1982, 17 pages.

Research Reports:

W. Hay, W. H. Tang, S. Karshenas, and D. Lowe, "Development of a Risk Methodology

for Railroad Transportation System Safety," A Final Report to the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Dec. 1976.

S. Karshenas and A. H-S. Ang, "A Structural Safety Analysis of Building during

Construction," Structural Research Series, No. 488, Dept. of Civil Engineering,

University of Illinois, Feb. 1981.

Funded Research:

“Visualization applications in Construction Project Scheduling,” Principal Investigator

Saeed Karshenas. Funded by College of Engineering, Marquette University. Budget

$15000. Academic year 2008-2009.

“Visualization Technologies and their Applications in Construction Engineering

Education,” Principal Investigator Saeed Karshenas. Funded by College of

Engineering, Marquette University. Budget $32000. Academic year 2007-2008.

“Multimedia Applications in Construction Education,” Principal Investigator

Saeed Karshenas. Funded by Associated General Contractors of Greater

Milwaukee, $10,000, July 1998.

"Development of Resistance Models for Slab Formworks Systems" Principal Investigator,

Saeed Karshenas. Funded by, National Science Foundation, grant amount $102,626,

December 1990 to December 1993.

Research Experience for Undergraduate Award, $5,000, National Science Foundation,

summer of 1992.

"Development of Probability Models for Formwork Live Loads," Principal Investigator

Saeed Karshenas. Funded by, National Science Foundation, grant amount: $112,971,

March 1987 to December 1989.

Research Experience for Undergraduate Award, $4,000, National Science Foundation,

summer, 1989.

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"Application of Knowledge-based Expert Systems to Optimization of Building Design in

the Conceptual Stage," Principal Investigator Saeed Karshenas. Funded by, Jansen

Development Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, grant amount: $45,000, February 1986

to February 1988.

NSF International Travel Grant to attend and present a paper in the 3rd International

Conference on Tall Buildings, held in Hong Kong and China, $1,300, December 1984.

Courses Taught:

Building Information Modeling Construction Management

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Methods and Equipment

Temporary Structures in Construction

Decision and Risk Analysis for Engineers

Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning, Design and Construction

Civil Engineering Senior Design

Object-Oriented Modeling and Design for Engineers

Distributed Construction Application Development

Computer Applications in Construction

Advanced Concepts in Construction Cost Estimating and Economic Analysis

Service Activities (partial list): Member of Marquette University Sabbatical Review Committee numerous terms.

College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Committee, numerous terms.

Department of Civil Engineering Chair Search Committee, 2003.

Chairman, ASCE Southeast Wisconsin Scholarship Committee, 1993-1995

Member of Marquette University Financial Aid Committee, 1985 to 1988

Member of Marquette University Parking Committee, numerous terms.

Member of Civil Engineering Dept. Undergraduate Curriculum, 1985- 88.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept. Construction Management Committee, 1984-

present.

Member of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Graduate Committee,

1988-present

Member of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Scholarship Committee.

Member of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Long Range Planning

Committee, 1997.

Village of Fox point Water and Sewer Commission, 1995 – present.

Nicole High School Science Fair Judge, 2005 – present.

Reviewer of the following Journals: Automation in Construction Journal

ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.

ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

ASCE Structures Journal.

Structural Safety Journal International Journal of Computer-integrated Design and Construction.

Professional Affiliations: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1982-present

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ASCE Standards Committee on Design Loads for Structures During Construction, Control

Group Member, 1988-2003

ASCE Construction Research Council, 1984-present

ASCE Construction Equipment and Methods Committee, 1984-2005

ASCE Computer Applications in Construction Committee, 1990-2009

American Concrete Institute, 1990 - 2010

International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, 1988-1998

Graduate Student Advising:

PH.D. Thesis Directed:

“A Semantics-Based Approach to Construction Cost Estimating,” Mehrdad Niknam,

Department of Civil Engineering, Marquette University, 2015.

“Construction Operations Analysis for Development of Historical Cost Databases,” Craig

Capano, Department of Civil Engineering, Marquette University, 2007.

"Probability Models for Concrete Construction Live Loads," Haitham N. Ayoub,

Department of Civil Engineering, Marquette University, 1992.

"Application of Knowledge-based Expert Systems to Optimization of Building Design at

the Conceptual Stage," David Haber, Department of Civil Engineering, Marquette

University, 1988.

M.S. Students:

Over 50 M.S. students (thesis and essay options).