Dr Abdulkadir Ganah

Abdulkadir Ganah is a Senior Lecturer at our Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture. After graduating from Urban Planning Department, University of Benghazi, he worked in Planning Section, Eljoufra Local Government and Houn Engineering Consultant Bureau before undertaking postgraduate studies in the area of Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Dundee University. Following this, Abdulkadir worked a lecturer at the Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Sebha University for two years before studying his research degree at the Civil and Building Engineering Department, Loughborough University. After finishing his PhD, Abdulkadir moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to work as a Research Associate for two years then moved to Lancaster University to work as a researcher on an ESF project.

Abdulkadir joined us as a research fellow at the Knowledge Transfer Unit to later become a lecturer in Architecture. He has been promoted to a senior lecturer and Course Leader for BSc. (Hons) Architectural Studies (Foundation Entry) then Course Leader for BSc. (Hons) in Architectural Technology. He has maintained research interests in ICT, BIM, IoT, Sustainability, and Design and Construction Management, and is the author of more than 40 publications. He is an active research and supervises a number of PhD students.

Abdulkadir has participated in preparation of the proposal writing and delivery of the D-COM Network Group. This group consisted of academics from academia and industry. The group was funded by Centre for Digital Built Britain (cdbb) at Cambridge University which is funded by EPSRC. D-COM looked at develop a research roadmap for achieving digitisation of built environment regulations. He also supervision of KTP Associate working with Frank Whittle Partnership. Aim of the project: to develop and implement a Building Information Modelling (BIM) strategy to support process and data management innovation within a multi-disciplined organisation.