Our programmes are delivered by academic and business experts at the forefront of their fields
With the guidance of our education team, when you graduate from AIC, you are ready to work and succeed in your chosen career. We are committed to building a safe, positive and inclusive higher learning environment that celebrates diversity, skills and cultural perspectives. Our lecturers and support staff come from a range of cultural backgrounds and countries themselves. Expect lots of discussion in class and learning through real-life experiences and reflection. Classes are taught in English however there are staff available who speak other languages should you need it.
Gagan has been associated with Future Skills since early 2007. As part of the senior leadership team, Gagan played a key role in managing and growing the institution over the last 13 years, with Category I status awarded by New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
In his current role as Deputy CEO at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus, Gagan is responsible for driving business growth and monetising new opportunities by deploying cutting edge technology and marketing tools. Gagan is also currently leading a number of strategic projects including the development of an online portfolio platform, www.iamcapable.co.nz, for learner capability development and enhanced employability of graduates.
As the founder member of Auckland International Campus in 2012 , the international education arm of Future Skills established in partnership with Otago Polytechnic, Gagan was in charge of setting up the initial team and growing the business. The organisation witnessed exponential growth over the six year period since inception.
Prior to joining Future Skills, Gagan pursued his entrepreneurial journey as the Founder Director of a logistics company providing warehouse management solutions in India before which he had been involved in setting up and growing new business models with Aviva Life Insurance and Times Internet in India.
Before joining the Learning & Teaching Development team at Otago Polytechnic in 2018, I enjoyed a varied international career as a teacher, teacher trainer and facilitator for institutions such as the European Commission, LUISS University, British Council and National Public Administration School (SNA) in Rome and London Metropolitan University and Central St Martins (University of the Arts) in London.
I graduated from Auckland University in 1990 with an LLB (Hons) and BA in English Literature and many years later combined my love of law and language with an MSc in Forensic Linguistics from Aston University, Birmingham. In my salad days I worked as a freelance dancer and choreographer in New Zealand and the U.K. and studied at the London branch of the Lee Strasberg School. I have been very fortunate to have had so many diverse experiences in my life, and teaching has provided a wonderful coat hanger to carry them on.
I joined the OP Learning and Teaching development team in September 2015. Prior to this I was a facilitator at Aoraki Polytechnic and was part of a team responsible for undertaking quality assurance.
I love the diversity this role provides. Each day there are challenges and each day there are rewards. This role utilizes my experience in experiential and authentic learning models and provides opportunities to employ current assessment methodologies that mimic real-life experience.
Outside of work my husband and I are kept busy with our lifestyle block and our three spoilt (pretend farm dog) pooches.
Farhad has completed his BSc, MSc, and PhD in computer science. He was a post-doctorate researcher working in the area of high-performance and low-power computing systems in Kyushu University, Japan between 2007 and 2010. From August 2010, he was an Associate Professor in the Kyushu University, where he participated in several joint projects with industry in Japan, and supervised/co-supervised many Master and PhD students.
He joined Tech Futures Lab at Auckland as a Data Science and IoT Specialist in May 2016. Later in 2017 he joined Unisys as a senior consultant and data scientist. He has been with OPAIC since January this year, and alongside his current academic placement as a senior lecturer, he has also founded STEM Fern, a start up in Auckland developing AI and robotics technologies and content for primary aged STEM education.
Farhad has a broad experience both in industry and academia across three different countries and has initiated and led several interdisciplinary R&D projects particularly on AI, robotics, and IoT-enabled smart systems. He is a senior member of IEEE.
Qualifications:
Post-doctorate: High-performance and Low-power computing systems (Kyushu University)
PhD, Computer Science (Amirkabir University of Technology & Kyushu University)
MSc, Computer Systems Architecture (Amirkabir University of Technology).
BSc, Computer Engineering (Sharif University of Technology).
Specialisation in Data Science, 2014 (Coursera - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
NZ Cert in Adult & Tertiary Teaching, Open Polytechnic (ongoing)
Teaching areas:
Data Science, Internet-of-Things, Cloud Computing, AI, Databases
Professional interest areas:
AI and Robotics for STEM Education, Business Intelligence.
Book Chapters:
1. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahanti, Guillermo Ramirez-Prado, Fog Computing Realization for Big Data Analytics, Fog and Edge Computing: Principles and Paradigms, Wiley, 2018.
2. Farhad Mehdipour, M. F. Rahman, K. Murakami, Intelligent wireless sensor networks in cyber-physical systems, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, ISBN-10: 1849198241, Mar. 2016.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Hamid Noori, Bahman Javadi, Energy-Efficient Big Data Analytics in Data Centers, Energy Efficiency in Data-Centers, Elsevier’s Book Series on Advances in Computers, Feb. 2016.
Recent Journal Publications:
1. S. Rastegar Moghaddam Mansouri, H. Gholamhosseini, A. Lowe, Farhad Mehdipour, M. Lindén, Estimating Systolic Blood Pressure Using Convolutional Neural Networks, pHealth, 2019.
2. Kalpana Nand, Nilufar Baghaei, John Casey, Bashar Barmada, Farhad Mehdipour, Engaging Children with Educational Content via Gaming, Smart Learning Environments, Smart Learning Environments 6 (1), 6, 2019.
3. N. Rahmanikiaa, A. Amiri, H. Noori, Farhad Mehdipour, Performance evaluation metrics for ring-oscillator-based temperature sensors on FPGAs: A quality factor, Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 81-100, Mar. 2017.
4. Karen Baker, Richard Rowley, Farhad Mehdipour, Collaborative teams: The investigation of how collaborative processes and team dynamics impact on collaborative teaching in a New Zealand context. Core Education uLearn16, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2016.
5. A. Medhat, A. Shalaby, M. Sayed, M. El-Sabrouty, Farhad Mehdipour, Adaptive Reduced Comlexity Algorithms for Motion Estimation Unit in HEVC Encoder, IET Image Processing, Feb. 2016.
Recent Conference Papers:
1. Bahman A. Sassani (Sarrafpour), Rosario D. S. Choque, Blake M. Paul, Farhad Mehdipour, Commercial Security Scanning: Point-on-Sale (POS) Vulnerability and Mitigation Techniques, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
2. Bahman Sassani, Andrew David, Xiaosong Li, Farhad Mehdipour, AgentPi: An IoT Enabled Motion CCTV Surveillance System, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Mohsen Pashna, Aniket Mahanti, A 3-Tier AI-Based Solution for Facilitating STEM Education, Submitted to Sixth International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE), 2018.
4. Bahman Sarrafpour, C Abbaro, Ivan Pitton, Craig Young, Farhad Mehdipour, PST 2016 : 14th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
5. M. F. Rahman, Farhad Mehdipour, H. Furukawa, Modeling the Impact of Clustering with Random Event Arrival on the Lifetime of WSN, ICNCC '16 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Network, Communication and Computing, Pages 292-296, Tokyo, Japan, 2016.
6. B. A. Sassani, C. Abbaro, I. Pitton, C. Young, and Farhad Mehdipour, Analysis of NTP DRDoS Attacks' Performance Effects and Mitigation Techniques, Cybersecurity considerations, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Trust Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
7. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahnati, FOG-Engine: FOG-engine: Towards Big Data Analytics in the Fog, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, Auckland, New Zealand, August 8-12, 2016.
Qualifications:
Master in Business First Class Honours (Accounting)
Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education
National Certificate in Adult Education and Training
Fellowship of Advanced Higher Education (UK Professional Standards Framework)
Teaching areas:
Accounting, Management, Research methods and Analytics
Professional interest areas:
Accounting, Education and Management
Publications:
Thesis
Dai, B. (2010). Investigating the impacts of shadow reports on the social and environmental reports of their targeted corporations [Thesis, Auckland University of Technology]. Https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/839
Research output
Zhukov, Y. & Dai, B. (2023) Understanding the Development of Dynamic Informal Capabilities in Enhancing Project-Based Assessments and Facilitating Programme Development. Proceedings: ITP Research Symposium 2022, 30 November – 2 December ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga
Mendoza, M., & Dai, B. (2023) The insurance industry's adaptation practice to climate change. Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice: Issue 3.
Mendoza, G., Kultaratne, I., Dai, B. (2023) Addressing Gender Pay Equity in the Future of Work. OPSITARA Research Symposium, 30 Nov - 1 Dec, Invercargill.
Mendoza, M., Kularatne, I. & Dai, B. (2023) Addressing climate change: Insights from New Zealand’s insurance industry and comparative perspectives. OPSITARA Research Symposium, 30 Nov - 1 Dec, Invercargill.
Wang, C., Alam, S., Kularatne, I., & Dai, B. (2023) The impact of digital transformation on organisational structure. Rere Āwhio – Journal of Applied Research & Practice: Issue 3.
Dai, B., Altaf, O. & Krishnamoorthy, S. (2022) Training Teachers as a Self-Empowerment Approach for Sustainable Professional Development. Rere Awhio, Journal of Applied Research & Practice Issue 2.
Zhukov, Y., Dai, B. (2022) Dynamic Informal Capabilities in Project-Based Assessments. ITP Research Symposium, Te Pukenga, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, 30 Nov-2nd Dec.
Wang, C., Alam, S., Kularatne, I., Dai, B. (2022) Impact of digital transformation on organisational structure. ITP Research Symposium, Te Pukenga, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, 30 Nov.
Dai, B. (2022) Development of a framework for educators' sustainable professional development. Presentation in Smart Aotearoa –Sustainable Development, Auckland, 29 November 2022.
Quifors, S. Chan, J. & Dai, B. (2021) Workplace Wellbeing During Covid-19: Aotearoa New Zealand Employers’ Perceptions of Workplace Wellbeing Initiatives and their Limitations New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol 17, No. 2.
Quifors, S., Chan, J., Dai, B. & Sacdalan, K. (2021) Workplace wellbeing initiatives and their effectiveness: Learnings from Aotearoa New Zealand during Covid-19. 34th ANZAM Conference, 10-2 December, online.
Dhurandhar, N., & Dai, B. (2021) Technology-driven Practical Efficiency in Talent Recruitment Process in New Zealand. Rere Āwhio – The Journal of Applied Research and Practice, 1.
Dai, B. (2020) Participation in an emergent online learning environment during the COVID-19 lockdown: How do we enhance the engagement of Chinese International Students in an accounting course? Auckland Region Accounting (ARA) Conference, 9 December, Auckland.
Zhukov, Y. & Dai, B. (2020) Dynamic Capability Frameworks in Project-Based Assessments. ePIC 2020, the 18th International Conference on Open Education and Open Recognition Technologies and Practices. Online 26-28 October
Dai, B., Chawla, R. and Zhukov, Y. (2020) Empathy for the faceless. Collective Voices of COVID-19, Otago Polytechnic, ISBN 978-0-908846-61-0
Awards:
2018 13th IAAER World Congress of Accounting Educators and Researchers: Bursaries to support emerging scholars
2011 Summer Studentship, Sustainability research project, AUT University.
2010 Graduate/Assistantship Awards Scholarship, AUT University
Industry accreditations:
Certified Accountant (Ministry of Finance, China)
Qualifications:
Ph.D. Social Sciences and Public Policy [Migrants' Entrepreneurship Management] from AUT, Auckland, New Zealand (2016), Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research Design and Analysis (2013), Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management from Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, BSc. Economics Education (Hons) from Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, Graduate Diploma Tertiary Education Otago Polytechnic, Otago NZ, Certificate in Bicultural Competency, Otago Polytechnic, Otago NZ.
Professional Affiliation:
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA) UK
Associate Institute of Management Consultant, New Zealand
Research Association of New Zealand
Institute of Managers and Leaders (Australia New Zealand)
Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria (ACPIN)
Institute of Chartered Economics of Nigeria (ACEN)
Academic Journal Membership:
Conference Committee Member and Editorial Board Member of Institute of Research, Learning & Development https://www.flelearning.ca/conference-committee-2/
Editorial board member of Science Journal of Business and Management. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/editorialboard?journalid=175
Teaching areas:
Applied Management and Business
Professional interest areas:
Academic Research and impacting knowledge.
List of Publications
Omisakin O. M., Kularatne I. (2023). Exploring International Students’ Perceptions of the Value of New Zealand Postgraduate Education. Open Access Library Journal, Volume 10, e10360. ISSN Online: 2333-9721, ISSN Print: 2333-9705. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1110360
Omisakin, O.M., and Adegoke, N. (2022). Entrepreneurial Orientation and New Zealand Family Business Growth Performance: Environmental Effects. Small Enterprise Research, Taylor, and Francis. DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2022.2039883. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WQXQHX9DXZ6QGKBW4P2J/full?target=10.1080/13215906.2022.2039883
Omisakin, O. M., Arasanmi, C., Kularante, I. (2022). Proactiveness, Environmental Munificence and Environmental Hostility and their Impacts on the Growth of SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol.26 No.1/2, pp.43–59 DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.120882
Petrov, O., Omisakin, O. M., (2022). Evaluating the impacts of COVID-19 on operations and management of Community Centres: An Auckland, New Zealand case study. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, Vol. 21, No. 2 https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219649222500186
Omisakin O, Kularatne I. (2022) Exploring postgraduate students’ knowledge about environmental sustainable development and how this is being applied. Journal of Sustainability Research, 2022;4(2): e220004. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20220004
Omisakin, O. M, Chanaka, B., and Kularante, I. (2020). Designing Customer Feedback Service Channel through Artificial Intelligence to Improve Customer Satisfaction in the Supermarket Industry. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management Vol. 19, No. 3 (2020) 2050015 (34 pages). DOI: 10.1142/S021964922050015X
Omisakin, O. M., Nakhid, M. (2019). NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS: A REVIEW. Journal of International Business Research Volume 18, Issue 1, 2019. 1544-0230-18-1-112
Kalawilapathirage, H., Omisakin, O. M., Zeidan, S. (2019). A Data Analytic Approach of Job Satisfaction: A Case Study on Airline Industry. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management Vol. 18, No.1 DOI: 10.1142/S0219649219500035
Omisakin, O. M (2018). New Zealand Trade Agreements and Their Economic and Societal Impacts: A Review. International Business and Management vol16, No. 2, pp. 38-48 DOI: 10.3968/10841
Omisakin, O. and Jyoti, R. (2018). Recycling of Beverage Containers in New Zealand: Critical Analysis of Existing Status and Proposed Best Practices. International Journal of Waste Resources, 8: 347. doi:10.4172/2252-5211.1000347
Chandeep, K, and Omisakin, O. M. (2018). Data Mining Methods to Improve Clinical Trials in Diabetic Patients. Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Research, Vol.6 No.4:266. ISSN 2386-5180. DOI: 10.21767/2386-5180.100266
Omisakin, O. M. (2018). Exploring the African migrants’ decisions to migrate to New Zealand. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Vol. 4, Is.1 ISBN: 978-1-911185-81-9 (Online) ISSN: 2397-6934 (Online)
Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Economic contributions and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurs to their host country – case of African immigrants in Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: March 13, 2017 doi:10.5430/jbar. v6n1p25 URL: https://doi.org/jbar.v6n1p25
Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Motivational factors for African immigrants into small business activities in Auckland, New Zealand. Canadian International Journal of Social Science and Education Vol. 11 May 2017 Pgs. 70-89. http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/b2629b_aa17e97d18124372b07357c3fd2a71e1.pdf
Omisakin, O. M. Nakhid, C. Littrell, R. Verbitsky, J (2016). Entrepreneurial Orientation among Migrants and Small and Medium Enterprises. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: February 10, 2016, doi:10.5430/jbar.v5n1p7 URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v5n1p7
Omisakin, O. M. Nakhid, C. Littrell, R. Verbitsky, J (2015). Exploring the Migrant Experience in Small Business Activities in Auckland: A Case Study of African Migrants. Journal of Business Administration Research. www.Sciedupress.com/jbar Online Published: July 15, 2015 doi:10.5430/jbar.v4n2p9 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v4n2p9
Conference Papers Presented
Omisakin, O. M (17-19 June 2019) New Zealand Foreign Direct Investments and Their Economic and Societal Impacts: A Review. Presented at 10th International Conference on Trade, Business, Economics and Law at the University of British Columbia, The Liu Institute, Vancouver, Canada.
Omisakin, O.M (16-18 July 2018). New Zealand trade agreements and its economic and societal impacts: A Review. Presented at the Academic International Conference on Business, Marketing and management (Keynote speaker) at Harvard University, Boston USA. www.flelearning.ca.
Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Exploring the African migrants’ decisions to migrate to New Zealand. Fourth Academic International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies and Education. (Keynote speaker) Harvard University, Martin Conference Center, Harvard Boston USA (25-27 September 2017).www.flelearning.ca/aicmse.
Omisakin, O. M. (2017) Motivational factors for African immigrants into small business Literature, Economics and Education. University of Toronto University of St. Michael's College Toronto-Canada.
Omisakin, O. M. (2016) Economic contributions and challenges of immigrant entrepreneurs to their host country – case of African immigrants in Auckland, New Zealand. Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment
Qualifications:
PhD in vocational and professional Learning Victoria University,Melbourne 2021
MBA Warwick University UK 1992
BSc Hons Applied Physics Brighton Polytechnic UK
IS0 9001 Quality Assessor 1992
Investors in People Advisor and Assessor UK 1992
Teaching areas:
Principal facilitator and lead assessor for both Independent Learning Programmes in undergraduate business and engineering and Professional Practice post graduate programmes in business, management, leadership and education at Capable NZ
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Auckland University of Technology
(AACSB Accredited), New Zealand
Master of Science in Business Administration, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Law (Honours), University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Applied Economics (Honours), University of Malaya, Malaysia
Diploma in Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom
Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Professional Affiliation
Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK)
Teaching areas
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing in a Digital Age, CRM /Analytics, Strategic Marketing
Research interest areas
Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship, CRM, Analytics, Branding, Customer Service
Qualification
BCom (University of Auckland) 2008
BCom (Hons) University of Auckland 2009
Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (Auckland University of Technology) 2011
Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching (Auckland University of Technology) 2012
Teaching areas
Management, entrepreneurship, HRM, introduction to commercial law.
Professional interest areas
Business course writing and moderation, employment relations/dispute consultancy, international student consulting. Research interest in the areas of internationalisation of higher education, ethnic entrepreneurship, migrant worker experience and youth development.
Publications
Journal Articles
Anderson, D., Jamieson, S., and Naidu, K. (2012) Managed migration? The health and safety and human rights implications for student migrant labourers in the horticulture sector (research paper). Auckland/Sydney: AUT/Sydney University.
Anderson, D., Naidu, K. (2010) The Land of Milk and Honey? the Contemporary Working Lives of of Contingent Youth Labour New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (Online) , Vol. 35, No. 3 , September 1, 2010
Qualifications
Degree architectural technology: Bradford University 1989
Master’s degree in business administration: majoring in communication: Huddersfield University 1994
Postgraduate diploma in business: majoring in project management: Massey University 2012
Doctorate in philosophy: majoring in collaborative projects (final stages): Massey University
Teaching areas
Currently: Project Management, Leadership Decision Making, Industry Internship, Professional Project. Previously: Strategic Management, Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Events Management.
Professional interest areas
Collaboration, innovation, projects, and sustainability.
Publications
Project management institute NZ (PMI) paper 2011: The reluctant project manager
Project management institute NZ (PMI) paper: Scientific methodology is not just for scientists
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2011 Sydney : An investigation of academic research project management frameworks and methodologies
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2015 Singapore: The capitalisation of knowledge
Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) paper: 2018 Hobart: Expectations management of multi sector collaborations: A project framework
Yury’s journey in Aotearoa started when he decided to pursue of his research interests in deliberative democracy and e-government at the University of Auckland. He has been working in tertiary education alongside other jobs for over fifteen years. Yury has a research Master’s degree and is working on his PhD at the moment.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Architecture (University of Mumbai, India)
Master of Construction Management (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
PhD Construction Management (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Teaching area
I teach courses related to Construction Management and Quantity Surveying. Some of the courses that I teach are; Construction Technology, Building Services, Programming, Social and Legislative Environment, Building Law.
Professional interest areas
Teaching and research in the areas of Construction Technology, Construction Contracts and Sustainable construction.
Publications
Raina, P., & Tookey, J. E. (2012, 28-30 June). The Purpose of Retentions: A Review of the Existing Literature. Paper presented at CIOB world construction conference “Global Challenges in Construction Industry”, Colombo, Srilanka.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. E. (2011, 16-18 Feb). Construction defects and monetary retentions in construction projects:A review of case law. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM – 2011), Sydney, Australia.
• Abeysekera, V., Raina, P., & Neitzert, T. (2009, May 20-22). Building Theory on Monetary Retention Regimes. Paper presented at the meeting of the Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V) "Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology", Istanbul, Turkey.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. (2013, 20-22 November). The perceptions of retentions as held by clients, contractors and subcontractors. In T.W. Yiu & V. Gonzalez (Eds), 38th Annual Conference of the Australasian Universities Building Educators Association (AUBEA), Auckland, New Zealand.
• Raina, P., & Tookey, J. (2014). Perceptions of the retention system in the construction industry. Paper presented at the 2nd ASEA-SEC Conference “Sustainable solutions in Structural Engineering and Construction”, Bangkok, Thailand.
Awards
Awarded scholarship by BRANZ for PhD studies for three years.
Awarded graduate teaching assistantship at AUT for three consecutive years 2009 – 2012 which included a tuition fee waiver and part time employment as an hourly paid teaching and research assistant.
Qualifications:
Ph.D (Construction Materials) Anna University, Tamilnadu, India, 2020
Masters in Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 2019
M.Tech, Masters in Transportation Engineering and Management, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. 2004
B.E, Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India. 2001
Teaching Areas:
Construction Technology, Contract Administration, Measurement, Procurement and Tendering and Property Investment
Research Areas:
Urban Traffic Planning, Supply Chain Management, Stakeholder Management, Logistics Management, Construction Economics, Transportation Management, Construction Materials, Geopolymer, Project Management, Construction Contracts
Professional Membership:
Member in National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC), New Zealand
Member in New Zealand Institute of Building (NZIOB), New Zealand
Publications:
Mathi Rohitha R, Dr. Srividya Krishnamoorthy, Aruna M (2021) A Study on the Extension of Time (EoT) Claims and Protocols International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2021 https://www.irjet.net/volume 8-issue 9 S.No: 291
B. Hari Abinaya, D. Srividya and G. Chitra (2021) A Study on Effectiveness of Blockchain Technology into Construction Supply Chain Management. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) Vol. 10 Issue 06, June-2021. Paper ID : IJERTV10IS060437.
Srividya. D and Nagan.S “Flyash – Based Geopolymer coating on coarse aggregates for bituminous application”, The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences, Vol 27, 2018, pp 87-107
Srividya. D and Nagan.S, “Effect of Flyash Based Geopolymer coated Aggregates in Bituminous Concrete” Gradevinar, Journal of Croatian Association of Civil Engineers, Vol 70, Issue No 3, 2018, pp 187-199
Srividya, D, Nagan, S & Vaishnavi Devi, S 2017, ‘Microstructure study on flyash based geopolymer paste’, Proceedings of National Conference on Research Innovations in Materials, Construction Techniques and Sustainable Development RIMTSD – 2017
T. Karthigaipriya and D. Srividya, “Road Asset Management System for Madurai CBD”, International Journal of Innovations in Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol 1 Issue 11 Dec 2014, P- 18 - 23
G. Sathya, R. Velkennedy and D. Srividya, “Prioritization of Urban Transport system for Madurai City”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering (IJIRAE) 1, Vol.2, Jan 2015, pp 318-322
D. Srividya and U. Yoganandhan, “Analysis of Possibilities and Proposals of ITS Implementation in Madurai City, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol 3. Issue 29, 2015
QUALIFICATION:
• PhD (Construction Engineering Management) - In Progress
• MEngg (Construction Engineering Management) - NED Univ. of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
• MS (Information Technology) - Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
• MCS (Computer Science) - University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
• BE (Civil Engineering) - NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Advanced Project Planning and Scheduling | Project Management | Construction Management | Computer Aided Project Planning, Scheduling and Control | Quantity and Cost Estimation | Building Information Modeling | Management of Construction Organizations | Project Monitoring and Control | Sustainable and Green Construction
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
• Member International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong
• Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan (Life-Time Member)
• Member, The Institution of Engineers Pakistan, Pakistan
• Student Member American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), USA
• Member American Concrete Institute (ACI), USA
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS:
• Worked as part of National Research Programme for Universities (NRPU) funded research project entitled Development of Tool for Predicting Impact of Risk Events on Project Cost Performance in The Construction Industry of Pakistan - An Artificial Intelligence Model currently being undertaken by NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan (August 2019 – June 2022)
• Worked as a part of Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) funded research project entitled Capacity Building in Technology-Driven Innovation in Healthcare, currently being undertaken by NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan (January 2019 – December 2019)
• Worked as a part of Higher Education Commission (HEC) funded research project entitled Thar Karachi Student Mobility Campaign for Reducing Carbon Footprint, currently being undertaken by NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, University of Sindh, Pakistan and Riphah International University, Pakistan as a part of Social Integration Outreach Programme for Universities under the theme of Climate change, Environment and Pollution. (August 2018 – November 2018)
• Worked as a part of a research project which Study the Impact of Cool Roofs on the Environment, installed 12 temperature sensors at Air Base Elementary School to measure indoor, outdoor and roof surface temperatures. The involved organizations were Florida International University (OHL School of Construction), Air Base Elementary School Homestead Florida, Ernst & Young LLP, Miami-Dade County Public Schools - Division of Roofing, Florida Power & Light Company. (October 2011 – December 2012)
• Worked as a part of USAID funded research project entitled: Developing a Strategic Model for Improvement of Construction Project Management Education, Research, and Practice in Pakistan currently being undertaken jointly by the Department of Civil Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan and Department of Construction Management, Florida International University, USA. (January 2007 – December 2010)
PUBLISHED RESEARCH – JOURNAL PUBLICATION:
• Kazi AM, Qazi SA, Ahsan N, Khawaja S, Sameen F, Saqib M, Khan Mughal MA, Wajidali Z, Ali S, Ahmed RM, Kalimuddin H, Rauf Y, Mahmood F, Zafar S, Abbasi TA, Khoumbati KUR, Abbasi MA, Stergioulas LK (2020), “Current Challenges of Digital Health Interventions in Pakistan: Mixed Methods Analysis”, J Med Internet Res 2020;22(9):e21691, https://www.jmir.org/2020/9/e21691, doi: 10.2196/21691, PMID: 32880584
• Kazi AM, Qazi SA, Khawaja S, Ahsan N, Ahmed RM, Sameen F, Khan Mughal MA, Saqib M, Ali S, Kaleemuddin H, Rauf Y, Raza M, Jamal S, Abbasi M, Stergioulas LK (2020), “An Artificial Intelligence–Based, Personalized Smartphone App to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage and Timelines Among Children in Pakistan: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial”, JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(12):e22996, https://www.researchprotocols.org/2020/12/e22996, doi: 10.2196/22996, PMID: 33274726
• Anees, Muneer, Saqib, Muhammad, and Memon Darya. "Identification of Factors Affecting Construction Productivity in Pakistan Industry” (February 2017), Sir Syed University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 27-31
• Ahmed, Syed M., Yaris, Catherine, Farooqui, Rizwan U., and Saqib, Muhammad. “Key Attributes and Skills for Curriculum Improvement for Undergraduate Construction Management Programs” (August 2014), Taylor and Francis, International Journal of Construction Education and Research, Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 240-254
• Muqeem, Sana, Khamidi, Mohd F., Idrus, Arazi B. and Saqib, Muhammad. “Estimating Labor Productivity Using Artificial Neural Network” (2012), Journal of Management Procurement and Law. Elsevier
• Farooqui, Rizwan U., Rizwan, Sumera, Saqib, Muhammad, and Lodi, Sarosh H. “Ranking Construction Superintendent Competencies and Attributes Required for Success in Pakistani Construction Industry”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (ISSN1934-7359), Volume 4, No.1 (Serial No. 26), January 2010.
• Farooqui, Rizwan U., Rizwan, Sumera, Saqib, Muhammad, and Lodi, Sarosh H. “Detailed Estimating Practices of Construction Firms in Pakistan” (January 2010), Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (ISSN1934-7359). Volume 4, No.1 (Serial No. 26)
• Farooqui, Rizwan U., Saqib, Muhammad, Lodi, Sarosh H., and Ahmed, Syed M. “Factors Affecting Success of Construction Projects in Pakistan” (2010), Malaysian Construction Research Journal (MCRJ)
• Farooqui, Rizwan U., Ahmed, Syed M., and Saqib, Muhammad. “State of Adoption and Implementation of Knowledge Management Strategies in the U.S. Construction Industry” (2009), International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Design Management (AEDM) (ISSN: 1745-2007), CIB Publication.
PUBLISHED RESEARCH – PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE:
• Ahmed, S., Farooqui, R.U. & Saqib, M. (2022), “A BIM Based Model for Energy Efficient Retrofitting of an Existing Building – A Case Study”, The Twelfth International Conference on Construction in 21st Century (CITC-12 2022), Amman, Jordan, May 16-19, 2022
• Other publications are on Google Scholar
WEB LINKS:
• Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RSeKKLoAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=3
• Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-saqib-p-e-8909b272/
Farhad has completed his BSc, MSc, and PhD in computer science. He was a post-doctorate researcher working in the area of high-performance and low-power computing systems in Kyushu University, Japan between 2007 and 2010. From August 2010, he was an Associate Professor in the Kyushu University, where he participated in several joint projects with industry in Japan, and supervised/co-supervised many Master and PhD students.
He joined Tech Futures Lab at Auckland as a Data Science and IoT Specialist in May 2016. Later in 2017 he joined Unisys as a senior consultant and data scientist. He has been with OPAIC since January this year, and alongside his current academic placement as a senior lecturer, he has also founded STEM Fern, a start up in Auckland developing AI and robotics technologies and content for primary aged STEM education.
Farhad has a broad experience both in industry and academia across three different countries and has initiated and led several interdisciplinary R&D projects particularly on AI, robotics, and IoT-enabled smart systems. He is a senior member of IEEE.
Qualifications:
Post-doctorate: High-performance and Low-power computing systems (Kyushu University)
PhD, Computer Science (Amirkabir University of Technology & Kyushu University)
MSc, Computer Systems Architecture (Amirkabir University of Technology).
BSc, Computer Engineering (Sharif University of Technology).
Specialisation in Data Science, 2014 (Coursera - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
NZ Cert in Adult & Tertiary Teaching, Open Polytechnic (ongoing)
Teaching areas:
Data Science, Internet-of-Things, Cloud Computing, AI, Databases
Professional interest areas:
AI and Robotics for STEM Education, Business Intelligence.
Book Chapters:
1. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahanti, Guillermo Ramirez-Prado, Fog Computing Realization for Big Data Analytics, Fog and Edge Computing: Principles and Paradigms, Wiley, 2018.
2. Farhad Mehdipour, M. F. Rahman, K. Murakami, Intelligent wireless sensor networks in cyber-physical systems, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, ISBN-10: 1849198241, Mar. 2016.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Hamid Noori, Bahman Javadi, Energy-Efficient Big Data Analytics in Data Centers, Energy Efficiency in Data-Centers, Elsevier’s Book Series on Advances in Computers, Feb. 2016.
Recent Journal Publications:
1. S. Rastegar Moghaddam Mansouri, H. Gholamhosseini, A. Lowe, Farhad Mehdipour, M. Lindén, Estimating Systolic Blood Pressure Using Convolutional Neural Networks, pHealth, 2019.
2. Kalpana Nand, Nilufar Baghaei, John Casey, Bashar Barmada, Farhad Mehdipour, Engaging Children with Educational Content via Gaming, Smart Learning Environments, Smart Learning Environments 6 (1), 6, 2019.
3. N. Rahmanikiaa, A. Amiri, H. Noori, Farhad Mehdipour, Performance evaluation metrics for ring-oscillator-based temperature sensors on FPGAs: A quality factor, Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 81-100, Mar. 2017.
4. Karen Baker, Richard Rowley, Farhad Mehdipour, Collaborative teams: The investigation of how collaborative processes and team dynamics impact on collaborative teaching in a New Zealand context. Core Education uLearn16, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2016.
5. A. Medhat, A. Shalaby, M. Sayed, M. El-Sabrouty, Farhad Mehdipour, Adaptive Reduced Comlexity Algorithms for Motion Estimation Unit in HEVC Encoder, IET Image Processing, Feb. 2016.
Recent Conference Papers:
1. Bahman A. Sassani (Sarrafpour), Rosario D. S. Choque, Blake M. Paul, Farhad Mehdipour, Commercial Security Scanning: Point-on-Sale (POS) Vulnerability and Mitigation Techniques, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
2. Bahman Sassani, Andrew David, Xiaosong Li, Farhad Mehdipour, AgentPi: An IoT Enabled Motion CCTV Surveillance System, The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Fukuoka , Japan, 2019.
3. Farhad Mehdipour, Mohsen Pashna, Aniket Mahanti, A 3-Tier AI-Based Solution for Facilitating STEM Education, Submitted to Sixth International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE), 2018.
4. Bahman Sarrafpour, C Abbaro, Ivan Pitton, Craig Young, Farhad Mehdipour, PST 2016 : 14th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
5. M. F. Rahman, Farhad Mehdipour, H. Furukawa, Modeling the Impact of Clustering with Random Event Arrival on the Lifetime of WSN, ICNCC '16 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Network, Communication and Computing, Pages 292-296, Tokyo, Japan, 2016.
6. B. A. Sassani, C. Abbaro, I. Pitton, C. Young, and Farhad Mehdipour, Analysis of NTP DRDoS Attacks' Performance Effects and Mitigation Techniques, Cybersecurity considerations, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Trust Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2016.
7. Farhad Mehdipour, Bahman Javadi, Aniket Mahnati, FOG-Engine: FOG-engine: Towards Big Data Analytics in the Fog, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, Auckland, New Zealand, August 8-12, 2016.
William Liu received his master and PhD degrees in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He is currently with the School of Computing, Electrical and Applied Technologies, Unitec Institute of Technology, as well as he has been working for 12+ years in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences (SECMS), Aucklnad University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. He had been working as a network planner and designer in Beijing Telecom in China for 5+ years after he achieved his Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, in 1997. He had immigrated to New Zealand in 2002. He has strong research interests in cybersecurity including information and network security, trust and self-sovereign-identities (i.e., blockchain or more generalized as the distributed ledger) based cyber-physical systems; sustainable communications, networking and computing, network architectures to reduce the digital divide in rural and low-income areas, disaster communications and networking, Internet of Things (IoT) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) communications and networking, cloud and edge computing, big data networking, software defined networking, intelligent transportation systems, as well as curing Internet addictions with Internet intelligence. He has coauthored more than 100 papers published in international journals and conferences, and he participates in the program committees of several premier IEEE conferences including INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, GreenCom, CloudNet, DRCN, RNDM, and ATNAC. He is the Founding Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) New Zealand North Chapter. He is the current Chair of IEEE New Zealand North Section Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). He has been a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communications and Computing (TCGCC) since 2011, a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Big Data (TCBD) since 2015, and a member of the New Zealand Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Tertiary Education Centre (STEM-TEC) since 2014.
More details can be found in my personal website: https://williamliunz.github.io/
English
Cheryl Watson
Head of Department for English & Learning Support Advisor
Sonny graduated from Otago Polytechnic Dunedin in 2008 with a Bachelor of Information Technology. He started working full-time in the Information Systems and Services Department following his graduation, then had a short spell away from Otago Polytechnic when he moved home to Auckland. Sonny eventually returned to Otago Polytechnic as Service Desk Engineer at the Auckland International Campus in March 2013. He's now the ICT and Facilities Manager here.
I have ten years of professional experience as a writer and communicator. My responsibilities at OPAIC include writing profiles, covering news and events, producing digital newsletters, managing our website and social media platforms, and developing print resources.
I've been part of the Otago Polytechnic team since the beginning of 2018. Prior to that, I worked for daily newspapers throughout the country. I specialised as a court and police reporter for much of my journalism career.
I have bachelor's degrees in arts and science, a diploma in journalism, and a master's degree in creative writing. I've completed shorter courses in photography, videography, social media, mental health first aid, research ethics, bicultural competency, and graphic design.
My fiction and poetry have featured in literary journals in New Zealand and overseas and I've placed in a number of writing competitions. In 2020, I published my first book - I kind of thought the alpacas were a metaphor until we got there.
Qualifications:
Master of Creative Writing, Massey University, 2017
National Diploma in Journalism, Waikato Institute of Technology, 2011
Bachelor of Arts (English), Massey University, 2009
Bachelor of Science (Ecology), Massey University, 2009