Professor Irem Dikmen
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Professor
Office
129Building location
Chancellor's BuildingAreas of interest
- Project risk analysis and management
- Climate risk and resilience in the built environment
- Digital construction technologies
- Mega construction projects
- International construction
Postgraduate supervision
- Ali Chelaghma (ongoing): Managing risk in PV Projects using digital technologies (with Dr Maria Vahdati)
- Nathaniel Appiyah (ongoing) : Managing ESG risks in PPP projects (with Professor Tabarak Ballal)
- Rifqa Al Hashlamon (ongoing) : Healthcare Facility Management with Digital Technologies (with Dr Laura Maftei)
- Willy Tai (ongoing) : IoT Governance for Smart Cities (with Dr Dragana Nikolic)
- Huseyin Cakar (ongoing) : Exploring Social Risk in Mega Construction Projects (with Dr Tim Lees)
- Gorkem Eken (2022) : Using natural language processing for automated construction contract review during risk assessment at the bidding stage
- Handan Gundogan (2021) : An exploratory study on features of intelligent office buildings and development of an assessment tool
- H. Huseyin Erol (2020): Incorporating complexity into risk management: An integrated risk assessment process for mega construction projects
- Murat Ayhan (2019): Development of dispute prediction and resolution method selection models for construction disputes
- Gulsum Cagil Koseoglu Balta (2019) : A Bayesian Belief Network based delay risk assessment tool for tunnel projects- BBN Tunnel
- Gozde Bilgin (2019): Development of an IT-based tool for portfolio assessment and management for construction companies
- Mirshekarlou Babak Rahmani (2018): Investigation of material waste in prefabricated construction industry : An integrated waste management tool
- Acelya Ecem Yildiz (2018) : Development of a Dynamic Strategy Map Incorporating Scenario Analysis and System Dynamics
- Gulsah Fidan (2015) : Development of a Multi Agent System for Construction Claims Negotiation
Teaching
Convenorship:
CE3BOM – Business Organisation and Management
CEM390 – Construction Risk Management
CEM235 – Engineering Project Management
CEM204 – International Construction
Research centres and groups
Climate and Finance Research Cluster
Research projects
- Climate Adaptation in the construction industry
- Risk Assessment Information Communication with Visuals : The Risk Box
- Project Risk Visualisation and Communication Tool in Mega Construction Projects : PRICOVIS
- Using System Dynamics to Support Strategic Decisions on Digitalisation
- Development of a Decision Support Tool for Project Portfolio Management : COPPMAN
- An Ontology for Risk and Vulnerability in Construction
Background
Professor Dikmen carries out research at the interface of engineering, management, and information sciences. Her research interests relate to construction project management, mainly risk management. She combines theories and methods from various disciplines to analyse complexity, risk and resilience in projects. She uses systems thinking to explore and model project systems and engineering project organizations. She conducts research to explore actuality of projects and develop decision-support systems/tools in collaboration with industrial partners and government institutions. Based on her professional experience within the industry as a consultant in several construction projects, her vision has been to carry out constructive research that demonstrates added value/benefits for the industry and communities.
Academic qualifications
- PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management specialisation), Middle East Technical University, 2001
- MSc in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management specialisation), Middle East Technical University, 1996
- BSc in Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1994