Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Ali Touran was recently elected President of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers/ASCE.
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Faculty Profile
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1980
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1978
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Tehran University, 1977
- 2009 President Award, Boston Society of Civil Engineers
- 2006 Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
- 2004 Best Paper Award, ASEE New England Section Annual Conference, Dedham, Mass
- 1999 Person of the Year (1998/1999), CMAA New England Region Chapter
- 1989 The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Professional Merit Award
- Construction Management
- Cost Analysis
- Scheduling
- Applied Probability
- Simulation
- American Public Works Association
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Boston Society of Civil Engineers
- Construction Management Association of America
- Construction Research Council
- Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, ASCE
Ali Touran
Professor and Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
423 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Education
Research & Scholarship Interests
Risk assessment; construction cost/schedule uncertainty; project delivery systems; simulation; construction productivity
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Selected Publications
P. Bakhshi, A. Touran. "A Method for Calculating Cost Correlation among Construction Projects in a Portfolio", International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 1 (3), 2012, 134-141
P. Bakhshi, A. Touran. "A New Approach for Contingency Determination in a Portfolio of Construction Projects", Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, 2 (4), 2012, 223-232
A.P. Gurgun, A. Touran. "PPP Experience in the International Arena – Case of Turkey, Journal of Management in Engineering", ASCE, 10, 2013
A.P. Gurgun, Y. Zhang, A. Touran. "Schedule Contingency Analysis for Transit Projects Using a Simulation Approach", Journal of Civil Engineering & Management, 19 (4), 2013, 465-475
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