Biography
With a background in architectural engineering, Dr Masoud Sajjadian is a graduate of Nottingham and Liverpool Universities. He is a Lecturer in Architectural Technology and Programme Leader for MSc Architectural Technology and Building Performance. His research focus is on building performance analysis aiming to reduce the gap and mediate effective engineering analysis tools and architectural design. He is actively engaged in teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities focusing on energy efficiency and building performance simulation.
His research has evolved from investigating the use of simulation tools to predict building performance in a changing climate to exploring their development with the integration of Solar Air Collectors to combining them with Artificial Intelligence methods to influence users’ comfort uncertainty in the analysis. He has also completed a €400K EU-funded project as co-investigator on Sustainable High-Rise Buildings Designed and Constructed in Timber.
Before joining Edinburgh Napier, he was a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technology where he authored numerous UG and PG modules and an MSc course in Building Simulations. He also held several varied teaching roles at Liverpool School of Architecture, worked at TATA steel company as a Cardiff University research associate and worked as Knowledge Transfer Partnership associate at Morganstone Ltd.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Member of IET, a Fellow member of CIAT and a full college member of EPSRC.