Civil Engineering

Biography

Professor Assed N. Haddad is a Civil Engineer with a degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) earned in 1986, as well as a Juris Doctor degree from the Fluminense University Center earned in 1993, and a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) obtained in 1992. He completed his Ph.D. in Production Engineering from COPPE / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1996. Professor Haddad's academic pursuits have taken him to postdoctoral stays at the University of Florida, USA in 2006; at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain in 2010; and at the University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia in 2019. Currently, he serves as a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has held visiting professorships at various institutions including the University of Florida, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and Western Sydney University. His research expertise encompasses Civil, Environmental, and Production Engineering, with a primary focus on the following topics: Construction Engineering and Management, Risk Management, and Life Cycle Assessment. He has been the recipient of research grants from the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: CNE FAPERJ from 2019 to 2022 and from 2023 to 2025. Additionally, his research grants obtained from the Brazilian Government CNP since 2012 last to this date. Professor Haddad has been involved in several academic endeavors, being the Guest Editor of the International Journal of Construction Management; MDPI's Sustainability, Energies, and Infrastructures; Associate Editor at Frontiers in Built Environment / Sustainable Design and Construction; Guest Editor at Frontiers in Built Environment / Construction Management; and Academic Editor of the Journal of Engineering, Civil Engineering Section of Hindawi. He is currently a Professor of the Environmental Engineering Program at UFRJ and the Civil Engineering Program at UFF.