Ali Touran

Zball04.gif (1112 bytes)Sponsored Research

1/86 - 12/86, "Sludge Composting and Wastewater Material Handling." Funded by the City of Longmont, Colorado ($55,011), with JoAnn Silverstein; Co-Principal Investigator.

9/86 - 3/87, "Concrete Formwork Productivity." Funded by the Hensel-Phelps Construction Company, Greeley, Colorado ($8,242).

11/86 - 9/87, "Bridge Replacement Decks of Steel." Funded by the National Science Foundation ($33,000). With G.G.Goble, Co-Principle Investigator.

12/86 - 5/87, "Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)." Funded by the State of Colorado ($16,930). With Stein Sture, James Diekmann, Bernard Amadei and JoAnn Silverstein.

2/88 - 5/88, "Landcourt Engineering Division Study." Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ($26,690), with Robert Meserve and Fadi Karaa.

1/88 - 12/88, "An Expert System for Compactor Selection." Funded by Northeastern University, Boston ($2,500).

3/90 - 12/90, "Design and Development of a Database for Tunnel Construction Estimating." Funded by Northeastern University, Boston ($6,400).

8/92 - 9/93, "A Risk Assessment Study for the Honolulu Rapid Transit Program." Funded by the Federal Transit Administration ($18,779).

10/92 - 1/94, "Risk Assessment for Fixed Guideway Construction." Funded by the Federal Transit Administration ($86,522), with Paul J. Bolster, Principal Investigator.

12/95-4/96 "Risk Analysis for Turnkey Construction," Funded by the Federal Transit Administration ($20,000); Subcontractor to Abacus Technology Corp.

9/97-2/98 "Risk and Reliability in Advanced Transport Telematics," Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK.

6/99-9/99 "Development of a comprehensive cost model for assessing earthquake damage to building structures - Phase I," Funded by Applied Insurance Research, Boston ($19,828); Principal Investigator.

9/99-12/99 "Training and Consulting Services in Traffic Counting," Funded by the Norfolk County, Mass. ($8,985); Co-Principal Investigator.

3/00-9/00 "Development of a comprehensive cost model for assessing earthquake damage to building structures - Phase II," Funded by Applied Insurance Research, Boston ($23,177); Principal Investigator.

6/01-5/02 "Development of a case study on Central Artery Project in the Construction Management course," Funded by Northeastern University ($2,438); Principal Investigator.

3/02-2/03 "A systems analysis tool to assist decisions in construction and demolition waste management,"  Funded by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ($45,368); Co-Principal Investigator.

9/03-3/05 "Managing Capital Costs of Major Federally-Funded Public Transportation Projects," Funded by Transit Cooperative Research Program, U.S. D.o.T. ($60,365); Subcontractor to Booz.Allen & Hamilton (total budget $300,000).

10/05-5/06 "Owners Risk Reduction Techniques using a CM," Funded by the CMAA Foundation ($18,964); Principal Investigator.

4/30/06-3/31/07 “A Risk Assessment for the NYC 2nd Ave Subway Project,” Funded by Urban Engineers ($40,802); Principal Investigator.

10/1/06 – 4/1/08 “A Guidebook for the Evaluation of Project Delivery Methods,” Funded by Transit Cooperative Research Program, National Academies ($300,000); Principal Investigator; co-PIs: Douglas Gransberg of University of Oklahoma and Keith Molenaar of University of Colorado.

11/1/07 – 3/31/09 “A Guidebook for Airport Capital Project Delivery Systems,” Funded by Airport Cooperative Research program, National Academies ($125,000); Principal Investigator.

4/1/09 – 3/31/10 “Software Implementation for the Airport Project Delivery Guidebook,” Funded by Airport Cooperative Research program, National Academies ($70,000); Principal Investigator.

10/1/09 – 3/31/12 “Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects,” SHRP 2, Project R10, Funded by the National Academies (subcontract amount $80,000); subcontractor to Iowa State University (total budget $1,250,000).

7/1/11 – 6/30/12 “Transportation Performance Measurement Dashboard for Massachusetts,” Funded by the Pioneer Institute ($9,000); Principal Investigator.

 

9/1/12 – 8/31/14 “Managing a portfolio of projects – Metrics for improvement,” Funded by the Construction Industry Institute ($250,000); Principal Investigator; co-PIs: Baabak Ashuri of Georgia Tech and Edward Minchin of University of Florida.

 

 

 

Zball04.gif (1112 bytes)   Professional Registration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - P.E.

Zball04.gif (1112 bytes)   Professional Societies

Associate Editor, Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, ASCE

Member, Editorial Board, Civil Engineering Practice, Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member and Senior Vice President, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Section/ASCE
Member, Construction Management Association of America

Member, Construction Research Council, Construction Institute, ASCE


Zball04.gif (1112 bytes)Awards - Recognition

·         1978 - 1980 Fellowship, Aryamehr University of Technology, Tehran.

·         August 1989 The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Professional Merit Award.

·         June 1999 Person of the Year (1998/1999), CMAA New England Region Chapter.

·         April 2004 Best Paper Award, ASEE New England Section Annual Conference, Dedham, Mass.

·         August 2006 Fellow, ASCE.

·         September 2009, President’s Award, BSCES (Boston Society of Civil Engineers).

 

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