Dr Henry Fonbeyin - Oxford Brookes University

Dr Henry Abanda Fonbeyin

PhD, Dipl. -Ing., PGcert (Distinction) BSc (Hons), CEng MEEC MIET FHEA

Reader in Construction IT

School of the Built Environment

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment

Phone number: 01865483475

Email: fabanda@brookes.ac.uk

Location: Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, OX3 0BP

Dr. Henry Abanda has a BSc (Hons) and Dipl.-Ing. in Mathematics/Physics and Civil Engineering respectively. After obtaining his degree in Civil Engineering in 2003, Henry worked as a Project Engineer on projects funded by the governments of Cameroon and Japan. Henry obtained his PhD from the Faculty of Technology, Design & Environment at Oxford Brookes University in the UK in 2011. His research supervisors were Prof Joseph Handibry Mbatu Tah, Prof David Duce and Dr Esra Kurul. His PhD investigated the extent to which Semantic Web technologies can be used in managing sustainable building technology knowledge for use in different building projects. As a main contribution, the study culminated in the development of a photovoltaic decision support system called PhotoVoltaic Technology Ontology System (PV-TONS). The system provides a means of designing and selecting photovoltaic systems and components for use in building projects. Henry is currently extending his PhD study to include other sustainable building technologies such as wind turbines, geothermal and combined heat and power systems.

During and after his PhD study, Henry has contributed to writing research proposals for securing research grants/funding for a number of research councils and organisations including the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, the International Labour Organisation, Oxford Brookes Reinvention Centre, and Persimmon Homes-UK. In addition, Henry has worked as a Chapter Science Assistant at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change where he is contributing to the writing of the Fifth Assessment Report on climate change mitigation recently published in 2014. He has also published in prestigious journals such as Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Expert Systems with Applications, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology in Construction and Construction in Developing Countries. Also, Henry is an editorial board member of the International Energy Journal being managed by the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Publishing Press.

Teaching

Modules taught

Postgraduate level

P33509 Advanced Construction Technology and BIM
P33510 BIM in Practice
P33507: Managing Technology for Sustainable Environments

Undergraduate level

U33510 Construction Communication and Information Technology 1 (Computer-Aided-Design)
U33528 Construction Communication and Information Technology 2 (Building Information Modelling)

Supervision

Research Degree Supervision

Current PhD supervision

Completed

Sheikh Ali Azzran Bin Sh Said (2015-2019) The Adoption of BIM in Facilities Management. I was the 2^nd Supervisor; 40% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Tchouanguem Djuedja Justine Flore (Start date : 2016 ; 2019) Modélisation des INformations pour le Développement de la cOnstruCtion durable (MINDOC) translated “BIM for Sustainable Construction”. I was the 3^rd Supervisor; 25% of supervision role. Joint supervision (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France and Oxford Brookes University, UK)

Ibrahim Karim Farghaly (Start date: 2016; April 2020) An ontology for BIM and asset management semantic interoperability. I am the director of studies; 60% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Ongoing

Zainab Shamsiya Usman (Start date: 2015; Part-time) Using Semantic Web Technologies to Recommend Sustainable Building Technology Products. I am the 2^nd Supervisor; 40% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Serkan Gunay (Start date: 2017; Full-time) Heritage of the “Other”: Future of Lost Architectural Heritage. I am the 2^nd Supervisor; 40% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Juliet Sakyi-Ansah (Start date: October 2018; Full-time) BIM-Based Capacity Building Tool for Sustainable Housing Upgrading in Informal Settlements. I am the 2^nd Supervisor; 40% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Stefan James Martin (Start date: January 2020; Full-time) Business lntelligence in Construction. I am the Director of Studies; 60% of supervision role. Oxford Brookes University, UK

Completed MSc supervision

Adamska, Barbara Aleksandra (2018-2019) Smart Contracts in BIM-Enabled Projects to Aid Trust in the Construction Industry
Khdach, Adam (2018-2019)Towards a lawful use of drones in the Built Environment
Alsaied, Ali (2018-2019) The potential for using Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Parametric Design (PD) in accelerating and enhancing the planning process of refugee camps
Griffiths, Ben (2018-2019) An investigation into an integrated construction supply chain model for streamlining interfaces between businesses within the construction delivery team
Pica, Donato (2018-2019) BIM for Nuclear Plants Decommissioning
Simkute, Julija (2018-2019) Cyber Threats Confronting BIM
Howells D. (2017) The potential of augmented and virtual reality in the construction industry
Amin K. (2017) Towards the development of a BIM plan of work for construction projects in Egypt
Kane W. (2017) Investigating the use of BIM as a tool for construction logistics management
Clews S.R. (2017) Radio frequency identification in construction: The benefits the technology can bring to BIM and subsequently to construction project management
Lale H.M. (2017) Investigating application barriers of BIM adoption in the UK: In particular interoperabilityof software
Shilpa Javali (2016) Improving the delivery of construction projects: A comparative study of Building Information Modelling and Product Lifecycle Management Approaches
Laxmi Gurung (2016) BIM-Based Project Management for Post-Disaster Reconstruction Nepal: A Strategy for Efficient Coordination and Planning
Alexander Cooke (2016) Advancements in Construction Automation: Concrete Printing as a Disruptive Technology
Kennedy Kogo (2015-2016) An investigation into the use of common data environments for construction management
Musa Adamu Musa (2015-2016) An investigation into 4D Project planning risk management using Emerging Building Information Modelling
Alaa Karrar (2015-2016) Building Information Modelling adoption strategies: SMEs perspectives
Hani Al Idilbi Alwan (2014-2015) An investigation into the potential of BIM for clash detection in buildings
Katie Cross (2013-2015, part-time): Enhancing sustainability in the construction industry through Building Information Modelling: The case of Abu Dhabi.
Djibril Djawara (2013-2014, full-time): Building Information Modelling for sustainable building performance assessment

Research

Research Interests

Henry’s research interest is in the applications of emerging Building Information Modelling, Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies in managing knowledge in the Sustainable Building domain

Research group membership

Esteem

Active roles in different organisations

An assessor at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK
A member of the (CIB) Task Group 90 Information Integration in Construction
A member of the CIB Task Group TG93– Building Zero Energy Settlements
A member of the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Athena SWAN self assessment team
A member of the the Equality Challenge Unit
A lead coordinator of Oxford Brookes Africa Business Forum
Steering committee member of the Oxford BIM Region (South East of England) (http://www.oxfordbim.com/meet-the-team.html#.VzS_3IQrKHs )

Professional membership

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Member of the European Energy Centre (MEEC)

International conference roles

Programme Committee Member for the International Conference on Decision Support Systems, 2-5 June 2014, Paris, France (http://dss20conference.wordpress.com/progamme-committee/)

Session Chair IFIP WG8.3 and AIS SIG DSS

Session Chair of the ICKEOE 2015: XIII International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontological Engineering, January 19-20, London, UK (https://www.waset.org/conference/2015/01/london/ICKEOE)
Involved in the organization of the International Conference on Engineering, Applied Science and System Modeling, ICEASSM 2017, Ghana, April 19 - 21, 2017
International Scientific Review Panel: World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong (WSBE17 Hong Kong), 5-7 June 2017, Hong Kong (http://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/international-scientific-review-panel)

Keynote addresses and lectures

Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Programme: Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction project management, Course number 1166, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/ccourses/approvecourses2, 21-08-2017 to 01-09-2017.
Research seminar, “Emerging BIM and ICT for building energy efficiency”, 3 September 2015, Universitat de Lleida, Spain ( http://eps.blogs.udl.cat/2015/08/20/seminari-inspires-a-carrec-del-dr-henry-abanda/)

Guest lecture for civil engineering students at Institut universitaire de technologie de Tarbes, France on emerging BIM, 16 December 2014 (http://www.enit.fr/fr/hidden/recherche/les-manifestations-scientifiques--congres--seminaires.html )
Seminar on BIM to researchers in the Laboratoire de Génie Production, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France, 18 December 2014
Guest lecture on applied quantitative research methods for postgraduate students on Development and Emergency Practice (DEP) programme, School of Architecture Oxford Brookes University, UK, 24 April 2014

Editorship

Member of the editorial board of the AIMS Energy journal (http://www.aimspress.com/aimse/ch/reader/view_news.aspx?id=20130724101854001)

Reviewer roles: conferences and journals

Reviewer of the 51^st Associated School of Construction (ASC) International Conference to be hosted by Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas April 22-25, 2015 (http://ascpro.ascweb.org/chair/BOR.php)
Journal of Cleaner Production (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-cleaner-production/)
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-and-sustainable-energy-reviews/)

Outreach activities

Encourage children from disadvantage backgrounds to join our undergraduate programmes (http://hardhatsatbrookes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/creative-industries-day-2016.html )

Awards

Shortlisted for Student-Led Brookes Teaching Awards for 2015; voted by students
School of the Built Environment Scholarship for 2009 (one-year PhD fee waived)

Research grants and awards

Feasibility of a Photovoltaic System as an Energy Source to Residential Buildings in Nigeria: A Case study of Lagos State” (Advisor). Funded by Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Grant value: €1500, duration: 6 months. (http://ecowgen.ecreee.org/index.php/ecowas-research-grant-program-five-research-proposals-to-receive-funding-2/)
Development of an Intelligent Ontology Construction Cost Estimation System (Principal Investigator, co-funded by Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France and the Oxford Brookes University Central Research Fund), Grant value £3032
Modelling household occupants’ behaviour using emerging Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Principal Investigator, Santander Research Grant – Scholarship). This research is being conducted in collaboration with Professor Luisa Cabeza of the Universidad de Lleida. Grant value £1860
Green Jobs Creation Through Sustainable Refurbishment in Developing Countries (Co-investigator, International Labour Office funded); Grant value £10k, November 2007 – March 2008.
Research-based learning for undergraduate students (Principal investigator, Oxford Brookes Reinvention Centre funded); Grant value £750
Review of Design and Engineering Buildings (Principal investigator, funded by Raintree Publishers Oxford, United Kingdom), Grant value £100.

Research projects

Governing Inclusive Green Growth in Africa – GIGGA (Co-Investigator). Funded by Economic and Social Research Council, UK, 2017-2018, £144 360
BIM for Facilities Management (150th Anniversary Scholarship) (Principal Investigator). Funded by Oxford Brookes University, 2015-2018, £80 000

Professional information

Areas of expertise

Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Emerging ICT
Semantic Web
Monitoring & Evaluation
Sustainable Construction
Renewable Energy

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the UK Advance Higher Education Academy
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Member of the European Energy Centre (MEEC)

Other experience

External Examination Roles

Examined PhD thesis “A Framework for Automated Real-Time Performance Evaluation of Smart Buildings” by Elena Markoska submitted to the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark
Examined Master in Industrial Engineering dissertations in The École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes – ENIT, the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France
Currently, I am an examiner for HNC Construction, Foundation degree Construction and Undergraduate Engineering programmes in the University of Central Lancashire

International Conference Roles

Conference Technical Committee member of The 11^th International Conference on Construction & Project Management (ICCPM2020), 27-29 September, 2020, Macau, China http://www.iccpm.org/com.html
Run a session at IPCC Cities & Climate Change Science Conference, 5-7 March, 2018, Edmonton, Canada
Programme Committee Member for the International Conference on Decision Support Systems, 2-5 June 2014, Paris, France
Session Chair IFIP WG8.3 and AIS SIG DSS, 2-5 June 2014, Paris, France
Session Chair of the ICKEOE 2015: XIII International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontological Engineering, January 19-20, London, UK
Involved with the organization of the International Conference on Engineering, Applied Science and System Modeling, ICEASSM 2017, Ghana, April 19 - 21, 2017
International Scientific Review Panel: World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong (WSBE17 Hong Kong), 5-7 June 2017, Hong Kong

Active Roles in Different Organisations

Advisory Board Member of BIMzeED project (bimzeed.eu )
An assessor at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK
A member of the (CIB) Task Group 90 Information Integration in Construction
A member of the CIB Task Group TG93– Building Zero Energy Settlements
A member of the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Athena SWAN self-assessment team
A member of the Equality Challenge Unit
A lead coordinator of Oxford Brookes Africa Business Forum
Steering committee member of the Oxford BIM Region (South East of England) (http://www.oxfordbim.com/meet-the-team.html#.VzS_3IQrKHs )

Keynote Addresses and Lectures

Guest lecture on BSc and MSc Civil Engineering programmes at the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB), Faculty of Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Keynote speaker at The 1^st International Conference On Sustainable Energy and Climate in African Municipalities, May 22-25, 2018, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Programme: Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction project management, Course number 171054A01, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, 21-08-2017 to 01-09-2017
Seminar, “Emerging BIM/ICT for building energy efficiency”, 3 Sept, 2015,Universitat de Lleida, Spain
Guest lecture for civil engineering students at Institut universitaire de technologie de Tarbes, France on emerging BIM, 16 December 2014
Seminar on BIM to researchers in the Laboratoire de Génie Production, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France, 18 December 2014
Guest lecture on applied quantitative research methods for postgraduate students on Development and Emergency Practice (DEP) programme, School of Architecture Oxford Brookes University, UK, 24 April 2014

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Further information

http://hardhatsatbrookes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/msc-building-information-modelling-and.html

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